First I planned to do a compilation of various interesting buildings from my two countries, but then I realised that I wish to show Rome as I saw it three weeks ago after almost two years without a single visit.
Monteverde in Rome is where amore’s father lives and when we go there, this is where I walk bestia.
As I was choosing these photos, I was reminded of a post that I did for Cee a long time ago. I searched it out and it was this one from six years ago, entitled Roman candy architecture. I bet some of the houses are the same.
Apparently nothing much has changed, except one restaurant which always looked so happening and welcoming seemed to have closed its doors for good. (It’s the one with the grey gate.)
The last four photos are not from Rome but from Tuscany, also taken last month. These houses I can see in the town nearest me, Capalbio Scalo, ending with our cute little church which I see so rarely that I decided to set it up as the featured photo.
All this to make you see that in Italy even the most ordinary houses are cheerful, colourful, stylish and happy-making. And the blue sky certainly helps.
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Buildings
This day in my blogging history
2018: My sweet addiction (compilation of desserts)
2019: Three photos and three thoughts:
Necessity makes a naked woman learn how to spin.
-Danish proverb
Not too sure about the Danish proverb. Does it apply to all naked women or just Danish ones?
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Bahaha! It’s possible the Danish were at the forefront. When I read it again just now, I read “spit” instead of “spin”.
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The burnt yellow, curved building is so interesting. I like buildings that break the traditional molds.
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Thank you, Denny. When you move between countries as I do, I start to notice things I wouldn’t otherwise. Moving is good for the eyes.
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And eyes must be open!
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No glass boxes here. I like the one with the big round corner. (K)
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Thank you, K. Right! I am not a fan of glass boxes.
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Everything is less ordinary when you take a photo of them…
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Ahh, this sounds lovely, Sofia. 🙂 Thank you!
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You’ve got a lot of orange tones in these buildings. Cool post. 😀 😀
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Thank you, Cee. Italians are not colour-shy. I wonder if you’d also like the orange in my yesterday’s post.
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Love that proverb 😃
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Thanks, Not Pam. It is not wrong. 😀
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Oh lovely Rome! I am not sure about that proverb, I think it needs updating.
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Haha, thanks, Emma. How would you update it? I’m curious. 🙂
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Well, either necessity makes a cold wo/man learn how to spin/sew/shop. I don’t think we need the word naked. It has a demeaning/sexual element to it.
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Right… Thank you for your input. I was not feeling the demeaning element. And it must be the woman. In this way necessity is more layered.
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I don’t think that “ordinary” is the correct term for these beautiful buildings. Nothing is ordinary in Italy, right?
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Ha, it’s all relative, Teresa. There is a real danger that beauty becomes ordinary here… Thank you!
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I see your point! 👍🏼
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You’ve certainly proved your point that Italians live in ‘cheerful, colourful, stylish’ homes 🙂
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Thank you, Sarah. 🙂 I’m glad that this is clear.
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Who wouldn’t love such such ‘ordinary’ buildings?
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Right, Bojana. Italy is hard not to love, even when it’s not really trying. Thanks.
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It doesn’t have to. It’s all there.
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Pretty gorgeous “ordinary” !!
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Thank you, Bonnie. Glad to see you hop around my blog. 🙂 Italy is like that…
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That proverb at the end has boggled my mind. What does it mean? “Necessity teaches a naked woman how to spin.” I feel as if I’ve missed something. Perhaps it’ll dawn on me in the early hours.
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Hihi, you’re the second one who has a problem with this proverb, Sunra Nina. Let me tell you how I see it: Suddenly a woman is naked and cold (possibly due to climate change. She used to be naked and cool with it.) So she thinks what to do to improve her situation and she invents the spinning wheel. 😉 (No actual spinning around her axle involved. No male gaze.) Better now?
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Well, now that’s made my mind boggle even more, Manja! I think I sort of get it but why on earth create a wheel (of course, I know it’s one of the greatest inventions of mankind, etc etc), when you could fashion a lovely dress made from all manner of nature’s offerings. To avoid chafing if nothing else. Thanks for trying though! 🙂
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But… isn’t the spinning wheel used to make dresses? You know, the one from the Sleeping Beauty. (Or is there another word for it in English?)
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Good point. There’s cogs and wheels with sewing machines. Are you thinking of the spindle in Rumpelstiltskin? 😀
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Noo! Wasn’t Sleeping Beauty the one who got stung on the bewitched spindle and slept for years until kissed back to life by the Prince?
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Ha ha! I believe that is true! But the daughter in Rumpelstiltskin also used a spindle to spin hay into gold because he was a greedy little bugger. So women and wheels do go back a long way! Sleeping Beauty was clearly quite posh and rich and didn’t know how to use a spindle. SB is really a very problematic tale from start to finish! 😀 😀
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