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Lori Deiter and I made it to RGSP just after 8am...
We hiked from the Lake Rose parking lot down the Highland Trail, onto Glen Leigh, stopped at Waters Meet, continued on Ganoga Glen and back to the Lake Rose parking lot. Made it back to her vehicle around 1pm
Glen Leigh water flow is quite low, but Ganoga Glen seems to have a little bit more.
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Ricketts Glen State Park
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Friday, August 22nd, 2014
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A classic California Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess! Tall, pretty, thin, fit, with pretty blue eyes and long sandy-blonde hair, blowing on the spring sea breeze.
Modeling the brand new, black Gold 45 Revolver Hero's Journey Mythology Gold'N'Virtue bikini!
On El Matador Beach in Malibu!
Enjoy the epic beauty of the mythological hero's journey, in great detail via the Nikon D800! :)
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Modeling the new Hero's Journey Mythology Swimsuits on a sunny spring day in Malibu!
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With her wavy, curly hair blowing on the sea breeze!
May the goddess inspire you along your artistic hero's journey!
All 45surf Hero's Journey Mythology Photography is shot in the honor of Truth, Beauty, and the Light of Physicist Dr. E's Moving Dimensions Theory's dx4/dt=ic . The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c. Ergo relativity, time, entropy, and entaglement.
Hero's Journey Mythology Photography celebrates the Joycean Monomyth made famous by Jospeh Campbell!
I. Separation / departure
I.1 The Call to Adventure
I.2 Refusal of the Call
Acceptance of the Call
I.3 Supernatural Aid
I.4 Crossing of the First Threshold
I.5 Entering the Belly of the Whale
II. Initiation:
II.1 Road of Trials
II.2 The Meeting with the Goddess
II.3 Woman as Temptress
II.4 Atonement with the Father
II.5 Apotheosis
II.6 The Ultimate Boon
III. Return:
III.1 Refusal of the Return
III.2 Magic Flight
III.3 Rescue From Without
III.4 Crossing of the Return Threshold
III.5 Master of the Two Worlds
III.6 Freedom to Live
All the best on your epic hero's journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy! :)
Nikon D800 photos of a Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! She's a Hollywood Stunt Double! You've seen her in movies!
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The epic goddess was tall, thin, fit, tan, and in wonderful shape (as you can see).
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Such a pretty, pretty, pretty girl." -Beast of Burden Sexy, hot, and cute too!
Epic Goddess Straight Out of Hero's Journey Mythology! Pretty Model! :) Tall, thin, fit and beautiful!
Welcome to your epic hero's journey! The beautiful 45surf goddess sisters hath called ye to adventure, beckoning ye to read deeply Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, whence ye shall learn of yer own exalted artistic path guided by Hero's Journey Mythology. I wouldn't be saying it if it hadn't happened to me.
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She was a beauty--a gold 45 goddess for sure! A Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess guards the beauty of dx4/dt=ic and embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic journey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour.
ALL THE BEST on your Epic Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
Shot with the Nikon D800 and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Modeling the Gold 45 Revolver Gold'N'Virtue swimsuit. :)
A laid-back,classic, socal lifestyle shoot!
Reading the Great Books and Classics inclduing Homer, Shakespeare, and Herman Meville's Moby Dick!
With the black 45SURF surfboard!
May the 45surf goddesses inspire you along am artistic journey of your own making!
Wearing the black 45surf hoodie! The hoody rocks!
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I already had the circle panel assembled and foam tape adhered when I decided to add the two butterflies onto the circle, or I would have added stitched trails behind them, too. Oh well, I still think it looks cute! :)
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my official website is finally up - there aren't a lot of pictures on it so far but I'm going to add some more this weekend :)
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Innenstadt - Köln ist eine Stadt voller Überraschungen. Und wer denkt, hier schon alles gesehen zu haben, wird sich ganz schön wundern, wenn er mal über die Hohenzollernbrücke flaniert. Unsere gute alte Eisenbahn Brücke , fast 100 Jahre ist sie alt , hat schon viel miterlebt, aber das was sie jetzt zu sehen bekommt, ist auch für sie neu.
Entlang des Brückenzauns hängen Schlösser. Auf diesen Schlössern stehen Namen mit Datum. Manche sind dazu verziert mit Grüßen oder einfach nur mit Initialen. Ein neuer Trend? Es könnte der Nachfolger des Graffiti-Tags sein, oder der Nachkomme des „Ich war hier“-Satzes, der gerne mit dem Edding auf alle erdenklichen Oberflächen gekritzelt wird - vom Eifelturm bis zu den Gondeln in Venedig.
