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August 6, 2023

PETS OF FLORENCE :: AKIRA AND LAURA

Akira is a female Border Collie, you can see her running as if she were a sprinter following carefully chosen twigs and repeatedly thrown by Laura, her owner. Laura is a psychology student who became a dog educator for the love of animals and above all for the love of Akira: ".. I had to understand how to approach her to make her feel good and to live with her in harmony". But the feeling Laura has with animals doesn't need instructions or rules, because it's innate. Laura laughs a lot and scratches the backs of all the dogs that approach her. One brown eye and one blue, Akira has a "blue merle" coat and a tail that flutters in the air as if it were a rudder among the thousand vicissitudes it performs, in order to bring twigs and balls back to its mistress with Swiss punctuality. And the...

August 6, 2023

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LOTUS IN BLOOM

When autumn arrives, the trees in the Park, in particular the large plane trees, such as the monumental specimen found in the meadow in front of the Paggeria, and the spectacular ginko biloba near the Locanda, begin to change color: it is the "foliage", a natural phenomenon that marks the approach of winter and is due, depending on the species, to the decrease in temperatures and the length of the day. Chlorophyll, which gives the green color to the leaves (produced in abundance in the spring and summer vegetative phase thanks to the light and heat), progressively decreases until it disappears, and here is that the other pigments present in the leaves, such as the xanthophylls, yellow in colour, and the carotenes, orange in colour, normally hidden, become visible. In addition to yellow and orange, the leaves can also take on colors ranging from red to purple to gray, thanks...

August 6, 2023

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BEAUTIES OF CHIANTI

Going back to living in small historical centres, getting to know the atmospheres, the lights, the colours, the smells, the flavors of that sustainable and authentic life model which makes our country unique in the world, enhance the great heritage of history, art, culture, environment and traditions of the villages which stand outside the traditional circuits. A trip to Tuscany is definitely worth it to explore the Chianti Classico hills and go as far as the villages of Montefioralle, in the municipality of Greve in Chianti, and San Donato in Poggio, in the municipality of Barberino Tavarnelle, on the border between the Florentine and Sienese areas, to admire some of the most precious treasures of the region's architectural, historical and landscape heritage. Montefioralle and San Donato in Poggio have risen to the Olympus of "The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy" by becoming part of the national network which includes 350...

August 6, 2023

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SAY YES TO MUGELLO

The hot season is coming, the desire to be outdoors and socialize push you to look for the ideal destination where to unplug? Come and spend an experience, a day, a weekend fully enjoying the nature of Mugello, i its slow rhythms, its gastronomic goodness such as potato tortelli and organic wine. Here you will find an authentic land that proudly preserves its peasant origins, where rurality still exists is the host, where the food is genuine and the people welcome you warmly. In Mugello you can choose to relax through original experiences such as yoga at sunset on the shores of the lake, tastings in the vineyard, relaxing breaks in nature, or you can dedicate yourself to outdoor sports such as hiking, mountain biking, golf or glider flying. Even for families there is no shortage of fun activity experiences such as picnics in unusual places, fishing, rafting or horse...

August 6, 2023

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YAN PEI MING at PALAZZO STROZZI

Yan Pei-Ming at Palazzo Strozzi From 7 July to 3 September 2023 Palazzo Strozzi presents Yan Pei-Ming. Painter of stories, the largest exhibition ever dedicated in Italy to the French-Chinese artist, part of the Palazzo Strozzi Future Art project developed with the Hillary Merkus Recordati Foundation. Famous for a profound and passionate reflection on painting in today's art, in his monumental canvases Yan Pei-Ming combines history and the contemporary, famous works of art, public figures and intimate subjects. Curated by Arturo Galansino, Director General of the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation, the exhibition offers an itinerary of over thirty works that allow us to explore the artist's powerful and original research on the relationship between image and reality, in a short circuit between personal life and history collective, symbols and icons of culture and art history between East and West. Exploring genres such as portrait, landscape, still life and history painting, his paintings...

August 1, 2023

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ELITISM F&T 23

Sky thoughts: a cover of sky and clouds, light and sunbeams, colors in harmony and nothing by chance. Who among you wouldn't stare at the blue, entranced, at least once a day? If you could. If you didn't continually lose the real order of things and of life. If you could put THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE first. How many times would you stare at the movements of the cotton or cream clouds, the blue that catches fire at sunset, the vicissitudes of some bird free from everything. Understand if that cloud is shaped like a giraffe or if it looks like a barking dog. Feeling the head that opens, that frees itself, that leaves space. Doping yourself with your daily dose of heaven. And turn off social media. Witness the magic of the sunset. And put your phone on airplane mode. Feeling ready to fly, because you just sent...

PETS OF FLORENCE :: AKIRA AND LAURA

LOTUS IN BLOOM

BEAUTIES OF CHIANTI

SAY YES TO MUGELLO

YAN PEI MING at PALAZZO STROZZI

ELITISM F&T 23

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