Saturday morning.

NYC Skyline and Statue of Liberty Dinner Cruise from Queens.

via viator.com.

Tuscan light.

Sunlight at Villa Talamo. Tuscany, June 2021.

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Brooklyn Bridge.

Brooklyn Bridge, NYC. Photographed by Adrian Caisaguano, 2019.

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February oasis.

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Wish I was here.

Roses for June.

Rose garden at The Huntington Library, California.

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Lecce, 1988.

Fashion and Baroque, photographed by Ferdinando Scianna. Lecce Cathedral, Church of Saint Mary of the Assumption. Lecce, 1988.

Skull and Cross

"Cause of our joy, pray for us."

An unexpected structural detail worked into the facade of a very old building in a small private alley in Florence. The buildings around Florence (and even around Rome, for that matter) are full of these little embellishments that often seem to serve a dual purpose: veneration and aesthetic inspiration.