Italian Dragon

Italian Dragon
Originally uploaded by sukigirl74

This dragon sat above a busy street corner in Venice. I stood and watched the crowds as they passed this corner and almost no one looked up, they simply walked by without noticing this lovely creature.

I was never at this corner at night but I imagine that
the umbrellas are street lamps.

Italian Door knocker

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Originally uploaded by sukigirl74

I love European door knockers and this is one of my favourites so far!
It is from a lovely town called San Gimignano in Tuscany and was one of a pair which hung on a set of huge wooden doors.
A while back I posted this one, also Italian.

Italian women

Tomorrow I'm headed to my favourite place in the world...Italy.
I started thinking about some of the women I have seen there.

This is Galatea, the sea nymph who I also visited here in France.

This is one of the many beautiful Annunciation paintings.
 

A beautiful door knocker...

I hadn't realized, until my good friend Colt-pixy told me,
that this is probably Medusa.
Obviously this is not meant as a welcome.

This woman is glazed into a small tile.