Towers of Bologna, Bologna, Italy: The Towers of Bologna are a group of medieval structures in Bologna, Italy. The two most prominent ones remaining, known as the Two Towers, are a landmark of the city. Wikipedia
I wish you all to spend the holidays happily in the ways you most like to celebrate (if you do). I’m going to spend some time with friends and family, read some Dickens while I sip a cup of hot tea and visit Christmas markets in the city, which is so beautifully decorated this time of year!
...Bright and glorious is that revelation, / Written all over this great world of ours; / Making evident our own creation, / In these stars of earth, these golden flowers...
... Brilliant hopes, all woven in gorgeous tissues, / Flaunting gayly in the golden light; / Large desires, with most uncertain issues, / Tender wishes, blossoming at night!...
...Not alone in her vast dome of glory, / Not on graves of bird and beast alone, / But in old cathedrals, high and hoary, / On the tombs of heroes, carved in stone...
Maria della Vitta Cathedral // Bologna // Italy
Flowers // Henry Wadsworth Longfellow