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Of recent weeks I have been in Italy at our good friend's house. One day in an amazingly hard and protracted storm I noticed the downspout on the terrace - I'm pretty sure that - in over twenty years of visiting the place - I'd never photographed it before. But it makes a fine addition to my collection. Though I waited for the sun to return first...