Jun 06 2006

Blue Crayons from nature’s crayon box

Published by Amy at 5:28 pm under Artisan Travels,Project Spectrum

Ah Capri!

As a kid, the blue crayons in a Crayola box of 64 meant blue skies and blue waters in my drawings. One year ago this week was the start of the fabulous summer vacation to Italy  & Greece. As I look through the hundreds of pictures that we took in 8 days I am amazed at how much blue pops out of the pictures – skies and waters. As a Project Spectrum blue digital collage I’ve pulled together some of the bluest pictures from our trip. The blues in these pictures are the perfect backdrop for the great sites we saw – natural and manmade.

Blue Italy & Greece

A few details about the pictures…

The picture at the top of this post is my favorite one from the trip – I Faraglioni off the coast of Capri. Since I returned from the trip it has almost continually been the wallpaper on my work laptop – with several different clients I’ve had to project presentations from my laptop in meetings & the picture never fails to start a conversation.

Other scenes from the trip: the Pope’s apartment & St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City; looking across the Forum from the Coliseum in Rome; Lots of Capri – including waiting to go in the Blue Grotto; Sorrento; Pompeii ruins; views coming into Greece via ferry; along the coast of Greece; ancient Delphi; the Acropolis & original Olympic Stadium in Athens…

8 responses so far

8 Responses to “Blue Crayons from nature’s crayon box”

  1. Purl Needlemeyeron 06 Jun 2006 at 6:17 pm

    My goodness, the world is a beautiful blue place. It gave me the blues – missing Italia!

  2. amanda cathleenon 06 Jun 2006 at 7:55 pm

    oohh, I wish I could be there! Its lovely! : )

  3. Lollyon 07 Jun 2006 at 6:58 am

    Beyond beautiful – thanks so much for sharing your lovely collage, Amy!!

  4. Jenniferon 07 Jun 2006 at 8:13 am

    Ahh, memories. Cannot WAIT to go back!

  5. Nancyon 07 Jun 2006 at 8:20 am

    Your pictures are “blue”-tiful! Sorry, that was really bad! ;-) Thanks for sharing!

  6. Melissaon 07 Jun 2006 at 11:37 am

    Love the pics!

  7. Janeon 07 Jun 2006 at 8:25 pm

    They take my breath away! I want to scour my photos for blue, too!

  8. Cathyon 07 Jun 2006 at 9:07 pm

    What absolutely fantastic pictures Amy, Thank you so MUCH for sharing :)

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