Under the Tuscan clouds the city of Florence morphs from tints of brown to shades of glorious gold...

And hoping that the rain has passed Siena housewives hang their laundry on lines strung between windows...

At the sea the water reflects the deep gray of the clouds in the sky...

From high in the hills of Cinque Terre shades of blue, mauve and green create icy liquid stripes in the sea below...