March 2016

Livingstone's flying fox, Bristol Zoo, 24th. Taken with the iPhone.

Livingstone's flying fox

Back in Tuscany between 16th-23rd. Hawfinches and swallows around Monterchi, and house martins in Florence. I took my new Fujifilm X70 camera - a retro-style compact camera with a sensor of the size used in some DSLRs. It was great.

Photos from Arezzo, including Piero della Francesca's 'The History of the True Cross' frescos (finalised 1466) in the Basilica di San Francesco.

Arezzo

Arezzo

Arezzo

Arezzo

Arezzo

Arezzo

Lucie lives near Monterchi, where Piero della Francesca's stunning Madonna del Parto (ca. 1460) - the pregnant Mary - is housed.

Lucie's house

Monterchi

Monterchi

Monterchi

Monterchi

We stayed in Florence between 21st-23rd.

Florence

Florence

Florence

Florence

Florence

Florence

Florence

Florence

Florence

Florence

Florence

Florence

Florence

Florence

Florence

Florence

The church at Saint Maria Novella contains Masaccio's 'The Trinity' (ca.1427), the first work of art to show linear perspective, giving a remarkable perception of depth.

Florence

Florence

Florence

Florence

Female blackcap in the garden on 8th.

An eventful time in Italy between 24 Feb- 2 March. At the start of March there were chiffchaffs singing in and swallows moving through Tuscany. All photos with the iPhone.

Arezzo in the evening sunshine.

Arezzo

Arezzo

Assisi is made of a beautiful pink subasio limestone.

Assisi

The Basilica di San Francesco is stunning.

Basilica di San Francesco

I was really interested in the Giotto frescos. Exorcism of the demons at Arezzo (ca. 1299), one of the first paintings to show depth and background. Shame that the demons are in part depicted as bats!

Giotto fresco

Two days in Rome were marred by Lucie's handbag being robbed, but she did a wonderful citizen's arrest an hour later, and my photographs helped prove the robbery. Everything was found dumped eventually after a wonderful display of human generosity, and we were only 100 Euros worse off. The felon is going to the magistrate's court!

Roma

Roma

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