farmhouse, mist and cypress trees - a photo on Flickriver

farmhouse, mist and cypress trees

            The rolling foothills of the Val d’Orcia lie bathed in a golden half-light, their gentle curves caressed and warmed by the rising sun as ribbons of early morning mist slowly burn away in the gathering dawn. It’s as if the valley is a living, breathing being - sighing with each pulse of energy as it lazily awakes from its slumber.
 
All very poetic, right? But can you imagine actually living in this farmhouse? Sure, it looks idyllic with its cypress trees and that achingly beautiful recession of the hills as a backdrop.  A place where you could sit and write your book on an old fashioned typewriter, perhaps. Or paint. Or compose music. And yes, you could do all these things but you may have to share them with someone like me. Someone standing on the hillside with a long lens and a tripod. Every morning.  And so, assuming that you didn’t want the world to know of your predilection for “specialist” clothing or the fact that you enjoyed growing certain medicinal herbs on the windowsill, you’d have to keep the curtains closed all the time. In which case you might as well just move to Birmingham.  

Have a great week, Flickrites.

Taken on: July 24, 2018

Tags:

ITALY

TUSCANY

FARMOUSE

LIGHT

ROLLING

MIST

CYPRESS

TREES

SUNRISE

DAWN

RECESSION

VAL

D'ORCIA

GOLDEN

COLOUR

NEW

LONG

LENS

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