Posted by on Jun 25, 2018 | 12 comments

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WOW-I wish I could have seen this one!

Well, these marbles are not exactly ‘lost’ but they are statues that perhaps not everyone gets to see, and this one, mama says, is breathtaking!  This lady in the veils is all marble, just imagine, by the amazing sculptor, Antonio Corradini.

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Mama just stopped in her tracks and stared for about 5 minutes to take in the amount of time this work must have taken to be so perfect and seem like gossamer.

Whatever that is.

But, what do I know?  When I saw the photo mama sent, I have to say I was impressed.  The things these anthros do, wow!

So mama said to the little grand-anthros, in Italian, “Credo que quella pesa un grande tonno!”  And they both started laughing hysterically and started giving each other that look that little anthros give when they want to be polite but are cracking up over the dumbness of grown-up anthros.

“What”, asked mama, “and why are you guys giggling so that you might fall down any minute?”

They both started chanting “tonno, tonno” and then the elder one explained in English, “Sussu, (that’s mama), you said it weighed a giant TUNA FISH!”

Mama had confused tonno with tonnellata.  Hey, or had she…?

Watching little kids laugh is one of her favourite pastimes.

Mine, too.

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