Christmas Tree

Turin (Italy) - Christmas tree in Piazza Castello

About the Christmas tree

Queen Elisabeth and Prince Charles

New photo of the Queen and Prince Charles released to mark the end of celebrations for the monarch’s 90th birthday

Clarence House has released a previously unseen photograph of her Majesty with her eldest son and heir Prince Charles

THESUN.CO.UK

Our Lady of Częstochowa

Gift from His Holiness John Paul II when he visited Colle Don Bosco in 1988

The Basilica Don Bosco (1961) on Colle Don Bosco (Piedmont region,Italy)

Our Lady of Częstochowa

Don Bosco

Trees

"Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life".

Hermann Hesse

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

What a jolly Queen! Smiling from ear to ear Queen dons HUGE flower hat to mark good deeds

The Queen will join the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey today to mark the 60th anniversary of the project which bears his name.

EXPRESS.CO.UK

Light and Dark

"Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance."
Roy T. Bennett

'O sole mio

The 3 Tenors (Domingo, Carreras, Pavarotti), live, Los Angeles, 1994
’O sole mio is a globally known Neapolitan song written in 1898. Its lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the music was composed by Eduardo di Capua while he was admiring a magnificent sunrise in Odessa (Ucraina). ’O sole mio is the Neapolitan equivalent of standard Italian "Il mio sole" and translates literally as "my sunshine".



It's Now or Never is a ballad recorded by Elvis Presley in 1960. It is one of two popular songs based on the Italian song 'O Sole mio, the other being There's No Tomorrow, recorded by U.S. singer Tony Martin in 1949, which inspired Presley's version.

A volcano in the Alps?...

Topolino

Some paintings of the Art exhibition on the Fiat "Topolino" at the Hotel Lingotto, in Turin

Carla Alberato

Maria Brosio

Franco Gastaldi

Marisa Lorenzini

Gina Montagner

Franco Mussano

Simona Petronzi

The Fiat 500, commonly known as Topolino ("little mouse", the Italian name for Mickey Mouse), is an Italian automobile model manufactured by Fiat from 1936 to 1955. The Topolino was one of the smallest cars in the world at the time of its production. Launched in 1937, three models were produced until 1955.

Sundial 21

Sundial on a cottage in the province of Asti (Piedmont)

"Beware of the dog... but especially of his master!"

Reflections

Riflessi
Impressioni
Riflessi tremuli nell'acqua
come affetti ondeggianti,
leggeri e luccicanti,
sfuggevoli;
come chimere sfocate,
ossessive e mutevoli,
agognate;
come ricordi labili,
lontani e inarrivabili,
perduti;
come parole sfaccettate,
dolci e appaganti,
passate.

Night reverie

Zen

Ligurian houses

The music of bees

La musica delle api
Fantasia
Presto lieve e fluente,
mille notine
graziose, nitidissime, ovattate,
frizzanti come vispe bollicine,
impalpabili volano sui fiori
multicolori,
agili, a ondate,
brulicanti, dorate,
in crescendo e diminuendo festevoli,
i petali attraversano vibrando,
dolci armoniose corrono da un fiore
all'altro con mulinelli fuggevoli;
poi il suono si attutisce gradualmente,
le notine svaniscono,
la melodia si spegne
in un sereno addio trasparente...

Pietro Brosio

Universal Prayer

Preghiera Universale
Spiritualità
Qual mira folla sulla scalinata
che conduce al santuario negli spazi
trasparenti! Popolazioni assorte
cantano inni fra immensi altocumuli
chiari, aprono consolatrici porte,
nella salubre aria, fra i topazi
purissimi e splendenti della fede.
C'è amore, gioia, verbo, melodia,
tutte le religioni son presenti:
all'unisono con lene empatia
pregano intense quelle azzurre genti.

Pietro Brosio

Shades

Madrigale dell'Anemone

Il fior candido e blu che s'apre al vento
nasce dal sangue del giovane Adone
dal feroce cinghial di Marte spento.

La natura vivace il bene spera
nella nuova mutevole stagione,
con Proserpina sorge Primavera.

Fior di resurrezione, la sublime
netta fede rigenera la luce
in dimensione arcana, oltre le cime
dei cieli perfettissimi conduce.

Pietro Brosio