It’s a different place, the world at night. Sometimes quieter, sometimes rowdier, definitely different. I’ve never been a night person before, but lately I cannot get enough of night photography. On our last trip to Venice I had the opportunity to get a few night shots like this one, and it wasn’t nearly enough. I’m craving more! We are going back again soon, so I can wander around late into the night to capture this very different mood of Venice. I love it.
Archives for May 2010
What Time Reveals
Slowly, every so slowly, over the centuries of use the marble of this entryway of St. Peter’s Basilica has worn down. Time reveals the differences in the inset stone of the marble floor, and the strengths and weaknesses of our own selves. You have to get at the right angle to see it though, to notice the difference, otherwise you might just walk right on by and miss what time has wrought. Take a moment today to look at something from a different angle, to see what the light shows. What do you see that you didn’t see before?
Skies of Blue
I loved the colors and shapes of the Russian Orthodox cathedral in Nice, France. So different from the other churches we’ve visited on our travels. And against that blue sky – wow! Just brings a smile to my face, a lift in my day. I hope it does for you too.
Winter in Spring
It’s become normal, each day, for me to pick a photo to post based on a random impulse. Call it my intuition. Then I just write what comes to me based on looking at that photo. While there is sometimes a plan or a “theme” week (like when I show a specific place we visited, or show several pictures with similarities), they are usually just selected based on what calls to me that day. It has worked very well, and I’m often surprised by what comes out.
It’s not intuition that makes me choose today’s photo, it’s my body. I have an icky cold, it feels like winter to me. So I’m going to drink my tea, finish this post and then crawl back into bed. Because my body is telling me to. I guess sometimes you have to listen to your body too.
Flowers for Mom
These flowers, full of hope and love and color and light, are for all of you Moms out there! Happy Mother’s Day today.
Purple is the Color of Italy
We noticed it last year when we first got here… purple is everywhere. People wear purple all of the time. Purple sweaters, striped shirts, purple pants and lots of purple shoes. Men, women, children – purple, violet, lavender – all decked out in purple. In the winter it changed to darker purple shades to go with black. So I guess it shouldn’t be completely suprising to have found a purple gondola in Venice, near some beautiful purple flowers in bloom, but I have to admit it was an unusual sight. Italy always has little surprises for me like this.
