Am just back from Perth, probably prettiest town in Scotland, to my adopted home town ,Pisticci,the most beautiful town in the world according to some of its inhabitants.
This morning I went for a walk with my camera just to record how it is here today. It was warm , about 20 degrees and as usual I had far too many clothes on so was obliged to walk very slowly up the hill to save turning into a woolly beetroot. I have my image to think of!
It is a treat to walk slowly and take my time to see everything and say buon giorno to most people I meet. There are people sitting at their doors and I greeted one gentleman sitting reading the newspaper on the doorstep.
I always stop when I reach the railings and turn to look at dirupo. I can just see my studio underneath the church at the far corner.
Then I reach the fruit market at the end of the main street. There are people about and always cars. I take some photos as I love the colours of the fruit and veg and there is a lovely old stone chapel in the background.
After having a coffee in a bar where one of my paintings is hanging.( I am so impressed with myself when I see one of my paintings on display.) I take some more photos of people in the piazza and am heading off down the corsa when someone stops me and asks me for a business card. ( I am very impressed with that too.) Then the local photographer says buon giorno and I compliment him on the old photos of Pisticci in his window and he says he hopes they sell.(at least I think that s what he said.) and I carry on down the street stopping to take photos.
On the way down the hill someone shouts ,Signora. Its an elderly gentleman I have seen at the market. He greets me, gives me a sweetie and then walks off. Makes me smile all the way down the hill.
I take another route through dirupo so that I can take a photo of a pretty street and then arrive back at my studio where my flowers are alive.( alive is good!)
so now I am writing this. The door is open, net curtain flapping in the breeze and I am feeling very, very fortunate indeed.
your life does sound like a movie!
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize there was a Perth in Scotland.. i've heard of Perth, Australia LOL.
Hi, I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your post and pictures. I was looking up the town of pisticci because both my grandparents where born in the town, They moved to the United States, Brooklyn in fact. I was interested in seeing what pisticci looked like and just loved how you captured it in your photos. Thanks for posting, I feel like a made a visit. Maybe one day I will be able to see where my family originated from.
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thank you. you should come and visit. it is very pretty, but also the people are lovely.
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