Monday, October 4, 2010

Elephant & Dolls

Sunday market, piazza Cavour, LivornoAnother Sunday market in “Piazza Cavour”...Sunday market, piazza Cavour, LivornoThe buildings of the square (and myself) reflected in a pitcher.Sunday market, piazza Cavour, LivornoA basket of assorted dolls.

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23 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 4, 2010 at 1:29 AM

    What a great place it must be to spend a whole day, passing by, without being felt.

    Please have a good new week.

    daily athens

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  2. Luis GomezOctober 4, 2010 at 1:33 AM

    VP, I love the pitcher image with your reflection. Great image.

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  3. LowellOctober 4, 2010 at 2:28 AM

    I like the picture of reflections in a pitcher...

    This must be essentially a flea market, right?

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  4. MichelleOctober 4, 2010 at 2:33 AM

    I also love the pitcher with the reflections.

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  5. HalcyonOctober 4, 2010 at 2:52 AM

    I like the elephant best!

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  6. RandyOctober 4, 2010 at 3:53 AM

    I agree with Halcyon! Looks like fun shopping.

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  7. DinaOctober 4, 2010 at 7:27 AM

    The magic of reflections!

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  8. Small City ScenesOctober 4, 2010 at 8:13 AM

    A picture in a pitcher---oh so clever. MB

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  9. stromsjoOctober 4, 2010 at 8:15 AM

    The dolls appear to get along fairly well, all things considered.

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  10. ElettraOctober 4, 2010 at 8:51 AM

    Adoro i mercatini ho trovato sempre delle meraviglie e le tue foto lo confermano

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  11. VPOctober 4, 2010 at 9:15 AM

    @ Jacob - They wouldn't call it a flea market here, but it is not much more than that...

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  12. GunnOctober 4, 2010 at 10:09 AM

    Looks like a nice market... Is it once a week or once a month?

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  13. tapirgalOctober 4, 2010 at 10:45 AM

    Lee brought back elephants like that from India. I love the pitcher, but like many of us with cameras, you remain elusive.

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  14. B SQUAREDOctober 4, 2010 at 2:17 PM

    An interesting Sunday at the market.

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  15. Cezar and LéiaOctober 4, 2010 at 2:40 PM

    three lovely subjects today, the yellow elephant is cute, the vase with so perfect reflection is perfection, and those dolls...Hmmm I would love to have all, the basket with those dolls is mine! :)
    Have a nice day,
    Léia

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  16. BirdmanOctober 4, 2010 at 4:47 PM

    Nice pitcher... ah, I mean picture! Ah... I mean both.

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  17. TashOctober 4, 2010 at 6:06 PM

    I would purchase every one of them! The suspended elephant photo is so lovely.

    I need an authoratative translation from you. :)
    My friends and I saw Le Nozze di Figaro (conducted by Placido Domingo himself!!) last night and are trying to figure out if the translation for "spatola impressa" is really "strawberry mark", a specific type of birthmark, or is it a splatula-shaped birthmark.
    What is the Italian term for "strawberry birthmark"?
    Thanks much.

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  18. VPOctober 4, 2010 at 6:29 PM

    @ Tash - The Italian for birthmark is “voglia” which means also desire, craving, with the obvious implications...
    In the case of Figaro this is the plot device to reconcile him with his long lost parents.
    The shape of the birthmark in this case would be decisive and probably this one was really spatula-shaped.

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  19. TashOctober 4, 2010 at 9:59 PM

    Thanks much VP. My friends and I will be asking you more in the future.

    On a different topic, I hope "La prima cosa bella" does well in the Oscars. Can't wait to see it.

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  20. jooOctober 4, 2010 at 11:15 PM

    I love Sunday markets as much as country walks! My favourit is the middle one:)

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  21. KaoriOctober 5, 2010 at 4:14 AM

    The double reflection on the pitcher is so clear! My favorite shot today :-D

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  22. UnknownOctober 5, 2010 at 2:21 PM

    Great reflections in the middle pic, VP!

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  23. FranciscaOctober 6, 2010 at 9:09 PM

    Looks like I join the rest... I'm all over the pitcher!

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