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Abruzzo Winter Landscapes

It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it. ~John Burroughs, "Winter Sunshine" Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it. ~John Burroughs, “Winter Sunshine”
Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone

Drive my dead thoughts over the universe
Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth!
And, by the incantation of this verse,
Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth
Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind!
Be through my lips to unawakened earth
The trumpet of a prophecy! O, wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
~Percy Bysshe Shelley

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” ~ Lewis Carroll Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” ~ Lewis Carroll
Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
"In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy." ~ William Blake Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.” ~ William Blake
Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
“For the listener, who listens in the snow, / And, nothing himself, beholds / Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.” ~ Wallace Stevens San Giovanni in Venere - Fossacesia (Chieti) :: Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
“For the listener, who listens in the snow, / And, nothing himself, beholds /
Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.” ~ Wallace Stevens
San Giovanni in Venere – Fossacesia (Chieti) :: Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
"Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered." ~ Candace Bushnell Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
“Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder–no matter how old you became and how much you’d seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.” ~ Candace Bushnell Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
San Giovanni in Venere - Fossacesia (Chieti) :: Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
San Giovanni in Venere – Fossacesia (Chieti) :: Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person” ~ Sylvia Plath San Giovanni in Venere - Fossacesia (Chieti) :: Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person” ~ Sylvia Plath San Giovanni in Venere – Fossacesia (Chieti) :: Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
San Giovanni in Venere - Fossacesia (Chieti) :: Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
San Giovanni in Venere – Fossacesia (Chieti) :: Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
San Giovanni in Venere - Fossacesia (Chieti) :: Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
San Giovanni in Venere – Fossacesia (Chieti) :: Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
"One kind word can warm three winter months. " ~ Japanese Proverb Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
“One kind word can warm three winter months. ” ~ Japanese Proverb Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.... In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity. ~John Burroughs, "The Snow-Walkers," 1866 Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter…. In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity. ~John Burroughs, “The Snow-Walkers,” 1866 Abruzzo Winter Landscapes | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
Photography

The Art of Wandering :: Gone Skiing :-)

Fairy-tale landscape in Abruzzo - Piana del Voltigno, Carpineto della Nora, Pescara | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
Fairy-tale landscape in Abruzzo – Piana del Voltigno, Carpineto della Nora,
Pescara | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
~Ansel Adams

Heading to Piana del Voltigno, Carpineto della Nora, Pescara | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
Heading to Piana del Voltigno, Carpineto della Nora,
Pescara | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
Snowshoeing is fun in Piana del Voltigno, Carpineto della Nora, Pescara | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
Snowshoeing is fun in Piana del Voltigno, Carpineto della Nora,
Pescara | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
Piana del Voltigno is well off the beaten tracks, but it's well worth a visit | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
Piana del Voltigno is well off the beaten tracks, but it’s well worth a visit | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
Piana del Voltigno belongs to Gran Sasso and Laga Mountains National Park | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
Piana del Voltigno belongs to Gran Sasso and Laga Mountains National Park |
photo: ©GiuseppeMarone

 

Snowshoeing on Piana del Voltigno, Carpineto della Nora, Pescara :-) | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
Snowshoeing on Piana del Voltigno, Carpineto della Nora, Pescara | photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
Basking in the winter sun at Piana del Voltigno, Carpineto della Nora, Pescara| photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
Basking in the winter sun at Piana del Voltigno, Carpineto della Nora, Pescara |
photo: ©GiuseppeMarone
Photography

The Art of Wandering :: Autumn Landscapes

Colle di Mezzo (Chieti) sullo sfondo il Lago di Bomba (Chieti) | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
Colle di Mezzo (Chieti) sullo sfondo il Lago di Bomba (Chieti) | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone

“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love – that makes life and nature harmonise. The birds are consulting about their migrations, the trees are putting on the hectic or the pallid hues of decay, and begin to strew the ground, that one’s very footsteps may not disturb the repose of earth and air, while they give us a scent that is a perfect anodyne to the restless spirit.
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” ~ George Eliot

I tetti della zona vecchia di Bomba (Chieti) | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
I tetti della zona vecchia di Bomba (Chieti) | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
Oliveti che degradano sulla costa. Dall'Abbazia di San Giovanni in Venere. Fossacesia (Chieti) | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
Oliveti che degradano sulla costa. Dall’Abbazia di San Giovanni in Venere. Fossacesia (Chieti) | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
Castel Frentano (Chieti) e sullo sfondo la Majella Madre | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
Castel Frentano (Chieti) e sullo sfondo la Majella Madre | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
I Calanchi di Castel Frentano (Chieti) | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
I Calanchi di Castel Frentano (Chieti) | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
Laghetto per la pesca sportiva. Sant'Eusanio del Sangro (Chieti) | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
Laghetto per la pesca sportiva. Sant’Eusanio del Sangro (Chieti) | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
The Art of Wandering :: Autumn Landscapes - Sant'Eusanio del Sangro (Chieti) | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
The Art of Wandering :: Autumn Landscapes – Sant’Eusanio del Sangro (Chieti) | photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
Photography

Gran Sasso: The Corno Grande Peak

La pace e lo spettacolo della natura sono gli elementi principali di questo luogo eterno ed infinito. Tutto appare immobile e i colori autunnali lo rendono quasi monocromatico… | photo & video: ©MateldaCodagnone

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

Art & Craft

Mimmo Arena :: Chef per caso, cuoco per passione

It’s impossible not to be at ease with Mimmo Arena, the owner and genius loci of “The Blue Fish Club” of San Vito Chietino, located in the beautiful coastline of Abruzzo Region.

After having exchanged a few words with the accidental Chef, you are immediately taken by his energy, his optimism, his very active sense of wander and creativity. Click HERE to read the interview, it’s in Italian…

… Mimmo Arena :: Chef per caso, cuoco per passione