Traz Sighting

The first night you would have seen Traz sleeping outside child's door--he was too scary.

By last night, this is what you would have seen.



Check out the toes.

I am eternally grateful for my Slow Travel friends who encouraged me to embrace Traz rather than admonish child for his non-money sense. Thank you my friends.

The Birds and The Bee

I know I have been absent lately and haven't written much. But, really it isn't due to laziness. I have been trying to pull together a 17 day trip to Croatia while we spend two months in Europe next summer--most of the time in Italy--surprise!

For some reason planning has not been an easy task. My only consolation being that my friends who have gone before me say it was one of the hardest trips they have planned---a relief as I thought it was age.

So, at this moment I am taking a break from eye-poppping internet searches trying to find the perfect inns and B and B's and the series of endless e-mails back and forth across the world. I want to share with you something that has brought smiles to me lately.

During our wonderful year in Italy there were so many lovely photo opportunities that I began a "picture of the week" segment. Today I am resurrecting it as I love the charm of this picture which is now my desktop.

This is the view from my kitchen window here in San Diego. I melt into it sometimes and just dream.

If you look closely, you can find a bee enjoying the nectar. Do you see it? And, what little people are holding forth inside? I wonder...........

Photo of the Week

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Memories of Casey and Camilla throughout this past year.

The first picture was the first day and the last was taken last week. The others are just jumbled.

Casey gave this collage to Camilla so she can remember their year together.

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Sorano At Night

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Along the Road--Somewhere


(The answer to the Photo of the Week quiz last time was....a vine sprayer; although, I thought it was straight from Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)

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A Photo Challenge

Leave Your Best Guess

Answer in the Next Photo of the Week

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Love Through Eternity

Etruscan Funerary Urn Lid

Volterra

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The Beauty of Where We Live

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Mercato Centrale--Firenze

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A Different View of the Ponte Vecchio

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God's Morning Glory

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Driving White Roads

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Parma
Piazza Duomo in the Early Morning

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On the road to Firenze

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Morning Mist from our Window

Today inaugurates a new weekly feature of Casey, Italy and Other Good Stuff, qualifying, I think, as Other Good Stuff.

Like anyone with a digital camera, I take many pictures--most being quite mundane and ordinary, owning entirely too much of my hard drive--but, sometimes there is one that I particularly enjoy--maybe because it reflects something of our life in Tuscany, maybe the photo captures something special, maybe because it is beautiful in my eyes or maybe because it shows something unique and endearing about people and places.

So, each week I will post one picture that captivates me for some reason. I hope that occasionally a picture will strike a chord in someone else. If you find one that speaks to you, feel free to enjoy it on your desktop.

Week of February 25.

Notice the sun spotlighting the two farmhouses as the fog settles in around the hills. I have this as my desktop right now and it is lovely. It was a beautiful moment here. Enjoy.