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smoking section

This man, dressed in the traditional outfit for the feast of Sant’Agata, was taking a quick smoke break before continuing with his feast day activities.

Catania, Sicily
photographed 2.4.2025

palermo market kiss

I’d say their evening together was going pretty well.

Piazza Caracciolo
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 1.28.2025

fashion + diana

You know how much I enjoy photographing shop windows with reflections that distort…everything. So, here’s a variation on that ongoing theme, and this one has a bonus of including the Fontana di Diana, which I didn’t even notice when I made the photo, as I was consumed with getting those mannequins lined up the way I wanted.

Siracusa, Sicily
photographed 2.5.2025

standing in awe

In the daytime, the church doors were kept closed, so it was a treat when I walked by one night and they were open. And it was a bigger treat that two people were standing there, taking in the majesty of the place.

Chiesa di Santa Ninfa dei Crocifieri
Palermo, Sicily

photographed 1.27.2025

he seems confused at (or surprised by) his nether regions

This gentleman greeted us every time we came back to our rooms in Catania. Some of our group* kept entertained by making up captions for what we saw, because basically we are unruly children who shouldn’t be left unsupervised.

Catania, Sicily
photographed 2.3.2025

*Yes. I was part of that cohort**.
**Which I think you probably figured out on your own.