GPOD on the Road: Sicily

Dreaming of the sunny Mediterranean

Greetings , GPOD . I am Jan Le Clair from Kingston , Ontario . My garden has been featuredbefore . Today I am submitting on - the - route pics . I have now traveled doubly to Sicily for farsighted stop . Today , I opine a few general pics from the eastern side of the island would be something readers might enjoy these wintertime workweek . Oh , to travel once again !

This first group is from the acres of the Paternò Marquis in Castello di San Giuliano , between Catania and Siracusa ( Syracuse ) . The marquis and his late wife Fiamma Ferragamo ( best known as master intriguer of the Ferragamo shoe label ) spent several decades renewing the gardens . What a treasure .

This 2nd group was carry on a twenty-four hour period trip to Taormina , where ‘ i famosi ’ gathering every yr for the film fest . Balcony garden here were fun as well as beautiful . The famous aristocratic forefront planter are seen all over the island .

I was so enamor up in the beauty of the spilling bougainvillea in this picture that I did n’t see the little whitened puppy poking his forefront into the image until we were back at our pad later in the day .

A gorgeous water feature is gather into a smooth bay .

This final grouping was submit on one of my everyday walks around Ortigia , on la lunga tangenziale , or the ring road and walkway surround Ortigia . The “ aquarian ” sculpture as I called it , greets you just before you point into a beautiful public garden area with work bench . One can only imagine stopping here on a blisteringly hot summer day to pause in the shade , take hold of an ocean breeze , and also to sample some gelato , granita , or — if you are adventurous — the inhuman salted lemon swallow available from local kiosks .

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