Lens-Artists PC: Water baby

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Yes, I am one, I am drawn to every kind of water and whenever I was asked what I wished to do in life I replied: “I wish to live by the sea.” Here it is, a 12-km sandy beach less than 2 km away.

For almost nine years I’ve been living in the south of Tuscany where I moved from Slovenia, my country of origin. Before I wouldn’t be too sure if somebody asked me whether Tuscany had sea. And now it is here, just around the corner, and yet on most days I only see it from the distance. It’s enough that it’s here.

My 20 photos bring an overview of different kinds of water bodies: canals, lakes, rivers, streams, droplets, fountains, the sea, a lagoon, a puddle and a swimming pool. I hop freely between Italy and Slovenia. Welcome to freshen up with me.

The nearest water. The area is full of such canals. This used to be marshland and malaria was a menace.
Cala del Gesso, one of the 17 beaches on the Monte Argentario peninsula.
The sea on our beach at sunset.
The Orbetello lagoon is a nature reserve. Many birds live here or come to winter.
The lagoon also has a windmill. The Monte Argentario peninsula in the back.
To other seas now. This was my only sailboat holiday in the Adriatic Sea of Croatia.
The monument to seamstresses who crossed the sea in search of a better life in Trieste.
Piran in Slovenia is 40 km south of Trieste. Life by the water.
The wild part of Terme di Saturnia in Tuscany. On my last visit this part was no longer free.
The Soča (Isonzo) river, the jewel of Slovenia.
Lake Bohinj in the Julian Alps, wilder and some say prettier than its more famous neighbour Lake Bled.
Lake Jasna near Kranjska Gora after the rain.
The Ljubljanica river in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, is not where locals would swim.
A stream near Farnese in Lazio.
Water is life.
A puddle in Ljubljana on my way to school.
A Ljubljana swimming pool if you’re lucky.
Last year we stopped in Padua for the first time. Water is omnipresent.
Villa Lante gardens in Bagnaia near Viterbo.
Villa d’Este in Tivoli and one of its 100 fountains.

For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, hosted by Anne at Slow Shutter Speed: Water

This day in my blogging history

Published by Manja Maksimovič

A Slovenian in Italy for love. Blogger, photographer, translator and would-be writer who would be a writer if she wrote. Plus reluctant but emerging poet. Beware.

37 thoughts on “Lens-Artists PC: Water baby”

  3. Great photos, but it’s your commentary which got me thinking. I live in Australia but we rarely visit the beach. It’s so crowded along the foreshore though the beach itself is often vacant. 🧐

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    1. Interesting, Not Pam. I’m glad to hear this got you thinking. By foreshore you mean something like the waterfront? Promenade by the sea? You must have so many beaches. 🙂 Over here it’s full of offshore fishermen. Bestia tends to eat all their leftover bait and hooks if I’m not careful. :p Thanks!

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    1. Ahhh, Equinoxio! Thank you for this balm. Sounds so good! In my family there is this running joke: “You know what you should be doing?” Since mom keeps saying this. In her opinion I should already have millions of books out and everybody should be reading my blog. 😀

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  11. I love being near water. I could never live in a place where there wasn’t a lake or a large river. But even a small brook or a city fountain can make me feel delight. Of course now I live by the sea, but to be honest, it’s a bit too much water and it so salty! Not pleasant for swimming 😉

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