Tag: Italy

Today’s Picture: 6 Oct 20

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Thought I'd give you a pretty little islet from the Italian Lake Maggiore today. Taken in September 2018. If you’re visiting here, please be generous to those who can’t escape their own four walls at present, and share this widely with them on social media, so they can enjoy it. Thank you.

Today’s Picture: 23 Sep 20

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Evening on Lake Maggiore, Italy. Taken September 2018. Each year, I have a complete break from the internet. It recharges my batteries and gives me time to reflect on the world as it was before we all surrendered to constant contact. However, on 4th April this year, I made a commitment to post a picture …

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Today’s Picture: 14 Aug 20

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A walk through the hillside forests above Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy, on the way down from Mottarone. Stuck indoors and unable to get out and enjoy nature? Then this series is for you. I’m aiming to brighten the days by posting pictures of natural beauty. We had thunderstorms again last night, and the rain hasn’t …

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Today’s Pictures: 6 July 20

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Sun and shade among the pines in the Forest of Dean People all over our wonderful world can’t get out and enjoy nature just now. Here, I’m trying to brighten the days for them by posting pictures of natural beauty. Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore in Italy. Taken in September 2018. If you get pleasure …

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Today’s Pictures: 17 June 20

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A steep path climbs around the contours of the hill. Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic.   Lake Magiorre from the hills above Stresa, Italy. The distant mountains at the head of the lake are in Switzerland. Taken September 2018. If you get pleasure from this, please …

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Today’s Pictures: 14 June 20

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Sunshine streams through gaps in the canopy in this stand of pine trees. Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Another day when grey skies greeted the morning and the forecasters predicted rain in the afternoon, so we ventured out early for our walk. It turns out they …

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Today’s Pictures: 13 June 20

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In one of our favourite parts of the local forest. Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Another day of cloud and sunny periods, with a threat of thunderstorms this evening. We set out to check the lilies on the fishing pond and found only a few have …

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Today’s Pictures: 11 June 20

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A family enjoying a picnic on the forested slopes on the way to the Stresa Mottorone station in the mountains behind the town. The station where the cable cars arrive can be seen on top of the hill to the left of the central pine tree. We had walked down from that point to reach …

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Today’s Pictures: 7 June 20

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Tall sentinels line the path. Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Full moon over Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy. Taken September 2018. If you get pleasure from this, please share it, so others can enjoy it, too. Thank you.

Today’s Pictures: 30 May 20

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An old stile on a track in the forest. The idea here is to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. And, as a contrast, a shot from our day trip around Lake Maggiore, Northern Italy, just as the sun was setting. This was taken September 2018, when we took …

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