Welcome and Benvenuti to all my Lovely Followers around the World,

Firstly, we were really delighted to see the arrival of a community Drinking Water Fountain/dispenser in Fiano, our local village.  I am so very pleased because if this is happening in all the communities, then Italy is already making a massive leap towards reducing the plastic bottle problem.  Tap water in Italy has always been a little suspect, so the demand for bottled water has been enormous.  Now we can just refill our existing bottles with fresh still water absolutely free!  In the picture is Milko demonstrating how to use a plastic card, which you can purchase from his Cartalibreria next to the Fountain, should you want the chilled or fizzy variety.  The cost for these is only a few centesimi per litre.  Brilliant!  Foto J Finnigan.

Equally exciting is the arrival of the new red wines which many Italians like to drink young, not aged.  This year the grapes are very healthy and the harvest is expected to be an excellent one.  It is a time of celebration.

Meanwhile, Fiano is gearing up for Il Calambur and the big annual dinner will be held in  Piazza Gasparri this evening.  This then marks the run-up to the Calambur contest itself,  which will be held in Certaldo on Sunday 16th September.  The contest involves the five teams of the Commune di Certaldo wearing medieval outfits, who compete to win the coveted banner.  Fiano’s team is all in red and is called Le Fonti.  The contest involves all kinds of races and intelligence tests.  It’s all sooo exciting!  Visit the website for lot’s of colourful pictures from last year.    Website

Meanwhile, I spotted this gorgeous jacket in La Repubblica as I was enjoying my coffee in La Dispensa this morning.  I know, I do go on a bit about fashion and particularly those modelled by happy models.  And, yes, Luisa Spagnoli has done it again with a jacket you could wear smart or with jeans & T-shirt.  OK, she is not cheap but in my view something like this is timeless and therefore a very good investment.  website

OK, enough all ready.  Next week I hope to have found my September Hunk of the Month and more Autumn Fashion colours for you to drool over.

Oh dear, I nearly forgot!  My man’s new Man Bag, which we purchased in Barbarino Val D’Elsa last Thursday, is really beautiful.  Hand-made (fatto a mano) and it fits his apple lap-top perfectly.  So he’ll be swanning around London posing in his hand-made shoes, bespoke suit and his new bag casually slung over his shoulder!  Don’t you just love him?  I do.

Well, must go and organise Sunday lunch.  My man wants to cook today, which means starting early and finishing late, as he has to weigh everything due to his lack of experience in the Kitchen.  He has just told me, the lack of experience is nothing to do with it, he just likes to be ‘properly organised.’  Does your partner cook? I resort to restuarants as often as possible……

Have a great week and do drop me a line, I love to hear from you.  Salute June x

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