Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Rhinos

Legend has it that the diMedici's had a rhino as a pet. It seems both fitting and timely that, this summer, the Florence Museum of Natural History has a special and powerful exhibit on saving them. Chuck capture one - in his sketchbook not in real life - before we went up to see the 18th C Speculo's wax display of every known aspect of human anatomy. A bit macabre but an air-conditioned (duh...) must!

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Steps and stairs

Stracciatella (chocolate chip gelato) is easily burned off one step at a time.

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