This will be a quick post in honor of my 15-year-old daughter, who is in Rome being a nanny for the summer. When we were all there as a family in 2005, we were walking through the Jewish Quarter behind the Teatro Marcello one day and stumbled upon an artist who had set up shop on a church stoop, painting flowers on strips of wood he had nailed together. We could not resist, and brought one back with us. It currently resides above the doorway of the office in our house, a permanent reminder of the cheerfulness of flowers. And that is why it is a good tribute to our daughter.
Here are more examples of the artist’s work. This photo was taken in 2005, but when I was there a few months ago, I saw the artist and his wares at the same church stoop. Rome is truly the Eternal City.
Perennial Pastimes 
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