On the permitted use of the photos: [link] - Website (not much to see yet): [link]

First of all: thanks to all 230 people who have participated in the calendar voting so far!

The voting period will be extended for one more week until Friday, May 24th. Head over to [link] to vote if you haven't done that already!

I am currently still waiting for permission to use some of the photos in the calendar, which will take a couple more days.
I've talked to the officials today and it looks good, but still has to be approved by the park management.

The voting for some of the months is already quite unambiguous, in other months it is still likely to change .
So head over and vote! The odds for winning a free calendar are still very favorable compared to other raffles: currently it's at 1:125.

Current voting standings

Warning - if you don't want to know which photos are likely to make it into the calendar, don't read on!
There are also a couple of questions at the end of the journal...


















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Here it goes:

Cover

The following has been chosen as cover image with currently 14 votes more than the runner-up.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Not satisfied with this selection?
Come over to [link] and vote to make a change or tell your friends to vote!
Some months are a really close call still and not yet decided at all.

A couple of things are likely to change, for example too many fall-like photos have been voted in between August and November - don't know about where you live, but we only get a very short fall lately, definitely not more than two months

A couple of questions...

Also, it is quite strange that no puppies have been voted in so far. So my questions for all those of you who are still reading this:

1. Do you think the calendar should have any puppy photos? Could it do without?
2. The cover photo has also been voted in for November. In the 2012 calendar, I did not use the cover photo for any other month. Do you think the photo should be featured in November as well (the cover photo will be quite loaded with text and stuff all over...) or do you think there should be 14 completely different photos in the calendar?
3. What do you think about the selection so far? Does it meet your expectations / hopes or is it completely different from what you have voted for?