maternity...

A touch of France in Malta

Valletta, Malta

Christmas balls

Valletta, Malta

he's looking at me!

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Akha stall

Chiang Mai, Thailand

London in sepia tone

The Mall, London, UK

the Opera!

Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

the blue of the lake

Lake's Entrance, Australia

Melbourne from the top!

Rialto tower, Melbourne, Australia

it's a beautiful day!

Yarra river, Melbourne, Australia

apostles...

Twelve Apostles, Australia

open air concert

Santa Monica, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

red rocks

Grand Canyon, Arizona, U.S.A.

old times in Alfama

Alfama, Lisboa, Portugal

walking in Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

loneliness

Belem tower, Lisboa, Portugal

shrubs and the sea

Comino, Malta

jumping into the blue

Qawra, Malta

love is in the air

Qawra, Malta

vulcanic landscape

Mt. Etna, Sicily, Italy

citrus fruits and spices

Taormina, Sicily, Italy

Isola bella from the top

Isola bella, Taormina, Sicily, Italia

Italian arrows

Turin, Italy

different blue

Comino, Malta

looking at Valletta

Sliema, Malta

alpine troops in b/w

Turin, Italian alpine troops 

Rue de la Republique, Lyon, France

scooters and holes

Berges du Rhone, Lyon, France

books on the river

Quai de la Saone, Lyon, France

zucchini filled in with tomato and tuna sauce

Ingredients for 2 persons:

4 zucchini (or more it depends!)
4-5 tomatoes
tuna chunks
cheddar cheese
salt and pepper

Empty the zucchini with a spoon and put them in the oven meanwhile you prepare the rest.

Fry in a pan one onion with oil and then add the tomatoes duly chopped and the tuna chunks and cook by adding salt and pepper.

Once ready filled in the zucchini with the sauce prepared and put some cheddar cheese too, then put the zucchini in the oven for 15 minutes.

light and shadow

Bugibba, Malta

"Nature is wont to hide herself."
Heraclitus

new and old

St. Paul's bay, Malta

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana

where the waves meet...

Prison island, Zanzibar

"Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature."
Cicero

looking around

Kiwengwa, Zanzibar

"If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things."

Norman Douglas

a colorful market

The market, Stonetown, Zanzibar

"Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength."
Betty Friedan

a little man

The market, Stonetown, Zanzibar

"Youth isn't always all it's touted to be."
Lawana Blackwell

soooo sweet

Spicy forest, Zanzibar

"You know that children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers."
John J. Plompt

blue...

Prison Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania

"What I dream of is an art of balance"

Henri Matisse

lunch time!

Giant turtles' reserve, Prison Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania

"Sometimes the cure for restlessness is rest"
Colleen Wainwright

where are the kids???

Kiwengwa, Zanzibar, Tanzania

"The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself."
Mark Twain

walking on a white beach

Kiwengwa beach, Kiwengwa, Zanzibar, Tanzania

"To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone."
Suzanne Gordon

caught by a kite

Kiwengwa beach, Kiwengwa, Zanzibar, Tanzania

"If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."
Bruce Barton

the little masai

Kiwengwa, Zanzibar, Tanzania

"Having a baby's sweet face so close to your own, for so long a time as it takes to nurse 'em, is a great tonic for a sad soul."
Erica Eisdorfer

three colorful starfishes

Kiwengwa, Zanzibar, Tanzania

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."
Aristotle

our captain in b/w

Kiwengwa, Zanzibar, Tanzania

"Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization."
Charles Lindbergh

zanzibarian landscape

Kiwengwa, Zanzibar, Tanzania

"And then, the unspeakable purity and freshness of the air! There was just enough heat to enhance the value of the breeze, and just enough wind to keep the whole sea in motion, to make the waves come bounding to the shore, foaming and sparkling, as if wild with glee."
Anne Bronte

playing at sunset

      Nungwi, Zanzibar, Tanzania     

"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child."
Cicero

port in b/w

Port Vell, Barcelona

"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought."
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

spring at the sea

La Barceloneta, Barcelona

"Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another."
Anatole France