Sunday, October 31, 2010

Ghosts/ Happy Halloween





In Florence the ghost of Rembrandt haunts the pavement and people tread on him which is very sad.


The old skull theme is very suitable for a tomb in the floor of S. Croce........

 
....and in the window of a biscotteria....with all that ectoplasm stuff floating about.....


 ...just as it does in a painted over portrait on 22nd Street in New York.



Ah! The autumnal peace of a little Halloween lie down behind the leather school with all that Virginia creeper as warm bedding.

Happy Halloween!

11 comments:

  1. I could do with a little HALLOWEEN lie-down . . . and it's just getting started! C is blowing up balloons even as I type. (I stayed up too late last night, and who knows about tonight when there will be lots of teenage revellers?)

    Wonderful ghostly and skeletal pictures. I find the young Rembrandt rather poignant. What is he made from? He has such a luminous eye.

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  2. What an amazing blog with lots of inspiration and motivation

    I'm going to NYC in the spring

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  3. yes
    yes
    yes

    a little Halloween lie down!


    i have my eye
    on one of those today
    after
    i play
    here

    at the beach*house...

    :-)



    {{ your posting
    was ~~brilliantly haunting~~
    BTW. }}

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  4. Wonderful ghostly photos !
    The Rembrandt is brilliant even if the people walk on him !

    cheers, parsnip

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  5. Love the post, and how fun to be in Florence, it's one of my favorite cities ever....

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  6. We do not celebrate Halloween but I like the idea of the painting on the pavement

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  7. Wonderful Halloween photographs!
    May you and Buster have a Happy one!!

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  8. Spooky collection of photos, Elizabeth. I imagine NYC is quite a place to be on Halloween. I can imagine lots of hauntings and sweets everywhere.

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  9. lovely halloween photos--perfect mood! hope you had fun!

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  10. Elizabeth, I love the Halloween photos from Florence and NYC. What a marvelous time you must be having over there...looking forward to hearing about it when you get back.

    Meanwhile, Election Day here....

    xo

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  11. wow! great pics!
    i just bumped into your blog! so interesting!

    xoxo
    K.
    http://kcomekarolina.blogspot.com/

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I look forward to hearing from you!