It doesn’t take long to find diverse scenes of street life as you wander around in the historic centre of Naples.
It doesn’t take long to find diverse scenes of street life as you wander around in the historic centre of Naples.
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Many of us did not have the pleasure of meeting this gentleman, who obviously gave a warm and friendly welcome to those who visited the Cantine del Vino già Schiavi in Dorsoduro (subject of the previous blog post). Thanks to Susie, and her husband Mark Lindsay, we now know what we have missed. What a wonderful smile he had!
Mark is a professional photographer, and he has kindly shared his photo of Lino. You might like to visit his excellent blog http://www.marklindsayart.com/la-macchina-fotografica/
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Almost every Saturday, I see Fred in his parking spot outside a local supermarket. Today, I stopped to talk to him, and ask permission to take some photos of him and his rig.
He has been on the road with his sharpening/key making service for 50 years now. He covers a wide area of far north Queensland, and seems to enjoy his solitary existence. I’ll be taking some knives to him next week.
Winter or summer, he wears roughly this same outfit.
A relic of his trips into the northern gulf country.
He hasn’t been everywhere, yet.
There should be more Freds in our world.
When I wash my dishes, I look out over my shrubs to see the roof tops of the homes of my neighbours. Today, there was an added extra, starring Kerry, my favourite handyman. He was blasting the old paint and moss off the roof of one of my neighbours. I’m glad to see he was wearing a safety belt/rope, as I saw him slip just after I took the second photo.
Be careful, Kerry!
The sun peeked through for a few moments, revealing a pale rainbow in the fine rain. I don’t think Kerry was worried about the beauty of nature though!
What about you? Would you be able to do his job?
PS This is for lemniscate47, who wondered what my geckos look like. They’ve been very reclusive today, but here’s one. He/she is about 6cm long.
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The first two fit into the category “vecchio”, which means old.
If a new broom sweeps clean, what would this one do?
This is for those of you out there who adore shoes! It always makes me a bit sad when I find one shoe discarded. What’s the story? Where is the other one?
Sometimes you can look both ways at once.
I suffer from altana envy …
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Words of wisdom that made me smile: Proofread carefully to see if you any words out. Author Unknown
These folks also made me smile, on a very cold Venetian day. Their music had a sort of reggae beat!
But, this graffiti made me grumpy.
It was on the top of this venerable old well head.
Did you think I had abandoned them forever?
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Make up your own story to go with these photos.
Here’s some mood music to help you in your composition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa3RzOWWh80&feature=related
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