Thursday, July 31, 2008

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 Dragon

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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.

The Medicii Fountain

This is one of the many beautiful Annunciation paintings.
 
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A beautiful door knocker...
Medusa 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.
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Crochet Max from the Wild Things

 Who doesn't love Max!! I'm really happy with this cute little guy Pattern by Carla Mitrani  You can find her on Ravelry  Max Patter...