….thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Trees
Sometimes you can’t see the trees for the forest. I love August when the trees are full and lush and you can’t tell where one tree starts and another ends.


….thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Trees
Sometimes you can’t see the trees for the forest. I love August when the trees are full and lush and you can’t tell where one tree starts and another ends.


….do you ever take photos of things that just appear before you?
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge is all about those photos that you take that don’t seem to fit into any category other than ‘odd’.
Here are a few such photos taken recently on my last trip to the cottage.
….thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Trees

….this week’s theme is mirror
This summer our son married his beautiful Iranian partner and love of his life. In their Persian wedding a mirror played a prominent role. The mirror (of fate) and the two candelabras (representing the bride and groom and brightness in their future) are symbols of light and fire and are very important in Persian culture.

…thanks to.Norm 2.0 for hosting Thursday Doors
Just when I thought I had used up all my photos of Italian doors I found some that I had missed from Venice. I loved the detail above the doors.





….thanks to Norm 2.0 for hosting Thursday Doors
The first photo is the entrance to an ancient Roman bath in Fiesole, just outside the city of Florence, Italy. The second photo is the entrance to the museum in Fiesole and the third photo was taken in Assisi, by the basilica of Saint Francis.



…..thanks for bringing back the The Which Way Photo Challenge
A few random photos from Italy. #1 View from the town of Assisi
#2 Looking down onto a street in Rome
#3 Walkway in Vatican City



…..I’ve passed this tree dozens of times on my way up to the cottage
This week I finally decided to stop and take a closer look and of course take photos of this odd phenomena.






….this week the challenge for the WPC is to find a photo that depicts something that is rare
It didn’t take me long to remember the photo I had taken of the world’s largest truffle that I found in the market in Florence, Italy. Check out the price of this rarity.

….for more Thursday Doors check out Norm 2.0
The first door is one I saw in Lucca. I was particularly drawn to the door knocker on this lovely entrance. The second door was near the university in Bologna.


