A Sunday Walk: Lecce (Italy)

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Georgia

This will be a short walk this morning…we were going around Puglia a bit back and we drove into Lecce. I’d been there years before, and the area I’d visited was actually on the outskirts of town, so I never got to see the main square (Piazza St. Oronzo). Here we’ll walk around the center of town.

We left Putignano in the province of Bari…behind a boat!

We parked and then went walking into the center of town…Piazza St. Oronzo…there was a lot of renovation going on, but even the places they were renovating took on an original look (even if a bit commercial) with their drapes hiding the work underneath! We also go a great look at the amphitheater, which is just off-center of the square.

There’s actually quite a few cafès in the square and even…alas…a McDonald’s! We had a little breakfast, than just roamed around the nearest alleys:

These last two photos are always from the back alley…one is an entrance…to a church (if I remember correctly) under renovation (I cut out the construction site) and a plant:

Hoped you like our walk! Have a nice Sunday.

Photography: Fire = Summer!

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Georgia

We Drink Photo Challenge this week is dedicated to Fire!

Fire and summer according to the idea of the elements in the Taoist world are tied together! So, I’ll show you some fire..well actually people enjoying the summer:

The next three photos were taken from a cell-phone and the elaborated with Picasa 3! We were at the pool in Arco…

Here are a couple of my older son playing with his eldest!

We try to get to the sea each summer… here we were in Puglia…who knows what they were talking about!

And what do our tourists do in summer? Nordic Walking, cycling, wind surfing and sailing…

Have a wonderful day everyone! See you soon! Continue reading →

Photography: My oldest companions

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Georgia

This Week’s Photo Challenge from the Daily Post people is interesting:

Companion. Yours may not be covered in fur like mine (AKA Chester J. Lampwick) but you have one — or more.

You might think “companion” refers to a person with whom you share experiences, but the definition is much broader:

Aperson who is frequently in the company of, associates with, or accompanies another.
A mate or match for something.
A handbook or guide.
A member of the lowest rank in an order of knighthood.

My companions since I can remember have been, books! Oh, I’ve had pets and am surrounded by loving friends and family…but I’m also surrounded by my oldest friends!

I even have books on the windowsill!

Not all the books around my house are mine..some come from the library!

And Bastet is surrounded by books too!

To conclude, here are a few old companions:

Thanks for viewing and have a great day!

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Free Verse: Embracing – The Dance

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Georgia

Summer sun shone brightly

that day upon the couple:

he in his green livery

was so handsome and bold

that she blushed to see him riding near

upon the whispering wind.

Nearer came he to her

and asked her for a dance

and as the bees and birds sang

they embraced at last!

She entwined her loving arms about him

he guided her straight and true

and thus as they embraced

they danced the whole day through.

At last the sun hid

his happy face,

the bees and birds were quiet

yet the couple danced

for yet awhile

under the loving moon.

These lovely photographs are from today’s post by Jerry at Keeping My Eye On The Sparrow and also here.

Bastet’s Progress and Photography

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Georgia

It’s not necessary that every day be bright and sunny…

Polignano

It’s important to live that day!

So…this is a facsimile of my first posted “poem” with photo! Not surprising it got 1 vote and that from my wonderful son…it was posted on the 26th of January. Shivers run down my spine when I look at it, and that’s not from pleasure! In fact I rendered it private and you now see it only because I would like to show you what I would do with the same material now!

It’s not necessary

that every day

be bright and sunny…

to live that day

fully

ah, to me this is important!

Ok…the poem still isn’t much but the photo is 100% better! Continue reading →

We Drink Photo Challenge: Coffee

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Georgia

Well…a characteristic of fire is a bitter taste…so, here’s coffee for you!

Last summer I with my family went to Athens, Georgia U.S.A. We went to visit a place called “Jittery Joes” where they import, blend, roast and if you want them to they’ll grind coffee from all over the world! (Oh and you can drink it there…they even had an espresso machine that made a mighty fine Italian espresso!)

Now that my friends is a mighty big roaster! What we have next is a grinder!