Years ago, a friend told me a story from her childhood that I'd not heard before, and I think of it often. The story goes like this:
One morning, a little girl was looking across the valley from her house, admiring the beautiful golden windows on a house on the top of the hill.
"Mom," she said, "Do you see that house on the hill with golden windows? It must be so beautiful there, and the people who live there must be so wealthy! I'll bet they have no problems and their lives are filled with happiness every day. I wish OUR HOUSE had golden windows."
"Oh, darling," replied the mother, "no one's life is perfect. Even people who live in a house with golden windows."
"No, I think you are wrong! I want to go see for myself!" So the mother packed the daughter a lunch, and away the daughter went to cross the valley and see how wonderful life was for the people who lived in the house with golden windows.
The girl walked all day long. As she reached the bottom of the valley, she lost sight of the house but kept going. It was dusk by the time she reached the top of the other hill. But to her surprise, all she found was an ordinary house. She saw no golden ornaments, nothing that made the house look different or more special than any other house. The people looked ordinary, just like the people in her own family. She was puzzled.
Disappointed, she turned around to gaze at her own house across the valley she'd just crossed. And to her surprise, her house was ablaze with light. The windows shone with gold as the setting sun lit them up. In disbelief, she looked again at the ordinary house in front of her, then back to her house gleaming across the way.
"MY house has golden windows!" she said in amazement. She stood for a moment, struck by how beautiful her house looked from this side of the valley. She took off running back down the hill, eager to return to her family.
"compañeras que se desprenden del viento, amigas que crecen de los arboles sin la palabra llamada no, corazones de sarita, corazones en las calles; corazones para sarita."
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El Puente Monumental de La Arganzuela, también conocido como Puente de Perrault, es sin lugar a dudas, el lugar más fotografiado, visitado y recorrido de Madrid-Río.
Pasarela sobre el Río Manzanares, su forma de tirabuzón y sus dos brazos que suman 278 metros le hacen verdaderamente espectacular y futurista. Su cobertura, de malla metálica que brilla con el sol durante el día, y su iluminación nocturna permiten que este puente se vea prácticamente desde todo el Parque. Su pavimento interior es de madera y por él pueden circular bicicletas y peatones.
Desde un punto de vista práctico, el puente de Perrault une los distritos de Arganzuela – con entrada por el paseo de Yeserías- y Carabanchel - a la calle Antonio López.
Dominique Perrault, a quien este puente debe su sobrenombre, es el arquitecto francés de 57 años que ha diseñado y dirigido la construcción de este Puente que ha costado a la ciudad de Madrid 13,6 millones de euros.
En definitiva, toda una obra de nuestro tiempo, que con el paso de los años se convertirá sin duda alguna en uno de los iconos de Madrid.
Este puente es obra del arquitecto francés Dominique Perrault, al cual los madrileños debemos también la Caja Mágica. El puente unirá el Paseo de Yeserías y la Avenida del Manzanares, y será la puerta principal de entrada al parque de Arganzuela. La inauguración será el próximo 15 de abril, y como podéis observar en las fotos (20 de marzo de 2011) está ya muy avanzado. Tiene 250 metros de longitud y 5 metros de anchura, con carril bici, paseo para peatones y unas gradas para sentarse. El suelo es de madera y en el centro tiene grupos de farolas con varios focos.
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Para mis amigas/os de flickr esta es una despedida por razones personales...estare ausente por un tiempo sin fechas.
Quiero agradecerles vuestra amistad y cariño a lo largo de este viaje que emprendimos juntos hace ya varios años.
Hoy la vida nos lleva a un nuevo destino.
Fue gratificante compartir imagenes, poemas y canciones,que nos unieron derribando fronteras, posiciones sociales, económicas o credos religiosos. Me hizo creer en el ser humano bondadoso sensible y veráz.
Gracias a todos por los buenos deseos y se los devuelvo... el doble.
No esta lejano el día que podamos construir un mundo justo para todos, derribando las fronteras con alegría y esperanza . Espero sinceramente que ocurra...Hasta la vista!
