Tag: Orbetello

Lens-Artists PC: Happiness is a choice

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Happiness is a choice. “Thought is like a little boat upon the sea,” and you are the storm. Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. First, thank you to Norm of Thursday Doors fame for the featured photo and one more in today’s gallery. Amore showing … Continue reading Lens-Artists PC: Happiness is a choice

Gornji trg in Ljubljana in August: compared to what follows the light is gentle but still pretty.
The view from my grandmother’s place in Maribor above the Drava river.
From my first and only sailing trip to Croatia in a previous lifetime.
Piran, the catcher of the last light.
It invites you out to play.
It makes you take a peek.
It opens the doors.
It makes paintings out of not much.
In Lucca there is much to behold. Guinigi Tower with oaks on top.
The last light of that day in Lucca. The sun said: Okay, one more.
In Rome the light is harsher. Trastevere.
Via delle Collonelle.
Park Villa Pamphili in Rome.
Opposite Trastevere.
It doesn’t matter where in Rome you are. You get the light.
Closer to home the light mellows: the view from the archaeological park at Roselle.
The Orbetello lagoon where flamingos come for the winter.
The same lagoon as the light was blocked.
The Capalbio beach out of season.
The Abbey of San Galgano is the light queen and this is my knight.

Lens-Artists: Follow the light

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The more pictures I take, the more it becomes obvious that all I do is follow the light. The best is to catch it before it says good night when they say it’s golden, so I do. This magical gallery starts in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where … Continue reading Lens-Artists: Follow the light

The Volterra door that made Norm display un-Canadian occupying tendencies. Read the post below the gallery.
Another Volterra edition.
This Capalbio door is quite possibly the real deal. It has seen it all and now it will see Norm.
Norm admired the elements of this photo. (Also in Capalbio.)
This door is opposite our vet in Pescia Romana.
A parallel life of my parents in Monticiano.
A surprising door found during the hike in Via Cava near Pitigliano.
The prettiest of Civitella Marittima.
A classic beauty of Caldana.
Orbetello winner.
A house in front of a house in Vetulonia.
This Vetulonia door has a cat compartment and was on sale.
A dark wise door in Porto Santo Stefano.
A happy scene in Porto Ercole.
Norm appreciated the busyness of this image. (Also in Porto Ercole.)
One of the colourful Monteverde shutters in Rome.
The entrance to the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Eur, Rome.
One of the Rome giants. That note is at eye level.
Another Rome sturdy beauty.
A door collection on sale in Siena. Norm said: “You don’t need that poster – you could make your own and it would be even nicer.” Thank you!

Thursday Doors, 20/9/18: More Norm’s doors

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Welcome, all the good regular and irregular door people, and see the doors that most pleased our top door expert over the years. And #8!!!!! That’s it, I’m getting on a plane NOW and heading straight there. I’m going to knock on that door and … Continue reading Thursday Doors, 20/9/18: More Norm’s doors

WPC: Rise or set?

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I must tell you something before April 1st gets here, or nobody is going to believe it. For some deeply hidden reasons I have signed up for Na/GloPoWriMo which stands for National/Global Poetry Writing Month, which is April, which starts tomorrow. I have promised (to … Continue reading WPC: Rise or set?

“Who are you calling extinct?”
From the car. All alone, and the bird was by itself too.
Elaborate entrance to the oasis.
Dancing.
I have an impression that the black guys on the right were responsible for the most noise.
I hoped for a lift-off.
Bosco della Patanella. A little forest indeed.
Orbetello. On St. Valentine’s Day, a supermarket holds an organised flamingo coupling viewing from its roof. For real.
Italians must always burn something.
Here you can see how far away they really are. Monte Argentario peninsula in the background.
Particularly hunting.
The light was going and the birds acquired a shade underneath.
Ooops, my camera is lost.
This image seems so non-European.
Goodbye, lagoon, I’ll be back. And quiet.

WPC: Silence!

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In my quest to get closer to the flamingos in Orbetello lagoon, I found some other beasts as well.  Every time I’m grocery shopping, I throw them wishful looks and they laugh at me from too far away for my zoom. I promised them to … Continue reading WPC: Silence!