Simple Friendly Friday joys

• Manja Maksimovič

Sandy’s simply joyous first photo in her first Friendly Friday post as the host says it all.

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We are all happy that Amanda has a new co-host after the withdrawal of Snow Melts Somewhere, the original host of one year. Sandy’s first theme is simple joys and she provides great photo instances of just that.

I always get great joy from a walk through unknown territory and Rome offers plenty of opportunities for that. The last such walk in Ostiense around Gazometro after Christmas was especially joyous since it was the first time we got together with Flavia (her photo memories of it are here).

Since then we spent much more time together and tomorrow we shall do it again. After almost seven years in Italy, I have a real-life friend who stirs me into motion and pulls me away from here. Blogging is beautiful.

Photos from that day are enriched with some other personal moments. Keep it simple and joyful!

  • Joy is finding a door after you forgot where it was, and after all these years friends are still welcome.
  • Joy is when the street tells you to smile.
  • Joy is where the street turns into a gallery.
  • Joy is when even the shutters play along.
  • Joy is the perfect moment. In the background art by BLU.
  • Joy is the mix of old and new and a new dimension added to street art.
  • For this piece, Iena Cruz has used the environmental paint that converts smog into clean air.
  • Joy is realising that these two pieces are on the same house. Orientation often plays tricks on me. I had taken photos of both before and see it only now. Left: Nuotatore by Iacurci. Right: Nessuno, by Axel Void.
  • Joy is finding a particularly beautiful piece and then reading in the circle above “Live and let live: street art against hatred”.
  • This is Gazometro and the cracks are painted over. By Kid Acne.
  • She has chosen a car to trash.
  • Joy is a little orange car. Fiat 500.
  • Joy is catching transient art before it’s gone. CSOA Alexis, by BLU.
  • Joy is peeking inside a house and seeing this. Art by Alice. (Opposite was a sad wolf.)
  • Joy is monkeys painting. Art by Groove.
  • Joy is beautiful mysterious doodles in the setting sun.
  • Joy is this dog advertising “aristodogs”.
  • Joy is my own dog and the fact that it’s IT where I’ve landed out of all countries in the world. Wondering how that could be almost daily.
  • Joy is this trio, bought for 1 eur apiece. One question – Are they from China? – will never sound the same again.
  • Joy is this future NASA employee who will discover that the point of everything is joy. Carnevaletto da tre soldi, Orbetello, 2019.
  • Joy is playing around with the borrowed pro camera. Parents are dubious.
  • Not guilty. Photo: Amore. Lake Cerknica, Slovenia.

For Friendly Friday Photo Challenge hosted by The Sandy Chronicles: Simple Joys

30 thoughts on “Simple Friendly Friday joys”

  10. I just love that little orange car! I hadn’t heard about environmental paint, so I looked it up. I love both the concept and the particular paint job in your photo, but it seems there are mixed thoughts about the good it does. (Not to diminish your joy by any means … we have to start somewhere on this job of cleaning up the air!)

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