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European surprises(#8 in single-image teaser series: reigning cat, Alberobello)

 

 

 

For an observant “stranger in a strange land”, local signage often proves a rich source of amusement and/or misunderstanding – sometimes, the latter, therefore the former.

The pictured sign ensures that monolingual English-speakers do “get” the intended message; nonetheless, you are looking at the winner of my personal award for “our European trip’s most amusing signage”.

Many tourists walk the feline monarch of Alberobello’s street.

Almost all are obedient, so the king – or queen – usually sits on his/her “throne”, undisturbed.

Q: Why do tourists from all over the world flock to this small town in Puglia, southern Italy?

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McGowangrad, winter ‘22: #19 in series (WorkZone, accidental Abstractionist)

 

 

“Western Australia’s first carbon neutral commercial building” is also an occasional abstract artist!

These “artworks” have a shorter lifespan than any “street art” produced by Banksy, anonymous graffitists, et al.

They can be highly surprising, truly beautiful.

They are visible – indeed, there at all – only when the pedestrian passing by, the sun, the building’s aluminium tube shade screen, and the building-proper’s sun-facing exterior are all in “Goldilocks” alignment.

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