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Well, here we go with all the news on the Rock Chick Band and two frenetic weeks of sheer fun and pleasure.

The Rock Chick Band
Photo P Finnigan

It’s amazing to think that two weeks has rushed by since our fourth annual Rock Concert Garden party and already friends have booked the spare room for next year which will be on the 20th June 2015!  Needless to say, the band did a brilliant job again, and I feel so lucky to be backed by such talented musicians and all younger good-looking Italian guys!  Thank you too to Paola, who turned in a rocking performance on backing vocals.  We had a flood of new people, who seemed to know someone who knew someone else, or maybe they were gatecrashers, but we didn’t mind either way.  Crazy Americans dancing the Zombie, a North African in traditional clothes lusting after our lovely house guest (she won’t want to be reminded of that) and other dance moves that defied gravity!  Other rather more sedate guests positioned themselves on comfortable seats with a supply of wine, and clapped and stomped their feet, bless them.

The children’s Bedouin Tent
photo P Finnigan

We also had a little bedouin type tent for the little children to romp in.  So a good time was had by one and all.  Our nine-year old granddaughter did a sterling job of filming the whole concert on a camcorder, which is fun to watch, but not suitable for YouTube I’m afraid, as the sound quality is pretty poor.  My man and I managed a smooch during the instrumental of ‘Parisian Walkways’ which set my heart a flutter;  a few others were smooching too, I hope they also found amore that night.

The daughter and Grandaughter with a camcorder, watch Granny performing.
Photo P Finnigan

I would like to say how much we enjoyed the company of our beautiful house guest from Hereford who is off to Rome this week.  We hope you find that gorgeous hunky Italian you are dreaming of!  And thank you to my man’s lovely sister who did a massive amount of pot planting in the garden prior to the concert. It still looks amazing, grazie mille x  Needless to say, things were so hectic that we were forced to make several visits to local restaurants for good food and wine, to keep our energy levels up.  Our fridge proved far too small for all the food we needed at home, so I am relieved to say that we now have a big new one called The Tardis.  Oh yes, not forgetting all the gifts I found later on the dining table;  grazie all you lovely people for being so generous.  Just a couple of mishaps to report; our lovely houseguest got an eye infection and needed a visit to our handsome friend and  doctor Flavio, and the sister took a tumble out on a walk, having not laced her walking boots up properly, and ended up in pronto secorso (emergency) for an X-ray.  But all was fine and nothing a nice glass of Chianti couldn’t cure.

Two beautiful girlies, The Houseguest and The Sister out on a hike.
Photo P Finnigan

You may think that life after a Rock Concert Party must be pretty dull.  But not here in Tuscany, oh no…..  Back at Laura’s bar/alimentary in Fiano, the entertainment continues unabated.  People watching is such fun, what with all the tourists coming in and out.  Some English and American, but lots of Polish, French and German.  An Italian old boy, came up to me and bowed low, taking my hand.  “poor bloke,” said my man, “He’s probably got a bad back…”    Meanwhile, signore Rotund was exposing his generous belly as he cleaned his glasses on the edge of his T-shirt and at the local ristorante an English couple on the next table were planning their Tuscan wedding, so I gave them lots of pointers, as one does.  Also, the children are on holiday and this includes our grandchildren who will be coming to stay shortly; we always have a great time together.  Time to get the board games out again.

I’m not at all sure what the gorgeous Silvio Berlusconi has been doing over the last two weeks, I must check this out for next time.  I was rather disappointed that he did not show up at the Rock Concert, but hey ho…!

Well, I must go and organise an aperitivo.  The sun is shining after several days of stormy weather, so we must get out on the upper terrace and enjoy.

Do drop me a line and don’t forget to visit my author page at http://www.amazon.com/author/junefinnigan  I will be dedicating August to completing the first draft of ‘The Bolivian Connection’, so watch this space.

Have a great week.

Amore June x

PS I am awaiting the professional photos of the concert and will post these very soon!