Monthly Archives: June 2023

Morning Coffee in Italy

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Brian

My visit to Trieste and Venice in May offered so much to enjoy and savour – history, great architecture, wonderful paintings and sculpture, memorable food and drink, and ever changing and relaxing sea and waterways.  The physical world combined with … Continue reading →

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Museo Fortuny

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Brian

A favourite place in Venice: ‘The Museo Fortuny or Fortuny Museum is an art museum in San Marco, in central Venice, Italy. The museum is housed in the Palazzo Pesaro Orfei, now often known as Palazzo Fortuny, where Mariano Fortuny … Continue reading →

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Omaggio a Miro

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Brian

Immersive art at the Miro exhibition, Muse Revoltella, Trieste, May 2023.

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Shutter Hub – To The Sea

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Brian

Shutter Hub has called for submissions under the title of ‘To The Sea’. We want to share an exhibition that broadly encompasses all of your visions of the sea – be it environmental, actual, or emotional. Take the theme ‘TO … Continue reading →

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Fen (Ditton) Landscape

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Brian
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Trieste Scrapbook May 2023

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Brian
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Trieste Window

Posted on June 24, 2023 by Brian
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Mining the Diaries 38: Morocco

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Brian

Hotel Es Saadi, Marrakech, 19th October 1998 Breakfast on the terrace down by the pool.  The cheery woman behind the counter stopped making crepes and fried eggs for us in a pan over a burner, the gas bottles were polished … Continue reading →

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Double Exposures

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Brian

Readers who know a bit about photography (and maybe some who don’t) will have realised that the photographs I used in the Traces of Erewhon book project were made using double exposures (see post 19th January 2023).  The images were … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 37: Cuba 1998

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Brian

Las Cuatros Palmas, Varadero, 10th May 1998 Awake early, I look out from my balcony across the palms and thatched roofs to the silent sea and a sharply defined horizon under plumbago sky.  Scores of dark amber dragonflies describe circles, … Continue reading →

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Molo Audace, Trieste

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Brian

The windrose at the end of the Molo Audace indicates the directions of four winds, the Greco, Scirocco, Libeccio and Maestro.  Away on the edge, between the Greco and the Scirocco, a fat-cheeked cherub boldly blows in the Bora.  ‘This … Continue reading →

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Fen? Landscape

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Brian

I’m not sure whether this qualifies as fen landscape. Its name notwithstanding, Fen Ditton is at best fen edge and has been nearly swallowed by Cambridge. Ditton comes from Old English dīċ (‘ditch, trench, moat’) + tūn (‘enclosure; settlement’).

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Mining the Diaries 36: France

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Brian

Le Pre Fleuri, Corlu, 5th April 1998 A solitary swallow skimmed over the farm as we set out on a circular tour – Delville Wood, Pozieres, Contalmaison and Mametz Wood.  Near Combles a line of beaters tramped across the fields … Continue reading →

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Trieste Emporia

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Brian

There is much that is grand and beautiful about Trieste.  There are also telling and fascinating details that are the reward for keeping eyes and mind open, as a few previous posts have shown.  Sell-all shops, usually Chinese-run, are another … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 35: Spain

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Brian

Hogar San Francisco, Santiago Compostella, 22nd August 1997 The town is thronged with 20th century pilgrims – tourists – and the crowds gather around the cathedral with the waking day.  They drop coins to be photographed with a dog dressed … Continue reading →

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