Palace shadows

Stairwell at the US Consulate, (Palazzo Canevaro) Florence, Italy

The photo is a bit blurry, but I wanted to show off the consulate...

the place I was fortunate enough to stay while in Italy.

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Ironwork of Italy

“He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life's pleasures is like a blacksmith's bellows: 

he breathes but does not live.”

~ Proverb

Scroll shadows

Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy

Wrought iron scroll shadows

around the old tree
wrought-iron fence encircles—
guardian spirit

© 2009 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Hey Harriet's shadow shots....every weekend

Italy, mostly Rome

No captions...I'll just let you wander through 

(think 90 degrees...hot & muggy)

Italy....random photos

Photo opportunities were everywhere in Italy...

architecture, crowds of tourists,

frescos and icons,

to the simplicity of wooden pews.

Don't forget to look up!

I had never seen shutters that hinged up like this.

The domed architecture of the Baptistry of St. John in Pisa

to classical statues and iron gates.

Italy !

Lucca, arrivederci

La Chiesa E Il Decanato Di San Michele In Lucca

(good Sunday post, eh?)

I'm the wife of an artist blacksmith....

I just had to see what the backside looked like!

Sue & Teresa pose like tourists...

Outside the Piazza del Mercato-Amphitheatre

love the rock work

Sue, Teresa and Amee going inside

The Sisters

Leaving Lucca...

Wall shadows

The Tuscan town of Lucca is completely surrounded by a wall.

Teresa & Sue walk along part of it; the trees cast shadows.

Looking out over the wall

View from outside the town

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Lucca, part one

I keep getting asked the question, "Will you go back (to Italy)?" 

I would go back to Lucca, a charming walled town in Tuscany...somewhat undiscovered by tourists. 

Compared to Florence, Pisa & Rome, these streets are virtually empty.

For someone who dislikes crowds...this was bliss.

Arches...can't get enough of them!

Flowers growing out of cracks in the wall along the canal...

Oh how I love this shot...the daisy...the bicycle...the alley!

And the color of this building...

We were only there for 3 hours...I could have stayed for days...