Comments on: Sicily is an Old Wall

By: Jann

Jann — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:42:37 +0000

Hey, now that is a novel idea!

By: sandee wheeler

sandee wheeler — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:26:33 +0000

Love the pictures, Jann! You could do a “Tour of Walls” in Sicily!

By: Jann

Jann — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:08:13 +0000

Funny! You’re a woman after my own heart. We like our walls with character.

By: Kathleen Coelingh

Kathleen Coelingh — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:02:58 +0000

Jann, I can really relate to your love of old crumbly walls. To that
very point, when our then newly-built poolhouse in the
Napa Valley sprung a leak during massive winter rains producing cracks
in the plaster walls and ceiling, I told the plasterers to only fix the
rain damage, but to please leave all those precious cracks intact!
Someday my walls will look as beautiful and weathered as the ones you
show on your blog.

By: Melissa Muldoon

Melissa Muldoon — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:14:23 +0000

very nice post! I too am fascinated with old walls. While not claiming to be a photographer, I do tend to take odd shots when we travel of arches, columns and wall fragments…odd bits that speak to the artist in me. My husband laughed at me when I stopped to shoot the walls in Tangiers when we were in Morocco once. But, I loved the texture and the history that seemed to seep out of the old rock, plaster and paint.

By: Jann

Jann — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:41:59 +0000

Yes, the walls speak.

By: Karen La Rosa

Karen La Rosa — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:07:20 +0000

In all its crumbling glory, it is achingly beautiful. Like the wisest old sage, it tells us much.

By: Jann

Jann — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:58:54 +0000

Hi Cathy, thanks very much for reading and commenting. Yes, more pix of the house will be revealed as progress is made. It’s actually a modest & small row-style house built into a hill (so with 3 floors). I don’t know how a minor house turned into a major ordeal!