Shadow Shot Sunday

I found some welcome shade and shadows
on a very sunny spring day on
Venice's cemetery island, San Michele.

[To see more Sunday shadows, go here.]

The Weekend in Black and White

For many years I've been admiring this
melancholy lady in the cemetery of
San Miniato al Monte, in Florence.  I'm
sorry to see her face becoming
more and more discolored as time passes.
Would love to see her restored.

[To see more b/w images, visit
Dragonstar's meme.]

guardians

Another shot from the beautiful cemetery
behind the basilica of San Miniato al Monte, 
way up above Florence.

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]

Thursday Challenge—"hard"

This is hard on a couple of levels.
First, all that stone—
but mainly because this is the "children's
section" of the graveyard at
San Miniato al Monte, in Florence. Little
Luigi was only 3 when he died almost
60 years ago. His gravestone says:
"Don't cry for him. Eyes extinguished on
earth sparkle in heaven with light
and so much happiness."

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Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

The Weekend in Black and White

This young woman has been keeping vigil at
a grave in Florence for many many years.
I wonder who posed for this sculpture and if this
is an allegorical figure or meant to represent
a loved one of the person interred in the
peaceful cemetery at the church of San Miniato.

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Shadow Shot Sunday

While I was down in Virginia lately, I went with my 
friends on a sunny Sunday to a service at their 
beautiful old church (almost 200 years), near
Charlottesville.  Later, while they grabbed a
coffee and socialized, I headed with my trusty
 camera to the church's peaceful graveyard.

[To see more Sunday shadows, go here.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

While I was up in Massachusetts recently, I visited some
old cemeteries. This one is more or less in what is now someone's
backyard.  They can't complain that the neighbors are noisy, can they?

Besides, those "neighbors " were there first.
[To see more shadows, go here.]

abc wednesday - O is for "open"

Yes, the gate is open, but the good

people of Vernazza in Italy's Cinque Terre 

are probably in no hurry to get

in . . . even though their little cemetery

at the tippy-top of the town truly has

a view to die for!

[See how others interpreted "O" here.]