It can get cold living in a hill town! Since I moved to Monteleone in November, it has snowed and hailed several times. A few days before Easter, it snowed ALL DAY LONG! It was soooo cold, my hands froze going out for just a few minutes to the wood pile to retrieve logs for the fire. I stayed in my pajamas all day long (shhh!) and enjoyed the wood burning stove while outside life was at a standstill. A friend commented that she thought this picture was in black and white... it's not.Friday, March 21, 2008
Snow Day
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It can get cold living in a hill town! Since I moved to Monteleone in November, it has snowed and hailed several times. A few days before Easter, it snowed ALL DAY LONG! It was soooo cold, my hands froze going out for just a few minutes to the wood pile to retrieve logs for the fire. I stayed in my pajamas all day long (shhh!) and enjoyed the wood burning stove while outside life was at a standstill. A friend commented that she thought this picture was in black and white... it's not.
It can get cold living in a hill town! Since I moved to Monteleone in November, it has snowed and hailed several times. A few days before Easter, it snowed ALL DAY LONG! It was soooo cold, my hands froze going out for just a few minutes to the wood pile to retrieve logs for the fire. I stayed in my pajamas all day long (shhh!) and enjoyed the wood burning stove while outside life was at a standstill. A friend commented that she thought this picture was in black and white... it's not.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Road Trip
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This is my me 'n my nephew, Colin, who came to visit me from California in September of 2007. We joined my brother Dan and his girlfriend Kathryn on a road trip down south to stay at an agriturismo, farmhouse, in the Maremma. It was a lot of fun to spend time with family, we went to the thermal baths at Saturnia and also visited some Etruscan tombs dating back to around 500BC! Not only is it a fun picture because it was a fun time, but right now I like to look at it because although it may be snowing outside here in Monteleone, we were warm in that picture!
P.S. Isn't he cute!
This is my me 'n my nephew, Colin, who came to visit me from California in September of 2007. We joined my brother Dan and his girlfriend Kathryn on a road trip down south to stay at an agriturismo, farmhouse, in the Maremma. It was a lot of fun to spend time with family, we went to the thermal baths at Saturnia and also visited some Etruscan tombs dating back to around 500BC! Not only is it a fun picture because it was a fun time, but right now I like to look at it because although it may be snowing outside here in Monteleone, we were warm in that picture!P.S. Isn't he cute!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
My Lamp Thing
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I have a thing about lamps. I also have a thing about shoes, a thing about coats and a whole lot of other things, but today the subject is my lamp thing. I'm going to have to purchase a large home with many bedrooms for all my lamps. There are small ones, medium ones, big ones, old ones, new ones..... This one was purchased from the local flea market in Passignano which is held every third weekend of the month, but the shade is courtesy of Ross (yes, Ross as in "Dress for Less" and buy a $2 lamp shade!)
I have a thing about lamps. I also have a thing about shoes, a thing about coats and a whole lot of other things, but today the subject is my lamp thing. I'm going to have to purchase a large home with many bedrooms for all my lamps. There are small ones, medium ones, big ones, old ones, new ones..... This one was purchased from the local flea market in Passignano which is held every third weekend of the month, but the shade is courtesy of Ross (yes, Ross as in "Dress for Less" and buy a $2 lamp shade!)
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
The Walk
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Sydney Claire, being an older dog, would be content to lay in her dog bed and sleep all day long. But as soon as she hears the word “walk”, she runs around the house like a crazed dog impatiently waiting for me to get ready. Getting ready is usually just putting on my tennis shoes, but in the winter also a hat, scarf, mittens, etc., etc., etc. and that can take some time. The road we've discovered provides us with a beautiful, tree-lined, quiet walk along a secluded dirt road. Here in Italy, a dirt road is referred to as a white road, strada bianca. And since we hardly ever see anyone and Sydney is almost deaf, I sing to amuse myself and frighten off the cinghiale, wild boar. Yes, I said wild boar.
Sydney Claire, being an older dog, would be content to lay in her dog bed and sleep all day long. But as soon as she hears the word “walk”, she runs around the house like a crazed dog impatiently waiting for me to get ready. Getting ready is usually just putting on my tennis shoes, but in the winter also a hat, scarf, mittens, etc., etc., etc. and that can take some time. The road we've discovered provides us with a beautiful, tree-lined, quiet walk along a secluded dirt road. Here in Italy, a dirt road is referred to as a white road, strada bianca. And since we hardly ever see anyone and Sydney is almost deaf, I sing to amuse myself and frighten off the cinghiale, wild boar. Yes, I said wild boar.
Friday, November 02, 2007
My Town
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