1.   White chimney smoke is the traditional signal that a new pope has been chosen.

2.   Naked tree branches appear pressed against a mottled gray sky, interrupted by an occasional grist mill or puff of chimney smoke.

3.   This day the sun is bright and sends shadows of chimney smoke scurrying along the ground.

4.   In village after village, only the occasional thin column of chimney smoke suggests an inhabited house.