Belluno

Taken from the pedestrian walkway that runs parallel along the railway bridge over the Ardo (tributary of the Piave River) HFF, everyone! - I have added a PIP to show the tunnel-like fencing from a different angle.

This shot is from a few years ago, but I thought it would work to wish everyone a fun holiday season. This is in the little town where I was born and raised, in northern Italy, where arched porticos are common since the weather is often inclement.

Hoarfrost crystals decorate leaves of grass in a field

Holiday lights vie with with the darkening sky In Belluno's main square

My nephew in a festive red cap, helping me show size in this shot of the pedestrian walkway on top of the old aqueduct. In the PIPs the aqueduct station. Happy Fence Friday everyone!

One more HFF for you today, from some old winter pictures I dug out. Hope everyone has a great week end!

This is Belluno, the town where I was born and raised. It lies at the foot of the Dolomites and on the confluence of the Piave River with one of its affluents, the Ardo. I took this after dining out with my family and I had left my purse with my sister in law to take a short walk with my youngest nephew to the town's oldest bridge spanning the Piave. When I told him I would have liked to photograph the scene but that the light would not last long enough for me to go get my purse and come back, he offered to run to his Mom and get me what I needed. Being a teenager, of course he came back with my phone instead of my camera :D In the PIPs: houses in one of the oldest sections of town and a glimpse of the bell tower designed by architect Filippo Juvara.

Happy Wall Wednesday! Wild flowers against the wall of the former church of Santa Maria dei Battuti (see PIP), now part of the municipal historical archive structure. Built between 1300 and 1400, it's one of the oldest buildings of the town of Belluno.

Happy Bench Monday, everyone! Have a great week!