All is well now, thank goodness for insurance! As you can imagine, it's a bit of a process here, with no offices talking to each other and it meant we had to make many journeys before the roof was fixed but, hey, it's the Italian way!
The snow was beautiful, picture postcard gorgeous, not the bitter and painful experience of 2011. We had the sort of weather that made you glad to be alive.
And now it's springtime.
I don't get to see much of John at this time of year, he's constantly cutting grass or digging holes as we prepare the garden, grounds and house for the new summer season. The garden is waking up and so am I.
This is my most creative time of year, I love making new plans for the garden, usually taking inspiration from places we've visited over winter. John? Well he's not so pleased - it's all those holes I mentioned.
One of my winter delights is curling up beside the fire and browsing through the Crocus website, looking for more inspiration and plants that will survive in such an extreme climate as ours.
We've made a few changes to the house this year, not least we are now WiFi throughout! Courtesy of TooWay. This makes a huge improvement to our day to day life and I think guests will appreciate it too.
The snow was beautiful, picture postcard gorgeous, not the bitter and painful experience of 2011. We had the sort of weather that made you glad to be alive.
And now it's springtime.
I don't get to see much of John at this time of year, he's constantly cutting grass or digging holes as we prepare the garden, grounds and house for the new summer season. The garden is waking up and so am I.
This is my most creative time of year, I love making new plans for the garden, usually taking inspiration from places we've visited over winter. John? Well he's not so pleased - it's all those holes I mentioned.
One of my winter delights is curling up beside the fire and browsing through the Crocus website, looking for more inspiration and plants that will survive in such an extreme climate as ours.
We've made a few changes to the house this year, not least we are now WiFi throughout! Courtesy of TooWay. This makes a huge improvement to our day to day life and I think guests will appreciate it too.
Anyway, the swimming pool is open and our first guests will arrive soon - always an exciting time.
After all that gardening I think I'll dip in myself!
Ciao for now,
Sue xx