Segesta and Selinunte Ruins in Sicily

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good Reads:

The Thinking Traveller 

The Wonders of Sicily

The Best of Sicily

 

  

 

Sacha stood on the tumbled temple stones. Our conversation went something along these notes: Stones have been around since the beginning. Some seem more impressive than others as they hold a story in their markings. Others might have been chips from the block. Each has a part to play, each important though many, like us, take a back seat for a grander revelation. Sacha grabbed a rock from the ground, that many like us had stepped over, "This probably has been around since this temple was built." And in someway we have too.

 

 

 

Only now looking at this photo do I see the the long columns' shadow on the ground, the play of light from the setting sun. At that time as the sunset in and out between the columns, I was content watching the changing light and stage before me. Now I wish I knew what this photo revealed because I would have stepped back to capture those long shadowy columns. 

If I ever come back I will go again at sunset.

 

 

 

As we drove back to Palermo the setting sun transformed the sky to a rose colored hue which then slowly, majestically went through the color spectrum that the visible eye could see, ending in the deepest red. The red sky, as coals can be, shadowed behind the olive grove was intensely beautiful. So much so I could not take a picture as I did not want to miss a single second of its beauty.

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Jacklynn Lantry]

Your photo's are amazing.

[Beverly]

Just Gorgeous! What an Awesome God we have!

[Diogenes]

The third photo is really beautiful. Lots of ancient history to see in Sicily. I bet the food is good too!

[Linda P.]

It seemed as if you were the only visitors that time of day. How wonderful!

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red sky-my favorite-for so many reasons.

[Marilyn]

Gorgeous! Now I want to go there at sunset.

[Chico Sue]

Stunning photos, especially those at sunset. Stones hold a fascination for the ages. How were they formed? How were they assembled? Who performed the labor? How fortunate that you were there when the place wasn't swarming with tourists.

[Teresa Young]

Thank You for sharing this wonderful journey...your photos are beautiful. Happy New Year Sweet Friends! Dave & Teresa