Single Shot

Next door to us is Piazza Santissima Annuziata.That piazza is the turf of older gypsy women. There are no gypsy men, no gypsy younger woman, just mature women. They are easy to recognize by the ankle-long velvet skirts they always wear.They spend most of the day begging, especially at the church door. Every night, they sleep on the loggia of the Innocenti on the same piazza, where they are protected from the rain. One thing we wonder about is their bedding. They have a lot of it, and what can they do with it in the daytime? Probably a charity lets them store it close by.

So far, I have not taken pictures of them.  However this morning I could not resist snapping this one who was begging at the church door  while chatting with a friend on her cellphone. A professional through and through.