Photographed in the Villa Ndio garden 6 July 2019
Sony A7R ii + LA-EA4 + Minolta 200mm f/2.228 APO
1/8000 sec., f/4, ISO-400
Large White Butterfly in Flight
Geranium Bronze Butterfly in Flight
Photographed 5 July 2019 in the Villa Ndio garden
Sony ILCE-7RM2
Sony 85mm f/1.8
!/8000 sec., f/3.2, ISO-400
Come Fly With Me
Two Mésange Charbonnière in an olive tree by the Villa Ndio pool
29 June 2019
Sony SLT A77V, Minolta 100-400mm f/4.5-6.7 APO
f/5.6, 1/400 sec., ISO-400, 330mm
Broad-bodied chaser (Libellula depressa)
Broad-bodied chaser by the Siagne River bear Pegomas France
Photographed 25 June 2019
Sony SLT A77V camera, Minolta 200mm f/2.8 AF APO lens
1/2000 sec., f/5, ISO-400, 200mm
Soleri Bell
Aquired at Arcosanti where it was made, this Soleri Bell and bells like it, is named after Paolo Soleri, the architect creator of Arcosanti. The bells are made and sold there to help finance this unique project.
“Founded in 1970, Arcosanti is a project of The Cosanti Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire a reimagined urbanism that builds resilient and equitable communities sustainably integrated with the natural world. At Arcosanti, we pursue this mission through experimentation and application of the principles of arcology, a combination of the words architecture and ecology that offers an alternative to urban sprawl.
Located in the heart of central Arizona, Arcosanti is only an hour’s drive from Phoenix, Flagstaff, Prescott, and Sedona—an easy day trip or a convenient stopping point on any road trip.” ….arcosanti.org
For years the bell pictured here hung from the pavilion by the Villa Ndio pool until a strong wind blew it off its hook and crashed it down on the plage where it broke into a zillion pieces. It is time for another Arcosanti trip!