6:24am - Backlit Shoe
When I got up early in the morning to take the dog out, I saw my shoe sitting in the entrance hall with the sun shining in from behind it.  A quick start to the morning, quite early for a Sunday!
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Sunlit rain forest
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'Singing chimney sweep in Santa Maria Maggiore.'

During the International Chimney Sweeps Gathering (Raduno Internazionale dello Spazzacamino) in Valle Vigezzo a boy, dressed as chimney sweep, sings mostly sad songs of chimney sweep life. In the past Valle Vigezzo was extremely poor and many boys had to leave home in winter to live the hard and hungry life of chimney sweeps in the cities of the Po plain. Photo Paul Smit.
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'Singing chimney sweep in Santa Maria Maggiore.'

During the International Chimney Sweeps Gathering (Raduno Internazionale dello Spazzacamino) in Valle Vigezzo a boy, dressed as chimney sweep, sings mostly sad songs of chimney sweep life. In the past Valle Vigezzo was extremely poor and many boys had to leave home in winter to live the hard and hungry life of chimney sweeps in the cities of the Po plain. Photo Paul Smit.
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'Parade in Santa Maria Maggiore.'

Part of the yearly parade of chimney sweeps in the streets of Santa Maria Maggiore - here in front of the town hall - are people from local valleys in traditional dress. The parade is part of the International Chimney Sweeps Gathering (Raduno Internazionale dello Spazzacamino) in Valle Vigezzo. Photo Paul Smit.
symmetrical flower closeup
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See photo in original gallery.