I love wandering around parklike surroundings. I know I’d have fun at Bomarzo!
Well, this summer, the little anthros who were here for awhile went after visiting us to an agriturismo near Viterbo, Italy, with their nonna and mamma and papa and visited one of mama’s favourite places on earth, the park of monsters, near Bomarzo, the little town nearby. Created by a patron of the arts, Francesco Orsini, to commemorate his dead wife, the park is full of sculptures and wild creations of the imagination that delight all visitors.
Here is the family sitting in front of one of the amazing sculptures carved in the 16th century out of the stone on Orgini’s property.
Papa has a wonderful photo of mama standing in the mouth of one of the huge monsters, which you can see on the link above. I’ll try to locate it in my Adobe and attempt to get it to WordPress, lotsa luck!!!
Imagine mama standing in this guy’s boca!
It really is amazing what the man did with the indigenous rock and stone, and mama tells me that there are kitties who live there, too. As wild as the park, but what a great place to live!
I’m only good for about one or two photos now until I learn how to get my pics into WordPress in a shorter time. Still searching for The Answer!
This Adobe PSE stuff is EXHAUSTING!!!
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An uplifting story about Mexican bakers in Texas.
that is one scary looking dude! FYI didn’t comment on the raw food post. I am not supposed to be commenting on pet food posts because I am a Brand Ambassador for a major pet food brand (((hugs))) so I steer clear of all posts about pet food.
Well, all the monsters are scary but in a nice scary way, mama says. They are fun to take pictures with. If I can find the one of mama in the mouth of the creature, I’ll post it. And yes, I know you are am Ambassador. Would love to know more about that.
That does look like an interesting place to visit.
Luv da fotos LouLou. Sounds like fun. We luv da bread too. Mommy luvs bread. You, you look gawjus as always. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
Oh, I wish you could taste mama’s focaccia, Dezi. You’d like that a lot! But you can make it at home in minutes. Just have to wait for it to rise and then bake and eat. EASY. It’s on a blog. Search for “focaccia”.
Wish we could send you some of mama’s olive bread. So nummy.
“cast your bread upon the waters and it shall return to you…”
What a lovely quote for that courageous group of bakers. Just wonderful. You always have such a good quote or poem or incite about so many things. Thank you. Was that the Bible? Ecclesiates 11.1 according to google. Is that correct? A famous sermon.
I knew it was from the Bible but had no idea where. I looked it up in my Bible, the Revised English Bible – 1989, and it is a good deal less poetic. Back to the King James…Anyway, what they did was the epitome of a Christian act. Imagine that warm, fresh bread going to those poor people. “As ye do it unto the least of these, ye do it unto me.” Didn’t you once tell how your Mama had done something similar after one of the California earthquakes ?
That was actually on a day that the earthquake had happened and mama and papa felt nothing at their house but they went to deliver bread and all the stores at which they sold were devastated. So they gave all the bread that day to a relief group I think. But oh, how sweet that Mexican bread–so delicious and so comforting to so many!