One of the things I like best about Florence are these big doors that open to let a car get into a courtyard or a garage. Sometimes one of these will be left open, and you can see part of the courtyard. These courtyards run the gamut from a simple parking area to a magnificent garden.
Very often, past the door there is a grill - it stops nosy people like me, but lets them see part way in. I suppose the reason these gates are enticing is that they only let you guess at what is beyond. In this case the entrance to what looks like an attractive garden,
here a less sophisticated area to park a car or to leave a bicycle.
Another example of a more utilitarian courtyard.
In the case below, it would appear you first park the scooters, then the cars and further in still is the garden.
Here, I took a picture of the grill past the double doors and, following it, is what I saw putting the camera through that grill.
Glimpse of yet another courtyard taken from "beyond the pale".
One more attractive garden.
I like everyone of these. To those who know us and know we built an 8 foot fence round the garden, it will not come as a surprise that we like enclosed areas!
Very often, past the door there is a grill - it stops nosy people like me, but lets them see part way in. I suppose the reason these gates are enticing is that they only let you guess at what is beyond. In this case the entrance to what looks like an attractive garden,
Another example of a more utilitarian courtyard.
In the case below, it would appear you first park the scooters, then the cars and further in still is the garden.
Here, I took a picture of the grill past the double doors and, following it, is what I saw putting the camera through that grill.
Glimpse of yet another courtyard taken from "beyond the pale".
One more attractive garden.
I like everyone of these. To those who know us and know we built an 8 foot fence round the garden, it will not come as a surprise that we like enclosed areas!
They like their terracotta pots. Is there a reason? Do they lack for decent ground soil?
ReplyDeleteThere is plenty of soil. I think it is just cultural. They have had them for ever and it is cold enough for them to break only from time to time. They are very attractive too.
DeleteGood Morning, What a wonderful time you have had and the marvelous things you have seen. I do hope that you have seen some of the museums and not let your time be taken over entirely by the some of the unusual things of a different city. Your trip too Florence is soon coming to an end so will let you know that the weather in Ontario has finally changed and the winter held in abeyance for so long is fast approaching but before that happened spring peeper frogs were noted singing in the ponds in the Peterborough area.
ReplyDeleteSafe trip home. Bill
Hi Bill,
DeleteWe saw lots of museums and just about every churches. Beside, we still have a whole month. We are only coming back at the end of January so we have time to just walk around and notice unimportant things.
It is suppose to get colder here too.