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toilet training department

Apparently I happened to walk by the cleaning supplies (which included kids’ potty chairs) portion of the street-side market.

Palermo, Sicily
photographed 9.1.2022

hotel, via roma

A reasonably typical summer evening, only I was in Palermo instead of Texas.
(Evenings can last a long time: a cafe near our b+b stayed open until 4:00 am on the weekends. If you timed it right, you could grab dinner about 2:30 and then head out to photograph the dawn.)

Palermo, Sicily
photographed 8.31.2022

a wiring project

We saw these gentlemen sitting outside, rewiring a light fixture. And like nearly everyone we encountered in Sicily, they were more than happy to have a chat with us, even though there wasn’t a common language.

Palermo, Sicily
photographed 9.3.2022

fisherman

I was dreaming of Sicily the other day when I was editing images. I mean, I’ve dreamt of Sicily every day since I got back, so that’s not really anything new. Anyway, that led me to prowl around my photos, both for nostalgic reasons and also to mine them for editing.

This portrait of a man fishing along the harbor in Palermo had been waiting on me to notice it; I appreciate its patience.

Palermo, Sicily
photographed 8.30.2022

sunbleached

This was one of those photos that I sort of thought I noticed when I walked by but it didn’t quite register in my brain. But then that little voice – the one that’s way smarter than I am – said, “Seriously? You’re just going to keep walking? Are you even for real?”*

So I turned around and made a photo.

Palermo, Sicily
photographed 8.30.2022

*That voice is a total wise-ass.