Friendly blue Friday

• Manja Maksimovič

What is blue around here: from the sea to the sky, ornaments, posters, art, and the mood sometimes as well.

Bluuuuue

Today I feel especially excessive, so I’m posting 26 blue photos from here, which is Italy, and there, which is Slovenia, since Amanda chose blue as the theme for this week’s Friendly Friday.

We start at the beach which we visited last week for the first time and were blown away by high waves, multitudes of sea grass and shades of blue, and finish in our little park with someone to watch over me.

The little piece in the featured photo combines here and there: it’s a find from my city of origin, Ljubljana in Slovenia, which was called Emona in Roman times. Just like in Rome, pieces like this keep popping up all over the place. And sometimes the sky is the same shade of blue.

  • Cala del Gesso, Monte Argentario.
  • This beach we discovered last year: L’Acqua Dolce.
  • Carbonifera beach with the view of the Elba island.
  • Porto Santo Stefano.
  • A rare boat on our beach in June.
  • The northern wintertime view from our beach.
  • I experienced the blue hour. Once in six years.
  • The Orbetello lagoon in December.
  • To the sky. The same lagoon in March.
  • New year’s sky.
  • I love the spelling of Orbetello and wouldn’t mind attending.
  • A hop to Ljubljana. Ancient Greek exhibition IDEA.
  • Birches in the architecture. Vivo D125 restaurant.
  • A friendly Roman found in Ljubljana.
  • December sky in Rome.
  • And in April. Via Appia Antica.
  • There: Nova vas above Dragonja.
  • Here: Giardino dei tarocchi.
  • There: Koper.
  • Here: Massa Marittima.
  • Here: San Galgano Abbey. The time Norm was lying beneath our feet to take this shot. Photo: Norman Frampton
  • There: Javorca chapel above Tolmin.
  • At the garlic and wine festival in Nova vas.
  • My poet friend Aleš Mustar reciting at the Veronika awards at the Celje castle as one of the nominees.
  • Spotted in Piran and for some reason written in Croatian: “The artist was never in a hurry.”
  • Someone to watch over me. Taken lying on the ground.

For Friendly Friday Photo Challenge hosted by Amanda from Something to Ponder About: Blue

19 thoughts on “Friendly blue Friday”

    1. Hey, Duke, good to see you around. In the last photo is my bestia, whereas amore is human. 😀 Unless you mean the man in the photo towards the end. He’s just a friend. But as I say in my About me: I live with amore and bestia in rural Tuscany and some days it’s hard to tell them apart.

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