FRAGMENTO
Con tu puedo y con mi quiero
vamos juntos compañero
compañero te desvela
la misma suerte que a mí
prometiste y prometí
encender esta candela
con tu puedo y con mi quiero
vamos juntos compañero
la muerte mata y escucha
la vida viene después
la unidad que sirve es
la que nos une en la lucha
con tu puedo y con mi quiero
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la historia tañe sonora
su lección como campana
para gozar el mañana
hay que pelear el ahora
con tu puedo y con mi quiero
vamos juntos compañero
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ni en la mala ni en la buena
cada cual en su faena
porque en esto no hay suplentes
con tu puedo y con mi quiero
vamos juntos compañero...
Gracias a tod@s.
Obrigado.
Grazie.
.,. MERCI pour vos chaleureux commentaires .
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Camouflaged to Swirls... still working on a title, hehe. I am the artist and photographer. Time lapse video of me painting the backdrop and model: vimeo.com/11071065
I hand painted the backdrop, and mostly airbrushed the model. Some of her white swirls are hand painted to get a finer edge.
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I am translating my bio from Italian into English, and it would be very important for me to find out if I made any mistake, if something is not clear, doesn’t make sense, sounds awful etc. Could any English speaker (possibly native) help me, please?
IMPROVED VERSION (THANKS TO ARIELLE!)
Elena T. (born in Legnago on May 15, 1986) is an emerging Italian authoress and photographer, who has often appeared on the net under a pseudonym.
She has cultivated her passion for poetry since childhood, taking an interest in the poetic works of A. Gatto, G. Pascoli, G. Ungaretti and E. Montale throughout the years.
Her aesthetic research has also surfaced in works of visual art, especially developing an interest for R. Rauschenberg, S. Dalí, R. Magritte, R. S. E. Matta and J. Reynolds.
In 2005, she achieved a diploma of accounting and commerce with first class honours.
At present she is a final-year student in Foreign Languages for International Commerce at the University of Verona, and is writing a thesis on the Australian Nobel Prize winner Patrick White.
Her first book, the collection of poetries “Le mute difese”, is currently in the progress of being written.
Since 2007, she has undertaken a pathway in the field of photographic arts. A selection of photographs is available at: www.elena-t.com
Here is the Italian version, if you want to compare it with the translated one:
Elena T. (Legnago, 15 maggio 1986), spesso apparsa nella rete con uno pseudonimo, è scrittrice e fotografa emergente.
Ha coltivato la passione per la poesia sin dall'infanzia, interessandosi negli anni all'opera di A. Gatto, G. Pascoli, G. Ungaretti ed E. Montale.
La sua indagine estetica si è anche confrontata con opere di arte visiva, sviluppandosi soprattutto nell'interesse per R. Rauschenberg, S. Dalí, R. Magritte, R. S. E. Matta e J. Reynolds.
Nel 2005 ha conseguito il diploma di ragioniere e perito commerciale con il massimo dei voti; attualmente è laureanda, presso l'Università degli Studi di Verona, in Lingue e Culture per il Commercio Internazionale, con una tesi sul premio Nobel australiano Patrick White.
Il suo primo libro, la raccolta di poesie "Le mute difese", è al momento in corso di scrittura.
Dal 2007 ha iniziato un percorso nell'ambito delle arti fotografiche: è possibile apprezzarne una scelta sul sito web: www.elena-t.com
[Penrhyn Castle, Bangor, Wales]
[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].
1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
Notes:
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J--foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.
Print no. "10516".
Forms part of: Views of landscape and architecture in Wales in the Photochrom print collection.
Subjects:
Wales--Bangor.
Format: Photochrom prints--Color--1890-1900.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Views of landscape and architecture in Wales (DLC) 2001700652
More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.07355
Call Number: LOT 13408, no. 019 [item]
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#229/365 - Prettig midwinterfeest
Via deze wil ik iedereen fijne feestdagen toewensen. Of het nu gaat om het midwinterfeest Joel, Yule, Kerst of Chanoeka.
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Through this I would like to wish everyone happy holidays. Whether it's about the midwinter feast Joel, Yule, Christmas or Hanukkah.
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We tend to celebrate light in our pictures. Understanding how light interacts with the camera is paramount to the work we do. The temperature, intensity and source of light can wield different photography effect on the same subject or scene; add ISO, aperture and speed, the camera, the lens type, focal length and filters…the combination is varied ad multi-layered and if you know how to use them all, you will come to appreciate that all lights are useful, even those surrounded by a lot of darkness.
