Waiting for the rebirth

[Gianluca Drago]

Once a year the world's oldest botanical garden closes its gates to visitors for one month. Dead branches are pruned, ancient stone artifacts are cleaned up, and new seedbeds are prepared.

 

[Len Philpot]

I assume the gardeners are also world-class. You know, no pressure and all that.

 

[Stevenson Gawen]

Super photo. The more you look the more you see and I like the muted yet warm colour palette too. The person working adds such a nice human element too.

Spoiler: (Don't want to give it away!)

Hmmm... the world's oldest botanic gardens... (searches DuckDuckGo urgently)...

Orto Botanico in Padua? Must be... yes!

Your photo adds such a different perspective to the summery, touristy, photos out there.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Super photo. The more you look the more you see and I like the muted yet warm colour palette too. The person working adds such a nice human element too.|

DuckDuckGo got it!
@Stevenson Gawen thanks!

 

[Gianluca Drago]

I assume the gardeners are also world-class. You know, no pressure and all that.

I'm not sure what you mean here @Len Philpot

 

[Len Philpot]

I mean, being the world's oldest I assume there's a level of excellence implicit in the plants, etc. That means there's probably a higher level of expectation of the capabilities of the gardeners, staff, etc

 

[Gianluca Drago]

I mean, being the world's oldest I assume there's a level of excellence implicit in the plants, etc. That means there's probably a higher level of expectation of the capabilities of the gardeners, staff, etc

Ah OK. I don't know, I'm not able to judge.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Beautiful photo and gardens. Rappacini’s Daughter springs to mind. Gianluca, did you name your daughter Beatrice?

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Rappacini’s Daughter

I've never read the short story by Hathorne, nor I have watched the cinema adaptations. My wife did, and by this way it/those entered family lexicon. You made me smile, thank you.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

No, thank YOU, Rappaccini!

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Well, I have a son, not a daughter, although I cannot guarantee he will not grow poisonous.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

@Rob, you young people always love to have a laugh.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

You have made a wonderfully WARM picture, Gianluca. I like it very much.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

You have made a wonderfully WARM picture, Gianluca. I like it very much.

Thank You, very much appreciated.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

You have made a wonderfully WARM picture, Gianluca. I like it very much.

Se vedi l'originale ti rendi conto che ho un po' barato, perchè è molto differente. Ho lavorato molto in post produzione.

[Now, who is the one to be forced to use Deepl or Google translate? Why Latin lost the war against English during the passing time?]

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I won’t look so closely…

 

[Stevenson Gawen]

Now, who is the one to be forced to use Deepl or Google translate?

ME!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Why Latin lost the war against English during the passing time?]

When I was about 8 years old I was an alter boy in the local Roman Catholic Church. The Mass was in Latin, and I was taught to say the words but not taught the meaning of the words. To me at the time the words were magical incantations that could turn bits of wafer into Jesus. I literally believed it. As apparently did everyone else.

Then the Catholic Church made a Fatal Mistake by allowing the Mass to be read in English. At that one moment, I and almost everyone else came to the same conclusion, that these were not magical incantations. Far from it, we were in fact parroting utter nonsense. The bubble burst, and I never opened my mouth again in a church.

So, Gianluca, Latin lost its magical aura, and the light of reason sounded in English thereafter. Here endeth the homily.

 

[Beth Anthony]

love the warm, almost sepia toned colors. great light, too. interesting that the garden shuts down to beautify the flora, my local gardens charges you to get in and see them pruning dead things.

 

[Brian Moore]

I agree with previous statements about the color tones in the image. They are perfect.