Out of Focus :: Roman Street Art, etc.

“Canzoni belle e appassionate/ che Roma mia m’ha ricordate,/ cantate solo pe’ dispetto,/ ma co ‘na smania drent’ar petto;/ io nun ve canto a voce piena,/ ma tutta l’anima è serena;/ e quanno er cèlo se scolora/ de me nessuna se ‘nnamora…” :: “Tanto Pe’ Cantà” ~ Ettore Petrolini – Alberto Simeoni

"Monti" :: Roman Street Art... | photo: ©ockstyle — Nino a “Monti” :: Roman Street Art… | photo: ©ockstyle

“Cicero smiled at us. ‘The art of life is to deal with problems as they arise, rather than destory one’s spirit by worrying about them too far in advance. Especially tonight.” ~ Robert Harris

“Garbatella” :: Roman Street Art… | photo: ©ockstyle

“Trastevere” :: Roman Street Art… | photo: ©ockstyle

“Roma Tre” University :: Roman Street Art… | photo: ©ockstyle

“Campitelli” :: Roman Street Art… | photo: ©ockstyle

“Monti” :: Roman Street Art… | photo: ©ockstyle

“Garbatella” :: Roman Street Art… | photo: ©ockstyle

“Cavour” Subway station Mosaic :: Roman Street Art… | photo: ©ockstyle

“Ostiense” :: Roman Street Art… | photo: ©ockstyle

“Cavour” Subway station Mosaic :: Roman Street Art… | photo: ©ockstyle

“Ostiense” City Ad Board :: Roman Street Art… | photo: ©ockstyle

Photography

Postcard from Italy :: Vallevo’ – Rocca San Giovanni

Postcards from Italy :: Vallevo’ – Rocca San Giovanni :: photo: ©PatriciaMuscente's "Pescatori di sole" — Postcards from Italy :: Vallevo’ – Rocca San Giovanni
photo: ©PatriciaMuscente’s “Pescatori di sole”

“How sweet the morning air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo.” ~Arthur Conan Doyle

Patricia Muscente’s “Pescatori di sole” :: the photo was taken during sunrise, on Thursday 3rd September 2015

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Photography

Trabocchi part 1 :: Moonlight Dinner in 7 photos

dd01 045-02_trabocchi-night — Moonlight Dinner on Trabocchi Coast – Abruzzo, Italy
“It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.” (Bern Wiliams) | photo: © Matelda Codagnone

“My soul is full of longing
for the secret of the sea,
and the heart of the great ocean
sends a thrilling pulse through me.”
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Moonlight Dinner on Trabocchi Coast – Abruzzo, Italy | photo: © Matelda Codagnone

“Guarda che luna, guarda che mare…” (Fred Buscaglione) photo: © Matelda Codagnone

“I know I don’t have much of a choice I’ll go out of my mind or into the night.” (B.B. King – Into The Night) | photo: © Matelda Codagnone

“The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. Lovers, to bed; ’tis almost fairy time.” (William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) photo: © Matelda Codagnone

“Let’s swim to the moon, let’s climb through the tide, let’s swim out tonight, love. Parked beside the ocean on our moonlight drive.” (The Doors -Moonlight Drive) photo: © Matelda Codagnone

Are you looking for the right spot to pop the question? photo: © Matelda Codagnone

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Photography

Postcard from Italy :: Tufillo, (Chieti), Abruzzo

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“Every one of a hundred thousand cities around the world had its own special sunset and it was worth going there, just once, if only to see the sun go down.” ~Ryū Murakami