Here I let the people stay so we could see just how big that grinder is:

The following picture has nothing to do with coffee except that it was taken at Jittery Joes…there were some pretty neat things lying around and these I liked very much!

This post was created for We Drink Photo Challenge!

Have a great day!

Other Great Contributions:

Keeping My Eye on the Sparrow

Layered Spices | Shainbird

Bastet and Sekhmet

W.P. Photo Challenge – Through My Eyes – Road Trip

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Georgia

World Through My Eyes: Weekly Photo Challenge:

A road is one thing in the United States but something quite different in Italy! If you go to Trentino, you’ll find the roads outside of the turnpike are two lanes and some of the mountain roads are a lane and a half! But then our cars are usually smaller than what the American’s drive.

On Sunday we went to visit with a friend of ours in the country. He grows among other things cherries.

We left Arco going towards Trento and we found ourselves behind a beautiful Ferrari driven by a German tourist!The scenery is beautiful…We got near our friends “plantation” and thought we’d just drive on in!

These dirt roads have suffered a lot due to all the rain we’ve had over the last few months and with tractors that use them…I’ll just let you imagine what we came up against…I’ll just say we heard some very vicious banging sounds from under the car!

After the hurley-burley ride…we finally got to where the cherries grow…our brave little red Panda survived the trip…but we decided that the next time, we’ll walk in or use a tractor!

Have a great day everybody!

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Pixelventures: Laughter

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Georgia

fire is our element

laughter reignes the evening

happiness is ours

n.b. the photo was taken by Sisko, my son and I eleborated it for this post.

This post was written for We Drink Photo Challenge dedicated to the element of FIRE.

Photography: Sunday Walk Arco (TN) Italy

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Georgia

Today, we’ll just take a stroll from the entrance of Arco (TN) halfway up to the Castle below.

I parked my bike outside of Arco near an old hotel. When I first arrived it was a beautiful little hotel freshly refurbished with a swimming pool that looked onto the river…alas the proprietor passed away and the heirs never got their act together, now it’s falling to pieces!

I went towards the bridge…we used to have traffic lights just before entering the bridge but now we have a roundabout! I really should take you on a walk around the roundabouts…in Arco we now have about 8 give or take…

We’re now in the beginning of Via Segatini, the entrance to Medieval Arco…and we start to climb!

The town in the far off background is Bolognano, where I live!

Midway to the Castle we see the valley that runs into the lake, hidden from view by Monte Brione…the church is the Center of Medieval Arco. There’s a nice bench here. A couple of German’s who were also following asked me if it was always so steep to the top…well, I told them it leveled out a bit then straight up…the worst part is actually the entrance to the Castle, but that will be another trip when we do the Castle by itself.

Ah…there’s the roundabout!

This was a hotel in far worse condition than Hotel Arco…last winter they did a complete restructuring…it’s really very nice now, so, who knows maybe Hotel Arco will be remodelled and put back into service one day!

Let’s have a drink…I had an espresso and a tall glass of mineral water…and you?

One last look at the flags and the river…I’m going home…on my bike!

Good-bye until next week! But before I go off on another walk…be expecting a special Just A Note…I’ve an important announcement to make!!!!

I’m submitting this as part of the Weekly Photo Challenge: Through your eyes.

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Weekly Photo Challenge 2 – Chaos through my eyes

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Georgia

As they say, the best laid plans…last night was supposed to be a great evening for music in Arco (TN). A concentration of I don’t really remember how many music groups placed all around the center of town. But what we had was alot of loud cacophony a real disaster from my point of view…and as this is a response to the Weekly Photo Challenge…Look at the world through my eyes I’ll show you what I saw.

The acoustics of a medieval town are not suitable to electronic music. What we have are stone courtyards, small at that, narrow streets, with more stone…the sound bounces back and forth, but the worst part though is when you have about 15 to 20 bands trying to compete with one another…what comes out is such a blast of noise, that after a very short while, my head was spinning, then throbbing, and my friends weren’t doing much better. The crowd was enormous and nobody seemed to be able to just sit back and listen to a single piece of music.

I’m using re-touched out of focus photos to try and convey the sensation I was feeling!