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this is a photographic narration that speaks of the eternal struggle that takes place between good and evil, which speaks of a dark period of history, speaks of the violence suffered by women but also by those who belonged to the poorest social classes, historical facts that have been handed down to us in the form of a story and associated-transmuted in the martyrdom of Saint Lucia, this is what happens in the town of Savoca (Sicily). This is a short and long report, I did in Savoca on August 2018 about the living representation of the martyrdom of Saint Lucia (patron saint of the city of Savoca); the cult of the young Saint of Syracuse seems to date back to the fifteenth century, under the influence of Spanish traditions. The commemoration of the history of St. Lucia occurs in two consecutive days, Saturday and Sunday: here I try to tell some times of the day on Sunday, a day during which the festival is held at the height of her beauty. And 'This is a historical event which speaks of Demons and Angels: Saint Lucy refused to marry a rich and powerful suitor (Lucy declared She was married in Christ), which reported the Christian faith of Lucia to prefect Pascasio that ordered his Praetorian Guard to drag Lucia with a rope to a place of prostitution; legend has it that the Holy became heavy, they then tried to drag it with the help of oxen, but it was impossible to move it from where he stood; failing in this, it was then given the order to cavarle eyes, but the young martyr (native of Syracuse) her eyes reappeared.
In the village of Savoca a young girl, affectionately called the "Lucy" is carried on the shoulder of a porter along the streets of the country (sitting on a pillow tied on the shoulder of a man, but in fact men are two); the young Saint remains impassive in the face of demonic temptations: the Devil, called in Sicilian dialect "u Diavulazzu, shake, shakes, turns his pitchfork in an attempt to "distract" the Saint.
The first day of this representation, on Saturday, in an old church in Savoca, the two girls who impersonate the Lucia, of the current year and the previous year, meet with the delivery of palm; the traditional event which we witness on Saturday, has all the appearance of an important rehearsal for the next day, on Sunday when the traditional festival will take place in all its beauty.
Sunday: on top of the procession there are the "Jews" (the emissaries of the prefect Pascasio) along with some Angels, is located immediately after the wagon drawn by two cows from which branches off a rope that will arrive to Saint Lucia (a girl of six years); between her and the cows there are Roman soldiers, who make their way through the crowd squirming like crazy; to hold the rope there are also male figures; the job of Devil (his mask is made of wood, whose invoice is dated, it seems, of the 400') is to distract the little Saint with the help of a long stick equipped of curved points, called "u 'croccu": Lucia hardly is deceived by the promises of the evil one, she will not abandon the state of her property concentration, aided in this by staring, almost in a trance, a small palm branch in silver , she brings devoutly in her hands.It's very important to mention the Baron Baldassarre (nicknamed Baron Altadonna), who applied without any hesitation the practice of Jus de seigneur: using this law the Baron obliged the young brides to spend the wedding night in his alcove. It 'very possible that in the representation of Saint Lucia of Savoca the character of the Devil tempting young Santa with his pitchfork, in reality is nothing but himself, Baron Altadonna, so allegorically described in this traditional Sicilian feast: the figure of the Devil if one takes into account what historians relate, does not belong more to the legend, but sadly to actual event happened. Post scriptum: the photographs, realized both on Saturday and Sunday, were organized and posted without taking into account the temporal chronology of what happened during the two days of the event; two photos of the mummy of Baron Altadonna have been included, which is located in the crypt of the Capuchin Fathers of Savoca; the portraits of two "Lucie" from previous editions, grandfather and great-grandfather of the "DIAVOLI" dynasty were included; the "silver palm" was delivered by Lucia of 2016 (Valentina), to the current Lucia (Miriana), in 2017 the event was not performed.
Ezio Famà.
