800!!! A Worried Sea Dog

800-d

800-d

Oh my God!
How do I tell them?!?

800-c

800-b

Ladies and Gents, Captain Philip speaking...

800-a

Time to call the Passengers and give them disembarking instructions...

799 Athene noctua

If you are NOT scared, click HERE to *Athene noctua"!

799-d

None of the above. It is the (inauspicious) cry of the owl.

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799-b

Alarm?!? This is a Foghorn!
Foghorn?!? Where is the fog? It is so clear... we can see America!
BUM!
It is the Pilot Ship!

799-a

Hey! Hey!! Turn off that alarm!!!

798 FCO Rome Intercontinental

Click HERE for the bronze statue of Leonardo by Assen Peikov (1908-1973)!

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I just hope it never happens that I have to wear one of THOSE masks!

798-c

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And I saw a large group of Japanese wearing health masks! Awful!!

798-a

And yet, Dear Diary, a few years ago I was at FCO, Rome's airport. The Fukushima disaster had just happened...

797 The Puppet's Museum

To know more about the Puppet's Museum in Lisbon, click HERE.

797-d

I have a soft spot for masks.

797-c

797-b

This time I intend to visit the Puppet's Museum. There is a great collection of masks.

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Dear Diary, in a few hours we shall be in Lisbon...

796 Drinking On It

To know more about the old planets and the new future, it is useful to (re) read *The Betrothed* by Alessandro Manzoni, especially chapters XXXI-XXXVII (31-37).

796-d

To the new future!
To the old planets!

796-c

796-b

Oh! Mr Tony, nice to see you. Care for a sparkling glass?

796-a

Yet, what Mr Tony said, bothers me greatly...

Thinking of Rome: 4, Er Carciofo (The Artichoke)

Artichoke. Graphite and pastel-pencils on canvas board // 20 x 20 cm (8" x 8" inches).

795 On the Ship's Deck

795-d

Oh, Hell! Let us face this boredom bravely.

795-c

795-b

Do I have any business in this town? No! I do not!!
Are there any coffee/cocoa/etc. fields to buy? No, there are not!!!

795-a

Hum hum hum... Lisbon? Lisbon?? Hum hum hum... Lisbon... so what???

794 Fado!

Listen to *Sempre que Lisboa canta* by Carlos Ramos.

794-d

I begin to feel the taste!

794-c

794-b

Ah! Yes...

794-a

Hum hum hum... How did that song go? Hum hum hum...

Boat under Moonlight

Silver point on coated paper; 14,5 x 10,5 cm / 5.7" x 4.1" inches

793 Enthusiasm

793-d

Never been there? Oh! You will love Lisbon!! Such a charming city!!! It has fine museums, beautiful gardens and, everywhere, a sweet scent of poetry...
Ah?

793-c

793-b

Aah... Lisbon! I can't wait to visit again!!
I have never been there.

793-a

Raffaellus, our ship, is now beyond Gibraltar and heading to Lisbon...

Οὐρανός καὶ Γαῖα (Uranus and Gaea)

Testing colours on a rainy day
Watercolours on canvas board; 5 x 5 cm 2" x 2" inches.