"Looking up" while walking down a narrow sidestreet in Toledo, Spain. Taken by Mr. Don. As a kid, I lived in old neighborhoods in Milwaukee where the houses were reach-out-and-touch-someone close. Perhaps we didn't "know thyself" but we sure got to know our neighbors :)
If I can't post them here, I will find somewhere else to do it. In the meantime, I've called the crows to lunch -- with the new snow cover (and more expected tomorrow) they have been visiting more regularly looking for hand-outs.
How many arches can a gate have??? I count at least eight (including that last outside edge on the other side of the gate). St. Martin's Bridge gate - old city-side. I believe Mr. Don took this photo.
What a beautiful photo of old Toledo! Taken by Mr. Don. I know he took this photo because I was down the slope, across from the second "tier" of greenery on the left getting ready to take a photo of a lovely "secret garden" on the other side of a wrought-iron fence...
Isn't it beautiful! A green growing garden in January. Yes, Madrid is warmer than we are here, but it's not tropical! I got the answer to my question as to why these things would be growing further down the hill, when we turned a sharp corner and after clearing the building I saw the larger part of this "secret" garden on my left! It was open to the public but we didn't stop -- we were on our way to the Synagogue of the White Virgin. However, I noted (with a gardener's eye) that the primary exposure was to the south/southwest and with an open exposure as it had, sunlight would flood in... Not many climates can grow oak trees and palm trees in the same garden...
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