More of Italy...such a fun place.

Finally I have access to my own photos. 10 days in Italy was awesome. Such an interesting, comfortable place to be. People were so friendly and helpful. I was watching the boys run around, while Pete was shopping!! and I saw myself in this mirror...I thot it would be fun to snap it!! Cool leather cap hey! Mr High Energy...just hanging around! He was always bouncing off the wall one way or another.
I had heard of Cortona...maybe from an old movie? Seeing it on the map made me think it would be a good place to go. It s half way up a hill, while most cities are right on top of the hills, AND it was snowing there! Going into these small villages, one has to park outside and walk in and usually UP. We were always looking for a place for a coffee and to warm up!

We flew in and out of Pisa, so HAD to go find the 'leaning tower'...did you know that its the bell tower for a church, and it started leaning while being built? It has been stabilized now, and you can go up it...in small numbers. We didnt have time to wait. Nice blue sky day!
'David' from a different angle and the light of the morning sun. The real David is in a museum well protected...Quite an awesome sight. Florence has a few copies of David around the place.

Sam getting a cartoon picture of himself done. Oscar sat for one too. They were pretty funny pictures.
Me me!
My favorite picture of the boys...being friends and chatting about what is down below.

As I said....Peter went shopping. He loves bronze statues...so this is his latest aquizition! a Faun...a mythical creature.

Cotswold weekend

On the Promenade in Cheltenham!!

on the roof top...

with Paul and Sharon!

Pisa

We all had a go at pushing the tower over or up right!!

Tuscany Italy

Cruising around the cool old villages of Tuscany!
Snow!! in Cortona at Easter

someones front driveway!

Tuscany art...

valley view
Cortona...on the mountian side.
discovering hilltop villages...

The main house where our villa was.
a bbq fire in the pizza oven!
Our villa on the left, situated on a hill as are most homes and villages. A boar denoting a deli!

Rhodes family.

Renaissance Italy

After a bit of a false start...I did arrive in Pisa, Italy! Lots of statues there...even of a pidgeon! Florence was very interesting...this is the Duomo on a bluesky day.
Pete took the boys to the top of the Duomo!

The oldest bridge...with gold shops on either side and a walk way across the top.
This little pig went to market....
Neptune's fountain
home of Pinnocchio

street art

Perseus with Medusas head!
Holly with Florence in the back drop
with one of the 'david's....the original marble 'David' is awesome!
Oscar and Sam surveying the river.

Home again...

Mr.P has been on a BMW motor bike safari in the Snowy Mountains, for a week. He arrived home safe and sound tonight. I must admit that I was concerned for his safety this time...totally selfish reasons...were off to UK and Europe next week and I didn't want him hurt!! Were doing some totally fun things with our grandboys and I didnt want my plans messed up...so far so good! Watch this space........

Leap Year!

So this year we get a bonus day!! We often feel that there are just not enough hours in the day....we get an extra 24!!! what do we do with it?? what magic can we conjure??


This is the sequence of the sun set over a period of half an hour. Such a dramatic change can happen in such a short period of time - all so stunningly beautiful. From the amazing Angel Rays to the golden yumminess of the setting sun, that orb that seems to sink over the edge of the earth, and then the afterglow!! It has charmed folk from time immemorial...a red sky at night is a shepherds delight.

We are in constant change....metamorphosizing - from a babe, to a child, to an adult and then to an OLD person!!

There is beauty in every stage of life...

Right now we have such a freedom to do what ever we want...it feels quite powerful really...just as long as our bodies dont give out on us too soon.

So with that extra 24 hours this year I will take note of the extra things that I can do that make a difference - just show up like magic!

Hug Rug # 2

This one is for Annika, so its got some more fushia in it....all my mom's favorite colors!
and with a dash of love!

Hug Rugs

I am using my mothers clothes to make small memory quilts for some of my family members. This is the 1st one done!! Its for Pedar. Its quite theraputic - thinking of my mothers life while working with these fabrics - and fun to see it develop into la ittle Hug Rug.

Scout can write!!

Clever little girl....writting so intently. I'm sure we will soon be reading her stories!!

Old Souls, New Souls and Turning Pain into Love

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Great song...have a listen.

Clouds

The drought has broken....after 7 years! We have almost forgotten what storms are about! The sky makes an ever changing vista of bubbling clouds. So dramatic...
Then the rain begins
...a curtain of heavy heavy rain.....and then we pass thru it....
and there is an angel!!