Saturday, May 2, 2009

Nautilus

Tuttovela Village, TAN 2009, Livorno Every year for the TAN a set of large white canvas tents sprouts in the Porto Mediceo. This “village” is full of shops selling anything related to sailing and something more.Sailboats, Porto Mediceo, TAN 2009, LivornoThis is a display of “Nautilus”, a shop based in Bordighera specialized in seashells, fossils and minerals.Tuttovela Village, TAN 2009, Livorno

16 comments:

amatamari© said...

That set of colors and shapes really wonderful ... a precious memory of the sea ...
Beautiful photos, thanks!

:-)

crocrodyl said...

Beautiful, every single "tresure of the sea" is unique! Lovely photos!

Unknown said...

Lots of shapes and colors in these photos. Really great.

roentare said...

The colour and the texture are very good

Lowell said...

Your photos are super and they really show what this stuff looks like...I'm always amazed at the variety of shells and sea life we can find along the Florida coast...even shark teeth millions of years old!

Re: Instructions - You're very welcome. Let me know how it works for you...or post a really great moon shot.

Have a wonderful weekend!

henny said...

My today favorite :). Aren't they awesome? Will be great to put them in small jars. VP, do you think they're already dead before the sellers collecting them to sell?

nobu said...

Each of them are lovely.

B SQUARED said...

We used to have shops like this all over town. Unfortunately, the real estate became so valuable, they are all gone now.

giz said...

Absolutely stunning!

Baruch said...

Great photo of the seashells - it's quite a variety of interesting shapes and sizes

Copenhagen said...

I really like the shells:)

Ming the Merciless said...

Wow, those are amazingly beautiful seashells. I used to collect them at the beach when I was a kid. But none of them looked like these.

Hilda said...

I sure hope these shells are just found and not harvested! It's something we have to battle with here in the Philippines :(

Ayie said...

I love your shots!

Walker said...

Amazing assortment of shells.

stromsjo said...

Probably not very expensive either, judging from the way the items are displayed in piles or droves.