Benvenuti to all my lovely Loyal and New Followers
End of February sunshine on the upper terrace.
Photo J Finnigan
“Gosh its lovely and warm here.” My man had stepped off the train in Certaldo and he enthused at the nine degrees we were enjoying here in Tuscany, having spent the previous few days in London. To me it was cold, however, in reality I had enjoyed half an hour earlier that day, sitting in the upper terrace in straw hat and sunglasses, during a short period of windless sunshine. Granted, I had my jacket on at the same time, as immediately a cloud pops over the sun, the temperature drops dramatically. But yes, it’s a little reminder as to one of the many reasons we choose to live in this part of the world.
Our Mimosa tree in full bloom.
Photo J Finnigan
I am posting a picture of our Mimosa tree which is now in full blossom. Yes I know, I mentioned this lovely blossom last week, however, I wanted you to see the full tree now, because it is in danger of being reduced to nothing by a certain local contadini (countryman) and others, on or just before the 8th March, which is Festa della Donna. You may recall that the blossoms are sought after for gifting to one’s beloved female family members, not just mothers, and there is a shortage of trees in the area. I am not being stingy, but I do like to be asked if we can spare some blossoms. A couple of years ago we came home from coffee to find half the tree missing! I blamed a suspicious looking lady who was outside the church earlier that day, but it turned out to be someone we know well, who claimed to have knocked on our door first and we were out, so he thought it would be alright if he went into our garden with his secateurs! On the day, I look forward to cutting a few blooms myself and gifting them to a number of lovely local ladies who deserve it.
Boat on the Exmouth Estuary by Mark Loman.
Photo J Finnigan
On to lighter things. Last Tuesday, a new beautiful framed print arrived in the post from England. I entered an auction to win one of Mark Loman’s limited edition prints, in aid a of a little English boy who is physically and mentally disabled, and I won! http://www.markloman.co.uk
Article in morning paper about Remo Vangi the artist.
Photo J Finnigan
Then this morning I saw an article about Remo Vangi, a Tuscan artist, and fell completely in love with the pictures of his paintings. I am very keen on Impressionist painting, and these were particularly lovely. So I looked up his blog site at http://www.removangi.wordpress.com and am now following it. It seems he exhibits all over the world, and its the first I have heard of him.
I have been a little quiet about our gorgeous Silvio Berlusconi lately, sorry about that. I must go and look up his latest exploits, so forgive me if I pause here for ten minutes or so. OK I’m back. Well, our Peter Pan of politics, age seventy-eight, is currently worth $7.4 Billion which is an increase of 0.2% since yesterday. Once one is filthy rich it is impossible to avoid getting richer by the day. It seems that his divorce from Veronica Lario has been finalised and he is now expected to marry his overage girlfriend Francesca Pascale. She is twenty-eight now, so is getting on a bit and I am sure that SB will not want to be seen to marry a girl over thirty, so he had better get a move on!
But enough of that. My tummy is rumbling and it is Saturday, so I had better go and cook lunch. I always manage to take my man out to lunch on a Sunday, but today would be pushing it I think.
Have a great week and do drop me a line. Watch this space for the announcement of the publication of my latest novel ‘The Bolivian Connection’. Oh Yes, I must slip in the news that Italy just beat Scotland in the Rugby Six Nations, hurrah, my man is a very happy rabbit!
Amore June x
PS Here is the direct link for my novel ‘My Father, The Assassin’ by J W Finnigan. You can also visit http://www.amazon.com & http://www.amazon.eu
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