Some more sping signs in Umbria
Cutting the woods in Umbria
Umbria is covered in hills. Most of these hills are still covered in woods. The hills are not suitable for much else, can not imagine anything to grow here. Even the woods grow extremely slowly, you rarely encounter a real big tree. When you do it is a treat! The...
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(spring is in the air ...)
How to catch a dog
Since a few weeks a piece of paper is nailed to a tree, promising 100 euro for the person who manages to catch the dog of the writer of the notice. The dog has been living in this area for some time now. I have seen it only once, but I hear the bell on its collar very...
The end of the day
We have had beautiful weather and just now a day of rain, bringing the temperatures down a bit, more March like. I started pruning the olive trees. Every year an endless job (especially when working only 1 to 3 hours per day on it!). Trying to simply take it one tree...
Riding school in Umbria
Today I was invited to a very special horse back riding lesson, not far from where I live. Riding school Marana organises very nice excursions through the Umbrian countryside, a lovely thing to do while on holiday in Umbria. However, this riding school offers more ......
Irritating sales talk
This morning my colleague and I went to visit a new 'house' on the border with Le Marche. House is not the right term for this. It is a medium sized hotel with wellness centre. It is surrounded by a big property where many different animals were bred, all organically....
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