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They Might Be Giants

-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 51 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photo(s) taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with an […]

V is for… Vespa

The iconic Vespa made its first appearance in post-war Italy, in 1946, and is now known and loved the world over.  In a CNN Survey in 2013, it was voted among […]

Object of Touristic Desire

These trinkets, in a shop window in Toledo, are examples of the art of damascening. This involves inlaying different metals into one another—typically, gold or silver into a darkly oxidized steel background—to produce intricate patterns. This is still practiced in […]