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Santa Lucia Festival in Siracusa.
Youth orchestra performs in Siracusa.
Cousin Sam and his wifeLinda on the beach at Vendecari. Linda taking a photo of Sam taking a photo of a flower.

Ear of Orrechio Dionisio.

 Flower festival at Noto.

Beginning of the end of the lunar eclipse on May 4th.

(Photo courtesy of Rosa Sciandra).
Stromboli from Panarea. The port on Panarea.
Dance of light on rocks. Scabious fruit and flower in Zingaro Nature Reserve.
Phyllis and Kathy relaxing on the beach on Panarea. The battle of the snakes on the side of the road. Stromboli erupting .
Phyllis imitating art in the Villia in Montedoro. Phyllis with Mary in a grotto in Noto.
Owners, staff and friends at the Santa Verera Agriturismo restaurant near Polizzi Generosa. Courtyard and house in Polizzi Generosa.
Zingaro Nature Reserve. A beach in the Zingaro Reserve. A friend, Nicoló Falci, with a farmer we met on our outing to see tombs.
Salva Merle with Pisconellor. Salva is Nicoló's cousin. The green hills of Montedoro fading to brown.
Rock rose. Two Montedoro women, Galante, Calogera and her daughter Rosa, related to my cousin, Pina. The woman on the left is 94 years old.
The photographer, Peter, at work. Chilling out with friends, Mario, David and Fabio at the Tavernetta in Montedoro.
Etienne and Peter in our apartment. Salva instructing Kathy in the ways and days of Montedoro.
The May 31st procession in honor of Mary. The ever present lizard.
Procession on the way to the Chiesa Madre church in Montedoro in honor of Padre Pio. Fabio modeling his "I didn't vote for Berlesconi" shirt in 9 languages. Montedoro street at night on the full moon. The three faces of Isis - drawing of a stature that had been in the town and was destroyed by the church in the 1700's..