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Maps
Maps Populonia,Via de CrinaleVia dei Cavalleggeri …Not much is left of the map on display telling us about exciting places to visit and walks to take around the Gulf of Baratti on the west coast of Tuscany. I love maps. A map can let us dream of unknown worlds, even when the elements have transformed…
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Fun fair
Fun fair Black foot playshide-and-seek?Hide yes – seek no. Merry-go-round?Not merryand no go round. Fun fair?No funand not fair. Photos of the week: Fun fair, Castiglioncello, Tuscany, Italy 2020
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Lady on the rocks
Lady on the rocks Did the rocks on the terrace roll in from the sea or was the terrace rolled out on the rocks? For our aesthetic sense it makes no difference. The sight is right. Photo of the week: Rock terrace, Castiglioncello, Tuscany, Italy 2020
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Pinus pinea
Pinus pinea I love these pine trees. I used to call them Mediterranean pines because that’s the region from where I know them. Their oblique stems show they may have suffered but nonetheless have managed to withstand the force of Aeolus. People seem to call them Stone pines because of their hard cones. But I…
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Before the fall and after
Before the fall and after I saw this little picture hanging on the wall of a house in Italy. It depicts the life of man before and after the fall. In the centre, the idyllic existence in the Garden of Eden is about to come to an end with Eve presenting to Adam the forbidden…
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Le Lavoir
Le Lavoir When in last week’s post I declared my love for the old villages in the south of France, with “Vers-Pont-du-Gard” as example, I didn’t mention the old communal washing-places. Before the invention of the washing-machine you could find them all over, not just in France. In many towns and villages they have been…
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Vers-Pont-du-Gard
Vers-Pont-du-Gard The ‘Pont du Gard’ is probably the best preserved aqueduct of the Roman Empire and for sure a major tourist attraction in the south of France. In the photo you see it on a photo on a wall in the nearby village ‘Vers-Pont-du-Gard’. An appropriate name for a village at a stone’s throw from…
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Les accordéonistes
Les accordéonistes Are they trying to scare us away,this motley lot of advancing orange,casting their long-drawn-out shadows forward,while drawing protracted cries from their accordions? No! It’s the ‘Festival l’Accordéon Plein Pot’! Photo of the week: ‘Festival l’Accordéon Plein Pot’, Saint Quentin la Poterie, France 2017
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This calls for a toast
This calls for a toast The way the red and white checks of the tablecloth penetrate the bottles of rosé.Nature morte on a table in the sun.Wonder of light and liveliness. Photo of the week : Rosé bottles, Saint Quentin la Poterie, France 2017
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Selective memory
Selective memory Last week we had a theatre stage covered with carnations, this week we have tree branches hanging from the ceiling of a restaurant. While I still cherish the memory of the ballet performance between the thousands of carnations, the dinner under the tree branches has passed into oblivion. Photo of the week: Restaurant…
καιρός remembered
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καιρός remembered 