Photos 09 Sep 2012 07:49 am
Caltabellotta Steve
-Steve Fisher, my friend, returned from Sicily, the town of Caltabellotta, a week or so ago. He always brings back interesting and curious photos, and this year is no exception. I’ve picked out a couple dozen from the many he’s shown me, and would like to post them here. Any writing from here on is Steve’s
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Figs on porch
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Fires were rampant across Sicily this summer, like I’ve never seen them before.
Sometimes they are deliberately set in order to replenish nutrients in the soil for
future harvests, but this year was especially dry and hot and many more
unintentional fires resulted. Outside our town, a couple of fire-fighting planes
were sent over to quell the spread. Here are a series of photos I took, some
from the fire ranger’s station perched high above the fields.
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on 10 Sep 2012 at 1:07 pm 1.Julian Carter said …
Lovely photos. In many ways they remind me of my own country, Malta, especially the architecture. Yet, they also feel foreign. It’s a strange, mixed feeling.
I visited Sicily for a day, about ten years ago, but we remained in the urban city of Catania, which was really dirty, polluted, and not picturesque at all. Even Mount Etna was covered by cloud.
Maybe one day I’ll visit one of the many beautiful parts of Sicily.
Have you travelled far, Mr Sporn? The farthest I’ve been was to Berlin, Germany, in 2006.