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Wednesday, August 8. 2007

Villa le Balze

A garden at Villa le Balze, Fiesole, a year and a half ago. The morning mist obscures the view of Florence spread out across the Arno valley below.

 

Posted by Bird Dog in Gardens, Plants, etc. at 05:03 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Nice garden in a wonderful place in Italy. I'll bet Bonds could hit one out of that garden with his eyes closed.

In the Seventies I took a few days extra while in Europe to visit Sintra Portugal, descibed once by Lord Byron as "The Garden of Eden". I have friends tell me it is now "The Garden of Tourists" which naturally changed the ambience.

See I'd met this Delta Airline Stewardess (in those days they were called that)on the flight to Paris and she had a few days off so we .....(camera pans slowly skyward as Bolero plays in the background)
#1 Habu on 2007-08-08 19:52 (Reply)
You just ruined this photo for me with your useless link to your debaucherous and vile mental picture that you posted while at the same time degrading women.
#1.1 marlo on 2012-04-28 17:30 (Reply)
I thought that they were called "stews" in them olden days.
#2 BD on 2007-08-08 19:59 (Reply)
Exactly right...I just thought the cultural shock from going all the way from "Flight Attendent to Stews' might have jerked to many defibrllators off the walls.

Flying in the 70's I was on a plane about 300 days a year and capacities were running 40-55%...it was heaven. I was young, the Stews were young and the world was often our oyster. Very good times.
#2.1 Habu on 2007-08-08 22:14 (Reply)

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