Photography Archives - Yoga by Fran Gallo https://frangallo.com/category/photography-2/ Yoga by Fran Gallo Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:22:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/frangallo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-making-vector-wip-favi.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Photography Archives - Yoga by Fran Gallo https://frangallo.com/category/photography-2/ 32 32 56610905 Simone’s Green Thumb https://frangallo.com/simones-green-thumb/ https://frangallo.com/simones-green-thumb/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:22:20 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=21860 I don't even know where to begin when I pay homage to my friend Simone! Simone just turned 80 years young! I put together a slide show that shows off her garden and gardening skills. She definitely has a green thumb and occasionally calls me to say, "Want to come over and see my garden?" [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/simones-green-thumb/feed/ 11 21860 The Cost of a Smile https://frangallo.com/the-cost-of-a-smile/ https://frangallo.com/the-cost-of-a-smile/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2026 01:32:15 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=21807 My friend Giorgio Modica of Modica, Sicily, passed away on January 24. On his death notice, his family wrote Fu Angelo. Translation: He was an angel.  In his youth, Giorgio immigrated to Toronto, Canada, where he lived for many years. He loved Canada, but he yearned to live out his later years in his beloved [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/the-cost-of-a-smile/feed/ 27 21807 Sisters https://frangallo.com/sisters/ https://frangallo.com/sisters/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2025 02:57:38 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=21768 Sisters! My maternal grandmother was one of five daughters (plus she had brothers). My mother was one of five daughters (plus she had brothers). I am one of five daughters (minus any living brothers). And so it goes.  I have two remaining sisters: Nora Brown, née Onofria Brunogallo, and Zina Brechbill, née Vincenza Brunogallo. Nora [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/sisters/feed/ 19 21768 Stehekin Stillness https://frangallo.com/stehekin-stillness/ https://frangallo.com/stehekin-stillness/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2025 03:58:59 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=21744 I am in Stehekin, Washington this very moment. Outside this cabin, a barred owl calls out to us, breaking the stillness of the night. And, yes, I have WiFi and so I can blog! I've been coming to Stehekin annually since 2003 with Leslie and Rick.  Well, there were three years when we did not [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/stehekin-stillness/feed/ 17 21744 The Most Beautiful Hands https://frangallo.com/the-most-beautiful-hands-3/ https://frangallo.com/the-most-beautiful-hands-3/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2025 02:24:14 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=21705 The most beautiful hands in the world are not manicured, soft, and bejeweled. They are lined, calloused from coal mining, encrusted with farmed earth. At times, they smell of onions and garlic. They are stained with tomato sauce from canning, dotted with wet bread dough, snagged from knitting and crocheting socks, scarves, hats, baby blankets [...]

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