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questa è una narrazione fotografica che parla dell'eterna lotta che avviene tra il bene ed il male, che parla di un periodo buio della storia, che parla delle violenze subite dalle donne ma anche da coloro che appartenevano alle classi sociali più povere, fatti storici che sono stati tramandati fino a noi in forma di racconto ed associati-trasmutati nel martirio di Santa Lucia, questo è quanto accade nel paese di Savoca (Sicilia). Questo è un report corto e lungo, che ho realizzato in quel di Savoca lo scorso mese di Agosto 2018, su quella che è la rappresentazione vivente del martirio di Santa Lucia (Santa patrona della città di Savoca); il culto della giovane Santa di Siracusa sembra risalire al XV secolo, sotto l'influenza delle tradizioni spagnole. La rievocazione vivente della storia di S.Lucia avviene in due giornate consecutive, il sabato e la domenica: qui tento di raccontare alcuni momenti della giornata della domenica, giorno durante il quale la festa si svolge nel pieno della sua bellezza. E' questa una rievocazione storica che parla di Demoni ed Angeli: la storia rievoca di quando la Santa, si rifiutò di andare in sposa ad un suo ricco e potente pretendente (essendosi dichiarata Cristiana e sposa in Cristo), il quale per vendetta riferì della fede Cristiana di Lucia al prefetto Pascasio; costui diede ordine ai suoi pretoriani di trascinare Lucia con una corda fino ad un lupanare, un luogo di prostituzione; la leggenda narra che la Santa divenne pesantissima, si tentò allora di trascinarla con l'ausilio dei buoi, ma fu impossibile smuoverla da dove si trovava; non riuscendo in ciò, fu allora dato l'ordine di cavarle gli occhi, ma alla giovane martire (nativa di Siracusa) gli occhi le rispuntarono. Nel paese di Savoca una giovane ragazza, chiamata con affetto "la Lucia" viene portata in spalla lungo le vie del paese (seduta su di un cuscino legato sulla spalla di un uomo; in realtà gli uomini portatori sono due, dandosi il cambio l'un l'altro); la giovane Santa rimane impassibile di fronte alle tentazioni demoniache: il Diavolo, chiamato in dialetto siciliano "u Diavulazzu, agita, scuote, fa ruotare il suo forcone nel tentativo di "distrarre" la Santa ma, vani saranno i suoi tentativi. Il primo giorno di questa rappresentazione, il sabato, in una vecchia chiesa di Savoca, le due bambine che impersonano la Lucia, dell'anno in corso e dell'anno precedente, si incontrano con la consegna della palma da una bimba all'altra; l'evento tradizionale al quale si assiste il sabato, ha tutto l'aspetto di una importante prova generale per il giorno dopo, quando la domenica la festa tradizionale avverrà in tutta la sua bellezza.La domenica: in cima alla processione ci sono i "Giudei" (gli emissari del prefetto Pascasio) insieme ad alcuni Angeli, subito dopo si trova il carro tirato da due giumente dalle quali si diparte una corda che giungerà fino a cingere il fianco della bimba che impersona Santa Lucia (una bambina di sei anni); tra lei e le giumente ci sono i soldati Romani, che si fanno largo tra la folla dimenandosi a più non posso; a tenere la corda ci sono anche delle figure maschili che evitano che gli strattonamenti dei soldati romani possano giungere fino alla Santa (ricordiamolo, che è legata a quella corda); davanti alla Santa piroetta il diavolo tentatore, u' Diavulazzu (la maschera è in legno, la cui fattura è datata, sembra, del 400'), il cui compito è quello di distrarre la piccola Santa con l'aiuto di un lungo bastone dotato di punte ricurve, chiamto dialettalmente "u' croccu": Lucia difficilmente si lascerà ingannare dalle promesse del Maligno, non abbandonerà quel suo stato di immobile concentrazione, aiutata in ciò dal fissare, quasi in stato di trance, un piccolo ramo di palma in argento, che lei strige devotamente tra le sue mani. E’ fondamentale menzionare tra i vari personaggi storici della tradizione, il barone Baldassarre, vissuto in Savoca in epoca medioevale, soprannominato barone Altadonna, che applicava senza remora alcuna la pratica della Jus primae noctis: avvalendosi di questa legge il barone obbligava le giovani spose a trascorrere la prima notte di nozze nella sua alcova. E’ fortemente ipotizzabile che nella rappresentazione di Santa Lucia di Savoca il personaggio del Diavolo che tenta la giovane Santa col suo forcone, in realtà non sia altro che egli stesso, il barone Altadonna, così allegoricamente descritto nella festa tradizionale siciliana: la figura del Diavolo, se si tiene conto di quanto narrano gli storici, non apparterrebbe più alla leggenda, ma a questo tristo personaggio realmente vissuto, che usava quotidianamente la moneta della prepotenza. Post scriptum: le fotografie, realizzate sia il sabato che la domenica, sono state organizzate e postate senza tenere conto della cronologia temporale di quanto avvenuto nei due giorni della manifestazione; sono state inserite due foto della mummia del barone Altadonna, che si trova nella cripta dei Padri Cappuccini di Savoca; sono stati inseriti i ritratti di due "Lucie" delle precedenti edizioni, del nonno e del bisnonno della dinastia dei "DIAVOLI"; la "palma d'argento" è stata consegnata dalla Lucia del 2016 (Valentina), alla attuale Lucia (Miriana); nel 2017 la manifestazione non è stata eseguita.
Ezio Famà.
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