Photographic and Cultural Tour to The Heart of Tuscany with Professional Photographer Brenda Tharp May 4-15, 2006, 607-756-8676 or phototc.com
(ContentDesk) October 24, 2005 -- Tuscany has perhaps produced more accomplishments in art and science than any other place in history. It is the birthplace of the Etruscan civilization, the Italian language, and the age that shaped modern history, the Renaissance. Imagine a small region that could claim Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo, Dante, and Botticelli as its native sons! The first part of the trip centers on Florence, the capital of Tuscany, the city where the Renaissance began. It is a living museum of art and culture. Exploring and photographing its streets, plazas, and visit great works of art and architecture in the company of excellent guides.A short drive outside Florence transports into the beautiful Tuscan countryside.
Heading south of Siena, the first destination being the hill-top town of Pienza. Spend two full days exploring the pastoral scenes and walled villages surrounding this town, an area known for its stunning landscape beauty and picturesque medieval hill towns. The next destination is the heart of Chianti, among the best-preserved landscapes in Italy, some virtually unchanged since artists depicted them five hundred years ago. The region has large areas of woodlands, interspersed with vineyards and dotted with medieval towns high on hills and ridges. The quality of light here has inspired generations of artists.
The journey will explore this glorious land in depth. Everywhere there is something of compelling beauty, curiosity, and interest brilliant architecture, classic Tuscan landscapes, the daily life of the people themselves, providing continuity between past and present. There is also a tremendous extension to Venice. Venice, this legendary city of art, capital of the Veneto, encompasses about 180 square miles, of which 100 is water. The city is built around an archipelago of more than a hundred small islands, separated by a dense network of 177 canals, and joined by 400 small bridges.
The city rests on countless millions of larch poles driven into the sediment of the lagoon, and is protected from the Adriatic Sea by long strands of sand bars. It is an exotic blend of Gothic, Byzantine and Renaissance styles, seen today as it did in the 15th and 16th centuries. Everywhere there is water, shaping and reflecting the life of the city, its compelling beauty, curiosity, and interest. Cathedrals, gondolas, and the daily life provide continuity between past and present. Dark passageways end in sunlit squares, neighbors gather at medieval well heads, gondolas moor under tiny stone bridges, elderly women haul baskets of vegetables to their balconies, cats dart in and out of streets marked with ancient signs and stone relief.
Its a photographers paradise and there is time for in-depth exploring of the city with cameras.Visiting the tiny island of Burano, scarcely more than a half mile wide; one of the most colorful and photogenic places anywhere. There is time to wander and photograph the brightly painted houses of blue, red, green, and yellow, lining the narrow canals crossed by stone and wooden bridges.
Contact 607-756-8676 or visit phototc.com.
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Earthworm Friends in the Garden
REQUIREMENTS FOR REPRINT: You have permission to publishthis article free of charge in your e-zine, newsletter,ebook, print publication or on your website ONLY if itremains unchanged and you include the copyright and authorinformation (Resource Box) at the end. You may not usethis article in any unsolicited commercial email (spam).You may retrieve this article by:Autoresponder: earthworm@getresponse.comWebsite: http://www.apluswriting.net/articles/earthworm.txtWords: 341Copyright: 2005 Please leave the resource box intact with an active link,and send a courtesy copy of the publication in which thearticle appears to: marilynp@nctc.net----------------------------Earthworms are a gardener's best friend.Research has shown that earthworm excrement, also calledcastings or vermicompost, improves the aeration, porosity,structure, drainage, and moisture-holding capacity of soil.Many studies prove that when compared to conventionalcomposts,...
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Trading Baskets II: The Crapolio, A Roll of the Dice in the Stock Market
In a previously written article, we expanded the use of the term "Trading Baskets" to include stocks from different sectors or industries. Now I want to share with you an approach to day trading or swing trading that I had some success with back in the wild and woolly, pinnacle days of day trading that may still work today. Unfortunately, this basket of stocks was dubbed "The Crapolilo", a name it just could not shake. You'll see why.The crucial element that traders are looking for in any stock, which makes it a good day trade or swing trade, is movement or momentum. There are any numbers of things that can cause movement in a stock.
Usually it is news of some sort, either positive or negative. It doesn't really matter. You are only looking for movement, up or down. However, for this particular strategy we are looking for positive news. Keep in mind that it is not your job as a trader to totally understand why or what is causing the movement in a stock, beyond what it takes to...
Trading Baskets II: The Crapolio, A Roll of the Dice in the Stock Market
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Earthworm Friends in the Garden
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