
Water Wednesday #5
Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.
Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.
As we said when we started this series, “Water is the soul of the garden.” – Chinese proverb. The spitter man we’re going to share with you today has a lot of soul. When we stumbled upon him and his shell on the way to the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy we had to stop
The turtles were added in 1658 by request of the Pope du Jour... seems like an odd thing to add but it makes for a charming fountain. So nice of the nude guys to give them a lift over the edge.
Now I understand why one is supposed to save the best for last. I think I might have blown it sharing the unbeatable Fountain of the Moors on the first of 21 posts! However, I have a few more fountain tricks up my sleeve so hang in there for some surprises along the way...
"Water is the soul of the garden." - Chinese proverb For the next 21 Wednesdays, I'd like to share fountains we've loved with you. And without further blah blah I would like to present...