SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
Still thinking about our trips to Pisa, Italy…
We still concentrated our visit to Pisa on the Cathedral and it’s Leaning Tower.
I’ve mentioned previously that we stopped in a shop in Pisa that specialized in marble, alabaster, and “composition” figurines. Here are pictures from a brochure from that very shop.
Last time I presented pictures of the marble lampstands we purchased,
as well as the composition tumbling angels,
and the composition figures of Moses and the discus thrower.
Here is a picture of some alabaster “fruit” they had.
We have enjoyed all these things, ever since 1968.
I noticed in the brochure that they had marble stands that look very much like the one I inherited from my Aunt Jessie. However, I KNOW she never went to Italy, and am not sure where she acquired hers. She had it a long time – as here is a picture of her in 1949 standing by it in her house in San Antonio, Texas,
and another of her living room in Albuquerque in 1954.
And here it is in our living room, in Orlando, Florida.
Wikipedia also states that there are several medieval palaces in Pisa. Wow did we miss a lot! I don’t remember visiting any palaces in Pisa!
Also from Wikipedia: Pisa was the birthplace of the important early physicist Galileo Galilei. It is still the seat of an archbishopric. Besides its educational institutions, it has become a light industrial centre and a railway hub. It suffered repeated destruction during World War II.
Since the early 1950s, the US Army has maintained Camp Darby just outside Pisa, which is used by many US military personnel as a base for vacations in the area.
I believe we stayed on Camp Darby when we visited Pisa. It was a nice place to “base” our explorations of the area.
~~~~~~~~~~~To Be Continued~~~~~~~~~~
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
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