Lens-Artists PC: Interesting finds

This is what I do, more or less. My camera is always on the lookout for objects of interest, be it in nature or culture. That’s why I’m suffering when nothing new comes along, even though same old means rural Tuscany.

I could do many galleries like this one, and I have, and I will. This one is for Patti and her quest for interesting objects.

It starts with my parents, which is how things tend to start. That day in 2016 we visited four autumn festivals in Tuscany.

A couple of Pinocchios follow and certain Etruscans. What will our civilization be known for? My guess is plastic.

The gallery ends with the sun and a cricket, a klobasa, which is Slovenian for sausage, and finally there is (a copy of) David in his entirety for Sarah, since the end of her post for this challenge cracked me up. You need to see that.

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  Mom caught a big one.

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  Father is satisfied with a small pretty one. Both on display in Bagnolo.

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  Nature finds a way.

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  Pinocchio in waiting. Spotted in Montorsaio.

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  Farnese was the backdrop of many scenes shot for the Italian TV series The Adventures of Pinocchio.

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  Near Tuscania. I had to stop for this scene.

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  The door of Basilica di San Domenico in Siena. In my archives since 2016 and I never paid it special attention. Look at all these things!

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  I have posted this one before but it’s rather… special.

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  The streets of Rome are full of surprises.

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  The Etruscan museum in Vetulonia. I like that arm in particular.

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  Vulci was another Etruscan megapolis. 3rd to 2nd century BC, imagine that. She looks so pleased.

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  I know that Etruscans were advanced but this is stretching it.

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  Best use for the ugly outdoor air-conditioning unit. Spotted in Sant’Angelo, yes, the fairy-tale mural town.

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  In Monticello Amiata they hang out plastic strips and call it a party.

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  Pot head envy. I tried to establish whether the plant was real or fake. The colour seems a bit excessive.

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  So this is the elusive pink flamingo!

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  The most recent photo of all these. Niki de Saint Phalle’s Nana as a balloon at our train station, a novelty. Who said nothing new happens around here?

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  I’m pleased with everything I can find.

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  On a getaway with Flavia to Canale Monterano two years ago. The sun and do you see it, on the left?

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  Here you go. A cricket! (Or is it a grasshopper? Hm… Thank you, Selma!)

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  Sometimes a klobasa is just a klobasa. Ljubljana.

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  A copy of David in Firenze almost 10 years ago on my first visit. Compare it with Sarah’s last photo…

For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, hosted by Patti at P. A. Moed: Interesting Objects

This day in my blogging history

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  2015: Two houses where I’d love to live

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  2016: This town’s not big enough for the both of us

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  2017: “Something incredible is to be(come) known.” Smart-no?

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  2018: Thursday Doors with a little extra from Piran

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  2019: Friendly Friday pathways from Slovenia and Croatia. This is Duba.