Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt: Steps

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Going...going...gone.

I took this picture out of the window of the "office" of the yacht marina where I worked last summer. Some people have all the fun, and I just bet that summering on a yacht helps tremendously, don't you think?

Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt: Architecture

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Village church on the top of Mount Epomeo, Ischia

Sunday Sunset

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--San Francesco Beach, Ischia

As I fly into my sunrise to go back home, I want you to enjoy a sunset from one of my favorite places in Ischia, so turn on the volume and listen to the waves. See you on the other side :)

Le Palme

Winter palm...

...summer palm

(You may remember the summer one from a previous post, there are some other Ischia pictures if you want to see them.) It won't be long before that sun is peeking through fronds again, and I'll be right there to bask in it.

Why I live in Ischia #4

Just the other day as I was finishing my lazy breakfast, I heard the resident rooster calling. I went outside to investigate.

The morning had been dreary, but just in front of me through the "window" on my balcony I noticed the sun finally penetrating those persistent clouds, low over the mountain. I came out of an open-mouthed stupor induced by the strangest light I've ever seen in time to get my camera so that I could share with you one special moment from my day.

The light had changed, but the image remained. I took a deep breath of cool island air and thanked the rooster for reminding me why I'm here.

Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt: Wild

Click here for more info about the Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt, and its creator. This week's theme is WILD.

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This is a photo from a previous post. It's a shot from the Amalfi coast and it looks to me like a piece of undeveloped paradise from a time before man existed. It's nice to know that in one of the most beautiful strips of land in the world, there is still a corner, maybe just a small hill like this that shows us what once was.

**Post publication note: That's better! I had to make a few adjustments, I wasn't able to see the post as it was posted. And for the record I DO know how to spell "creator," I was just checkin' to see if you noticed. ALSO, TN Chick has informed me that WILD is next week's theme. Sorry TN chick, I'm hopeless, absolutely hopeless.

Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt: Memory

I have an idea! Why doesn't someone start posting the SATURDAY Photo Scavenger Hunt on MONDAY? Creative isn't it? Ok, enough silliness...my internet access has been either non-existent or very precarious for the last few weeks. In fact, my last post, more than 2 weeks ago, was posted by Mom, following my log-in and publishing instructions over the phone, across the Atlantic Ocean.

Not wanting to bore you all with the numbingly tedious details of my daily life, I have never fully explained why my blogging (and visiting) has gone from every-single-day to VERY irregular.

This is why: I regularly spend half of the week in Naples and the other half at home in Ischia.

Otherwise, I must pray while I'm in Ischia, that the moment I choose to venture down to the local sports betting place that has two computers and many leering males happens to be within their operating hours that span a vast 3 minutes and 18 seconds per day.

So, without further excuses, here's my better-late-than-never "Saturday" Photo Scavenger Hunt picture, with the theme of memory.

This is the Aragonese Castle in Ischia. (If you would like to read about the history, click here, this page is in Italian, but you can get some other info in English by clicking around.) It's the ancient mascot of an Island that will always be a part of me...it has filled the last 3 and a half years of my life and for the next (?) years, wherever I may find myself, it will be a part of the life experiences that have made me who I am, and who I will be. It will be the protagonist of many reminiscent stories, hopefully proudly recounted to grandchildren who wish their old grandmother would shut up already, or at least put her damn teeth in before talking.