We have ended up eating out every night so far because that is a large part of the holiday for my husband. The weather has been good, so we leave about 7:00pm when it’s still light, go to an area and just read menus. We could eat in with food from the market, but it’s […]
Booking a reservation on-line to see the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican museums worked!!! We booked for 10:00am. Arrived at 9:30. There was no line at all for the aisle marked, “individuals with on-line reservations.” We were admitted to the lobby right away. Now there was still a crowd and we had to go through
Today we did what everyone should do – get lost in a city and find your way “out.” I love not having an agenda and not even knowing where I am going – the freedom of just following a vibe to see what will happen. This morning we had some “things” that needed to be
We are here!! Here being Rome, the eternal city, and we have so far managed to mount the few hurdles that travel places in one’s path or paths, as it were. These are the seasonings to being a seasoned traveller. 1. The flight was direct and on time. The school group on board, which we
How important is location to you? Real Estate salespeople will tell you that there are three things that sell a house – location, location, location!! Obviously for a lot of people where they live is very important. I have often thought that it was just an accident of birth. You happen to have been born
If ever a flower could be described as a free spirit, it would be Columbine. It isn’t really an invasive species that spreads out from it’s original planting, like Lily of the valley. Columbine, just “pops up” here and there, almost at will. It mutates, changing colour and one presumes personality, as it moves location.
Horticulturists know a lot about “branding.” Somehow a plant called Aurinia Saxatilis doesn’t have the same “fly off the shelf” quality as Basket of Gold does. Nor does “madwort,” an earlier name, which was fortunately changed. Even though the plant was believed to cure forms of mental illness, it deserved a better name. Basket of
Again I have to thank the crazy people I interact with (with whom I interact) on FB for this post. Fiona Ellis, knitwear designer extraordinaire, posted this note about a curio that can be purchased at Restoration Hardware. They are German Carnival noses and they have been reduced, in price that is, not size, from
In five days time we will be flying to Italy for a fortnight. (I’ve said that before.) We spent Sunday looking for a new jacket for my husband. Nothing worked, so we have decided that the old one, frayed cuffs and all, will be OK, after all who spends a lot of time looking at
I like finding unusual “things” to write about or photograph. The other day after dropping my daughter off at the park to coach a soccer group, I noticed that the skating arena had just cleaned off their ice after the hockey season and dumped it at the side of the parking lot. It made for
