Come away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o
Uhh, I ‘m not quite sure well she could dance since she lost her leg, but at least she got up and tried.
Square Up HIGH with Becky for January.
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The lovely Becky of the Life of B has kicked off her quarterly square challenge with the theme 0f UP.
Wonky but holding up.
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With a square for Becky, who says that lines can be any shape or direction as long as they fit into a square image. She’s opened the month with a lovely lavender field that reminds me of the summer that’s just slipped away.
Mine is one of the rooms in the Uffizzi.
HAPPY OCTOBER!
Becky’s created a square challenge again for June, this time it’s square roofs or rooves as some say. A few years ago a very clever friend proof read something for me. She said I should change my roofs to rooves and then I was corrected by my writing tutor who said it should be roofs!
My roofs today, complete with funicular, are in Bergamot northern Italy.
Looking down from the Citta Alta towards the new town.
Becky’s choice today is very clever!
My first black and white Sunday for a while, and this week Paula’s chosen ‘after before’. She’d like to see the same photo, before and after it’s converted to monochrome. When flying out of Pisa last year, we made a brief stop at the Piazza dei Miracoli, to see the famous leaning tower.
I wasn’t expecting to see a fallen angel, but there on the grass broken and forlorn, lay the Angelo Caduto by Polish sculptor Igor Mitoraj.
Does he look better in colour?
I don’t think so, the people ignoring him as they walk on by are distracting. Apparently Pisa is a temporary home, he may have flown on by now.
One of the places I enjoyed most in Tuscany last year, was Fiesole, somewhere I knew little about until I got there. As well as the amazing Roman theatre, there’s the Civic Archaeological Museum, packed with displays and information about the Etruscan, Roman and Longobard history of the town. I was enthralled by these little votives, especially the dancing satyr, so I’m sharing these variations on the theme of Etruscan bronzes, for this weeks photo challange. I believe they were excavated in the 19th and early 20th century.
Fiesole lies five miles to the north east of Florence,high in the hills and you can catch a frequent bus close to Piazza San Marco.
I thought I’d posted this photo ages ago, but I can’t find it. So I’m posting it quickly because I need to link to it, it will make sense in a little while, maybe. It’s the Roman theatre at Fiesole, near Florence.
And they’ve been weathering since two hundred years B.C.
these steps are Roman, and to be found in Fiesole near Florence, Italy. They’re my entry for this weeks photo challenge at the daily post. Happy Thursday all!
This week’s photo challenge, set by Ben Huberman is the last for 2017. He asks us to share our favourite photo of the year, but how do you choose one, or even ten? It doesn’t have to be a technically good image, but meaningful to us in some way. When I started looking through my files for the photo that means most to me this year, I ended up in tears, because it would have to be one of my beloved border terrier Dido, who I lost in May. Whoops here I go again.
Once I picked myself up, I settled on a photo of the Tuscan countryside. This was a place I’d wanted to visit for a while, so finally seeing it meant a lot to me.
If you have a favourite photo to share for the year, join in with Ben
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