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Ready for the Day

A sidewalk cafe, ready for the day. Shapes from the shadows in the morning light, promising a beautiful day to come. Chairs and tables neatly positioned, just waiting for the clients, ready to drink a coffee and soak up some sun.

Right now this image invokes spring sun warmth for me, weather that might have a slight chill unless you sit in the sun. It’s hard to believe that it was below freezing in January, at Disneyland Paris. It could be any early morning, any time of year, any location. Just use your imagination!

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The End of the Path

Do you ever embark on a journey, where you can’t quite see where you will end up? You see that there is a path, there is light, but you can’t quite make out the end point. That’s how I feel right now in my life journey, I am walking and enjoying the path I am on, but I can’t quite see the final destination. Do I care?

Do you know where your journey is taking you? Do you care?

(Photo is castle rampart in Bled, Slovenia.)

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Time for some Color!

I hope I don’t hurt your eyes today, with all of this color. I had a marvelous time capturing the color in Burano on Saturday, and had to share some of it here. (If you read this in a blog reader, come visit to see my new blog header!) I hope you have a color-filled day!

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Stepping along Flowers

This image has been popping into my head a lot lately, which means that I should just share it already! A little bit of color and a whole lot of texture can be found in Varenna, a town on the steep edges of Lake Como not too far from where we live. I like that the “streets” in these lake-egde towns are often really stairways up the hillside, and named appropriately in Italian, salita (which means climb, rise, uphill) instead of the usual via (which means street, road, or way). And a stairway means that you can have a fabulous flower display on many levels. I used to want to paint this picture, but for some reason I never did. Maybe that’s because the image was already good just as it was, waiting to be shared with you today. Happy Monday!

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City on the Hill

This is Civita di Bagnoregio, a city perched on a hill top in Umbria. It’s a “dead” city – depending on who you talk to there are only a few or no residents. It’s filled with tourists by day, marveling over the city perched on top and carved into the rock of the hill, some back to Etruscan time. Slowly collapsing into the valley below, one cliffside at a time. I love the profile of the town in this image, the buildings and hill against the clouds and distant hillside.

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Aaaaah, Venezia

I must share this today, I am compelled to share this today, as we head to Venice this morning for a quick overnight trip. Because we can. I love Venice and Murano and Burano and have had the urge to get back. So we planned this short little trip last weekend, bribing Brandon with the promise of a gondola ride (he’s begged the last two times we were there), and off we go. Because we can. Isn’t that amazing? I am truly, truly lucky.