Today in pictures - Page 664

davemac · 20-10-2014, 21:18

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Just had a catch up of the week - what great photos from everyone, some real gems. Have really enjoyed perusing them all

I have been away on a short break to Lucca in Tuscany this week where I met up with my aunt and uncle. Left my "boys" behind and took way too many photos but it is an amazing town with complete bastions and walls surrounding it which are 500 years old and are a fantastic recreational area with spectacular trees and views. There are traces of the roman town in Piazza del Amfiteatro which is the only oval piazza in the world, lots of mediaeval buildings and churches and some more recent as well as amazing shops, many with the original art nouveau fronts intact . I also visited Palazzo Pfanner with it's lovely Italianate garden, the botanical gardens and the house where composer Puccini was born.
I immediately noticed that it is a bike friendly place so here's a first look at Lucca with pedal power in mind. Spot the tandem and monocycle!

Nice to see a theme woven into the fabric of an atmospheric place.

DaveinGermany · 20-10-2014, 22:29

As usual I'm playing catch up .... again! These were Fridays jolly hol snaps taken up around Barrow in Furness & Ulverston so bear with me.

A grounded Trawler by Roa Island - Piel Castle - One of our Navies silent protectors - Conishead priory & Buddhist temple (Manjushri Kadampa meditation centre) x4 - Stan Laurel Inn Ulverston x2 - And a Lighthouse above Ulverston???

Margaret Pilkington · 21-10-2014, 07:11

A cornucopia of lovely pics.....thanks son.
I really enjoyed looking at them....imagining myself to be there....without the imbuggerance of having to deal with traffic.

mobertol · 21-10-2014, 21:43

First set of ten showing what people get up to on and around the walls of Lucca in Tuscany... (10 more tomorrow)
1. Taking a cat for a walk
2. Reading a book
3. Multi-tasking?! What, a man

Smoking a pipe and texting.
4. Taking a dog for a walk
5. Sending a text to a friend in England
6. Enjoying the autumn sunshine
7. A bit of old-fashioned courting
8. Picnic with the family
9. Meeting up with friends and messing about
10. Taking in the view (young man from Scotland on his hols.)

Margaret Pilkington · 22-10-2014, 06:45

Dianne your pictures are delightful, and just what this thread was started for.
It shows a snapshot of your day.....what was going on in your little section of the world.
I love them.....they are ordinary, yet extraordinary.
A slice of life......I also think they resonate with me because, given the opportunity, they are the visual eavesdropping pictures I would take myself.

mobertol · 22-10-2014, 07:31

Thanks Margaret

Here's the next set of ten - more of the same!
1 He couldn't resist walking on the wall, it's quite a way down...
2 Resting a while
3 Easy way round, take a carriage ride. (4.2km round tour on the walls)
4 Ride in a buggy with the family - this way the kids don't moan!
5 Playing dominoes
6 Meeting old friends - top dog in his usual place, usual time.
7 Discussing politics
8 Contemplating the mountains
9 Snap!
10 Student reading group - all their own words.

Margaret Pilkington · 22-10-2014, 07:45

I like your 'more of the same' too.
They are just what I would have liked to have captured.
I like to catch shots of people doing what they do, without knowing that the camera is on them. The shots are more real somehow, and have a different feel to those shots where people know they are being photographed.

I love 5 and 6......they would both lend themselves to selective colour reduction very nicely......take the colour out of the background and just leave the men in colour.....think it would make for an interesting shot.......but that is just me!

davemac · 22-10-2014, 08:20

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Originally Posted by mobertol

Thanks Margaret

Here's the next set of ten - more of the same!
1 He couldn't resist walking on the wall, it's quite a way down...
2 Resting a while
3 Easy way round, take a carriage ride. (4.2km round tour on the walls)
4 Ride in a buggy with the family - this way the kids don't moan!
5 Playing dominoes
6 Meeting old friends - top dog in his usual place, usual time.
7 Discussing politics
8 Contemplating the mountains
9 Snap!
10 Student reading group - all their own words.

1 and 8 outstanding backdrop, and probably not noticed when people are going about their business.

DaveinGermany · 22-10-2014, 08:56

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7 Discussing politics

Mussolini ?

mobertol · 22-10-2014, 10:31

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Mussolini ?

He was actually going on about Fascism so you are right in a way

Was lucky to catch him making that gesture but he was a typical Italian gesticulator!

davemac · 22-10-2014, 21:03

Today in Pictures, a walk back in time.

1. Who lies there.
2. That grass wants cutting.
3. Ivy gets everywhere.
4. the long shot.
5. The leaves on the ground are starting to pile up.
6. It went dark soon.
7. Its Ivy again.
8. This time next year you will not see the stone.
9. Heading back to the gate.
10. I see your back is no better.

DaveinGermany · 22-10-2014, 22:15

We're up to the week-end & a trip to Coventry to catch up with my Sister & her clan plus an old mate from the Army days.

The kids at the Ricoh (Isabel & Tom Niece & Nephew) - Slumming it at the "De Vere" Hotel (actually overlooking the Football pitch) - Stanley at the Ricoh Arena - Marion, Mutt, Sis & Si Sunday afternoon at the Memorial park - Said Mutt "Locket" - Tom & Sis chasing the hound out of a mucky puddle he'd been wallowing in - So into the pond with the grubby little Arab - A quick break then on with the games - Sunday evening in the "Signalbox" newly opened Hungry horse Pub, they even had a quiz on & we finished 3rd! Marion, Stan (Army mate) Lorraine & Joe - X years as a Civvy & look what happens!

mobertol · 23-10-2014, 12:05

Piazza del Anfiteatro in Lucca - unique place as it is a perfect oval. The mediaeval buildings sprang up around the remains of the old Roman amphitheatre. Any stone from that was slowly poached away for other buildings leaving the outline of the amphitheatre and the 4 arched entrances into it are where the gladiators used to enter it originally.

Turtle · 23-10-2014, 13:51

I've really enjoyed the photos posted in the last few days! Thank you all. Sorry I've not had time to comment - will get back in full swing soon

Margaret Pilkington · 23-10-2014, 14:13

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Originally Posted by mobertol

Piazza del Anfiteatro in Lucca - unique place as it is a perfect oval. The mediaeval buildings sprang up around the remains of the old Roman amphitheatre. Any stone from that was slowly poached away for other buildings leaving the outline of the amphitheatre and the 4 arched entrances into it are where the gladiators used to enter it originally.

Oh those pics are beautiful....like a spoonful of warm honey.