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  Beautiful, fresh and delicious Sicilian oranges they are like no others.
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     The glory that is Rome especially at dusk.
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     Eating in Sicily is a seriously delicious affair.  These are grilled calamari, super fresh at the La Cambusa restaurant at the tourist port in Castellammare del Golfo.
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      A view of Venice's Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge in all it's glory on a cloudless April day,      As they say "we will always have Venice."

Il fiume Arno

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I wish I were there; it's not possible to travel at the moment.

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Have a delicious weekend

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Having fun

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Leave it to young people to know how to have fun. We were in Mazara del Vallo in a piazza whe suddenly this contraption appeared. The smiles on the kids was contagious.

Venice

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They may call it sunny Italy but it rains thee also. Umbrellas always make for interesting photos. 

La campagna toscana

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The Tuscan countryside is a work of art. Everything is well tended and the hand of man is visible everywhere. It is a joy to behold.

Can you believe this?

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Venice is so overrun by tourists that authorities are thinking of limiting their daily number. How this will be enforced is another matter.

What can I say

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Fun feeding the pigeons in Piazza San Marco. It's really all for the camera.

Ah Venezia

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When it gets tough to find photos to post, there's always Venice. Magical.

Another leaning tower

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This leaning tower  is in the canal parallel to the on on which the famous Bridge of Sighs is [ il Ponte dei sospiri ]. There are many such structures in Italy.

Agrigento, long ago

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These images date from 1972 and are from the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento [Agrakas] Sicily.  They were taken with a Canon FT and with Kodachrome film. No photo shop tricks used then or now on these images. I wonder where the little girl who was part of a wedding party is today. She is most likely a grand mother. Photography is funny that way.

Firenze, archival slide scans

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These images date from August of 1969 and were shot on Agfachrome 50 that did not remain color true. The film was cheaper than Kodachrome but the quality was not that good. Today with digital there is no film cost but in the old days film and processing were a considerable expense. In many cases black and white conversion is the only remedy. to preserve the images. Once more I wonder where time  went...how it flew...But as you can see there were co crowds then. No smart phones, no selfies and no congestion. Life was really good.

Scopello, veramente magnifico

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I have posted many photos of this wonderful area west of Castellammare and part of it's territory. These images were made this past May during la primavera or springtime. It was late afternoon and the images took a more magical appearance. Below you can see the tonnara or tuna fishing outfit and the famous faraglioni or sea boulders that rival those of Capri. Countless ads have been made in this area as well as many movies. I just love the place.

Have a pleasant Sunday

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Have a pleasant weekend

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There's another leaning tower

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This one, not as celebrated as the one in Pisa, is in Venice on the canal parallel to the famous one that has the bridge of sighs. Although rather pla in, it does make for an interesting photo. It is surprising that not all towers in Venice are leaning and are still standing.