Italian Wall Lizard
I can see an Italian Wall Lizard climbing a distant tree. The light is beautiful so I take a photograph. I love …
Wall Lizard
I love the look on this Italian Wall Lizard’s face. I appear to have interrupted its sunbathing. It’s November but it’s 18 …
Ruined
Ruin Lizards. No, that’s not an instruction. Ruins are where these Italian Wall Lizards live. In Italy there are civilisations’ worth of …
The Lesser Kestrels of Matera #10
When a Lesser Kestrel lands on a wire outside our bedroom window I know what I want to do. I want to …
Italian Wall Lizards
There are Ruin Lizards everywhere here in the south of Italy: They know no difference between the natural rocks and the ruined …
2017 highlights of a wilder Italian life
In 2017 I made many trips to Italy. In February it was Orbetello, staying at the most incredible AirBnB, where we were …
Temples and Lounging Lizards
I’m wandering around Tivoli with my camera. I’m in the Parco Villa Gregoriana. I expected there to be a fine house called …