In my mind I’m getting ready to return to Tuscany, to my beloved and his spazio which can mean place or space. This is what I found there when I returned from Slovenia last August.
I first noticed the letters when I passed Lake Burano, a few minutes from our home, at 10 in the morning. The first three photos are from then, including one of the flotilla relaxing at the lake, flamingos among them.
I returned the next day at 8 pm and was surprised by a line of cars in front of me, all there to see the letters lit up, spelling Spazio amato, The Beloved Space. All the next photos but the last capture this half an hour.
When uncle came over in September, I took him there at night and it made for a nice surprise. The last photo shows this moment. Little did I know that this would be the last time and three days later the sign would be removed.
That this installation by Massimo Uberti was just temporary I discovered later in the year when I returned there to find it gone. But this place remains just as beloved as always. And I will be back there tomorrow.
Good luck to all of you, especially Marsha, our host, with her healing.
For Photographing Public Art Challenge (PPAC) hosted by Marsha at Always Write
This day in my blogging history
An Embarrassment of Riches 
Beautiful. 🙂
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Thank you, Lynette! 🙂
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I love that one with the kids. Very spacious.
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Thank you, Bojana. The cars in front of me stopped and suddenly the field was full of small and big runners. 🙂 As if I asked for them.
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Life is full of surprises.
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Those turned out beautifully, didn’t they? I like the one framed in the car window, Manja. I love going on rides – always have since I was a little girl and so many things I’ve seen from my car window, but never SPAZIO AMATO. I’m sad that they did not leave the sign. I wonder why they took it away. It added so much joy. The water pictures are so beautiful. I’m glad you had fun that day with your uncle.
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Thank you, Marsha! I’m quite certain it had been planned like this, for this display to be temporary. It is beautiful but it also changes the nature reserve into more of an attraction for humans. These photos were taken over three different days, only the last was taken at night with my uncle. I’m back now and it’s HOT.
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Wonderful entry for this week’s challenge. Interesting photos 😀
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Thank you, Cee! I’m back home now and it’s hellish hot. Hope you’re well!
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I love the image with the creek or river leading up to the trees and horizon!
The space is lovely.
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Thank you, Deborah. I returned yesterday. It’s brown and hot and crowded but it’s home.
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I love to travel and explore but, there’s no place like home with one’s own stuff is there. I’m glad you’re home safe! 🥰
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When we know something is temporary we make more of an effort to appreciate it!
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Quite right, Emma. Plus this is a nature reserve and humans should only interfere temporarily. I’m glad to see you hop around my posts. Welcome to my new blog!
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Some of that street art is really good! Talent lies within! Was that bunker from World War II or the Balkan war?
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Thank you, Amanda! I believe you have joined two of my posts. 🙂 The bunker was in my yesterday’s post. Yes, it was from WWII. when Italian military built a ring around Ljubljana with barb wire and bunkers. In 1991 Slovenia had only a 10-day independence war with some casualties but not that many, and then they let us go. We were lucky.
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Two posts in one! Okay! Linked up via email I think. Perhaps that is why.
10 days is not enough time to build a bunker. Thank goodness they let you go…
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True that! I often say thank you on the inside.
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