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Pinocchio made of bread and looking decidedly morto!
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More bread creations and artwork.
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As most of you know, the Italians love an excuse for a Festa.  This usually means another day off work or a weekend of celebration.  Well, last weekend in Certaldo, we celebrated that great crusty all important daily food, Pane or bread to you and me.  Now, in reality, my being a little dense at times, the celebration may have been about wheat, rather than bread, but in any case there was a wonderful exhibition put on by local schoolchildren of just about anything made out of bread and wheat/corn.  I found poor Pinocchio laid out looking rather morto, but he was beautifully made, as were lots of other creations big and small.  Our granddaughter bumped into a school friend who was all dressed up like a baker.

Jeffery the newly named donkey at Villa Bacio, with our granddaughter.
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And, talking about our granddaughter, she came to stay for one night and we were really pleased to have her company.  She went for a walk with granddad and two carrots, to visit our local donkey and goat who live together at Villa Bacio.  She decided that the very friendly donkey was called Jeffery, so that’s what we will call him from now on.

Hoopoe outside our bathroom window.
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Earlier in the week, my man called me from the bathroom shouting “Come here quick, we’ve got a Hoopoe!”  Well, would you believe it, a young Hoopoe had fallen in love with its reflection in the window and was leaping around in ecstasy!  Now, my man also managed to film the whole thing, so I popped it on YouTube and you can watch it at https://youtu.be/8IN6i-0ME_M  It really is an amazing bit of film!  National Geographic, eat your heart out!

Oh, yes, the news from Fiano our local village is that the new owners of the alimentare/bar are about to open as is the Bar in the piazzetta.  We drove over yesterday and saw the piazza set up for the evening celebrations with tables and chairs, and were told it was all imminent!  So fingers crossed for next weekend.  Also news that the abandoned hotel and restaurant, Il Palchetto, just outside the village has new owners and will reopen in July.  So things are looking up!  We do like a bit of sophisticated dining from time to time.

Getting to the heart of Chianti Wine.
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And finally, here is a picture of the bottom of my man’s wine glass.  Yes we love a nice glass of Chianti, and this picture says it all!

Have a great week, and do visit my author site at http://www.amazon.com/author/junefinnigan

Salute June x

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