Tag: Tatti

Happy Meta birthday!

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Today celebrates my mother Meta. Alas, for some genetic reason, you keep showing my age. Unsurprisingly, your best photo of your latest visit was taken by my father. Meta can mean a lot of things in many languages: goal, finish, middle, half in Italian, mint … Continue reading Happy Meta birthday!

Hello, Norwegians in Umbria. You’ve been rainbowed.
Number 10: The loveliest entrance on the whole Via Slovenia in Grosseto.
This and the next five arches are from Tatti, the town of 100 doors.
More from Tatti on several following Thursdays. Because doors.
This is Massa Marittima. It is arched and well-doored as well.
Capalbio on the hill with double visitors.
And now to Rome and its courtyard mysteries.
This was the most surprising view.
The same garden from the second floor.
An arched fountain in another hidden courtyard.
A multi-arched Roman courtyard.
Our courtyarding concluded on Via Giulia. Especially convenient since my companion for the day was Giulia too. :)
This Pescia Fiorentina villa has its own garden chapel.
Opposite the chapel.
The natural arch of the villa garden.
The museum at the Roman settlement of Cosa in Ansedonia.

CFFC: 20 days of arches

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This week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge came just in time for me: I’ve got arches, oh yes, I do. The last twenty days have been a bit busier than usual around here. First I had my parents over, another visiting couple came for a day, … Continue reading CFFC: 20 days of arches