Right Now

… chamomile along the river …

"Flower power lies in the telling of its story to the world through opening fully and deeply, breathing into the world, a love affair with life." ~ Jayita Bhattacharjee

…after lunch, before returning to work, admiring the Torre degli Anziani in Piazza della Frutta…

…peony season has finally exploded…

… sky above my home …

“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“We must unite, not to stay together, but to create something together.” ~ Goethe

“If you feel you have to open a particular door, open it, otherwise all your life that door will haunt your mind.” ~Mehmet Murat ildan

... sunshine for a rainy late afternoon day ...

“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.” ~ Charles Dickens

…the Ponte di Pietra is Verona's oldest bridge over the Adige River, the only one remaining from Roman times. After surviving several floods, it was blown up during World War II by retreating German soldiers and later rebuilt using the original stones recovered from the riverbed...

…another night of torrential rain… but this morning the sun is shining, let's hope for the best…

“When something breaks, it will never be the same again. That doesn't mean it can't get better.” ~ Gian Marco Manzo, psychiatrist

…it's so strange that a meadow with yellow flowers can make a gray day seem sunny…

…I don't think of the buzzing of bees or their stings… but of the daily journeys they make from flower to flower to transmit the future…

…today in Italy – June 2 – we celebrate Republic Day, which commemorates the institutional referendum of 1946. On that date, Italians (for the first time, including women) were called to the polls to choose between Monarchy and Republic, marking the birth of the new democratic order after the end of the Second World War and twenty years of fascist dictatorship. Commemorative events were held in all Italian municipalities. In Padua, the procession began from Palazzo Moroni, the seat of the municipality, and then continued to Piazza dei Signori, where local authorities gave speeches. So I left the crew filming the crowd and the empty pre-election promises and finished up at the office...