Posted by on Nov 19, 2014 | 4 comments

image This is one of two “bathtubs” in the Piazza Farnese in Rome, where mama took this photo of PIGEONS having a drink and taking a little bath right in PUBLIC!!! Pigeons have never been known for their smarts, though, right?  Maybe that’s why they are served on so many menus in Rome’s trattorie, haha! image Okay, I know that was mean but if I were out there with those bird-brains, I’d give them a run for their birdseed, you can be sure of that. Meanwhile, Piazza Farnese has to be one of the most beautiful piazza in Italy, in the world maybe.  Mama drove me by it one day and there was the Palazzo Farnese, which is the French embassy, and inside are the Carracci brothers semi-x-rated ceiling frescos that are only to be seen by appointment (hey, the stuff you can get on the internet is far, far worse than these beautiful ceiling paintings) and the front of the palazzo has myriad designs around the windows, done by the brick layers and plasterers who finished the building and who, one of mama’s friends thinks, had a kind of competition to see who could get plastered better than the other!!!  Make that ‘get plaster’… image image Well, I think mama has to get another better shot of the plasterers’ work when she’s over there tomorrow because it’s not easy to see the various windows, but they are so, so beautiful. I know I’m a French kitty, but I am just overwhelmed by the beauty of this city and it’s monuments and there are just too many to count each and every day.  But I’ll get there…. image Such a city of opposites. image Harley meets delivery bike… image Tomorrow I’ll see even more…I keep my eyes wide open all the time.  Just like Johnny Cash, haha. Except when I don’t: image