Showing posts with label rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rain. Show all posts

Friday, April 13, 2012

Raining cats and dogs - Chiove, chiove

Even though it's raining
Anche se sta piovendo
and even though I have hair like a Calico Cat,
e anche se ho i capelli come un gatto Calico,
I'm happy that I have a roof over my head and greens from my garden sauteing on the stove with cherry tomatoes, garlic, red pepper flakes, capers and black olives - to go over pasta with some crumbled Feta cheese.
sono felice di avere un tetto sopra la testa e verdure dal mio orto che si stanno in questo momento cuocendo con pomodorini, aglio, peperoncino, capperi e olive nere - da mettere poi sulla pasta con del formaggio Feta sbriciolato.
We've covered the cats, but what about the pack of stray dogs?
E i cani randagi? 
Their guardian angel is always there for them.
Il loro angelo custode provvede sempre.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Playground - Parco giochi

It has been raining heavily for several days now and non-stop for the last 20 hours, and I haven't been able to go out and play over at my place and muck around in the dirt, since I'm not living there yet. So I have been spending my time reading about earthworms and compost, and doing what you see here.


I had everything on there, even the boots, but not the little girl and I kept "seeing" a face in the paint layers - at first like a ghost or a clown, then more like a little girl, so I drew her head and then realized she could fit right into the little boots below. It's fun when the unconscious takes over a bit.

Piove forte da vari giorni e senza sosta da 20 ore e, quindi, non son potuta andare a giocare nel mio terreno e infangarmi tutta, perche` ancora non abito li`. Percio` passo il tempo a leggere di vermi e compostaggio e a fare quello che vedete sotto. 


Avevo gia` completato tutto, anche gli stivali, ma non la bambina e continuavo a "vedere" negli strati di pittura una faccia, dapprima con le sembianze di un fantasma o di un pagliaccio, poi di una bambina. Allora le ho disegnato la testa e mi sono accorta che poteva comodamente indossare gli stivaletti che stavano proprio sotto di lei. E` divertente quando un disegno si svolge in questo modo un tantino inconscio. 

Friday, November 26, 2010

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

The weather report

This morning I left sunny Puglia to come to Naples for two days.

On the bus in Puglia.



Just shot this a few minutes ago from my window in Naples.
I'm still alive....the wind had ripped the shutters out of my hand.
It may not be "o paese do sole" at the moment, but it still has its charms.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Mesmerized by the rain


Click twice on the image, not the play arrow, to watch on Youtube.

It's feast or famine here in San Francisco when it comes to rain. I was really enjoying it until I remembered how hard it is on the homeless and on those who have been putting up sand bags since yesterday.