... mother, his friends, his easel and mural paintings, his dissections, his colossal bronze horse. He tells of his attempts at flying, his invention... ...ng land, the swift Adda, those canals, the villa gardens with their Roman statues and roses...roses...the women in the gardens, picking roses. But I... ...and pounding waves. Let’s walk in the castle garden, among the senatorial statues; I played the lute and both of us sang. And Rustici’s! What about ... ...es and pansies along the paths, tulips and agnus-castus, roses around our statues and ramblers on the arbors. Only the biggest roses are in full flo...