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This week's prompt is "Purple."
You're encouraged to describe your photo--where you shot it, details of what you were doing or what was going on, etc.
I have (at least) two problems: 1) I have a steep slope with very poor soil on part of my property and 2) I do not have a green thumb. I went to the plant store and bought about 300 euros or greenery which quickly burned up because they were the wrong type and due to my not being there to water the plants regularly. So I borrowed some native plants with beautiful purple flowers from a nearby hill. They were all about 3 inches high at this time. Much to my surprise the plants (read ?weeds) have about taken over everything and are now three feet high. Pretty but not at all what I expected.
This was harder than I expected, because I kept changing my mind about what was purple! I don't think this one is much in doubt though.
Having hiked down to the Blue Grotto in Capri early one morning to find the platform near the entrance already lined with people considering a swim, I started wandering around the edges and became completely absorbed watching the extraordinary colors that were revealed as the water ebbed and flowed over nearby rocks. No wonder the inside of the cavern is memorable!
Good one Mindy! Purple sure was the color in the window displays in Bologna in the spring of 2009. There were lots of purple grape balloons at the Vino Festa in the charming town of Dozza located 20 minutes north of Bologna. I agree that this was a difficult choice Dorothy, I have lots of pictures that fit this theme!
This lovely couple run a coffee bar just inside the big covered food market in San Lorenzo, Florence. They are big fans of their local soccer team, hence all the team colour: purple, everywhere!!! The coffee is very good there, by the way!!
Purple was definitely the fashion color of the early summer season in southern Italy. This picture is from Positano, the purple capital of the south this summer.
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My lunch of Pane Cunsatu Eoliano at Da Alfredo in Lingua on the Aeolian Island of Salina. I went to Da Alfredo because I'd heard their granitas were out of this world. They were...and so was the Pane Cunsatu! As you can see, this plate will feed two people easily. But I was traveling alone, so I had to eat the whole thing!
They bake a thick piece of bread on a pilastro so it's like toast on one side with a harder crust on the other side. They put a mountain of cherry tomatoes, anchovies, green olives, capers with peperoncino on top. Delicious! Take your time!
.jpg "Purple nets, Marina di Praia")
