Umbrella pines
This morning …
A bright yellow sun. It was too bright to take directly, so the sun is behind the wall. The rest of the day turned out grey. At least we had a nice start ...
Also this is Umbria
Just outside Valfabbrica, not far from Assisi ...
Floods in Umbria
So we needed rain ... and we got it. The valley below my house is flooded, the Tiber has grown into a huge river. There are many landslides and it is still raining. Below a picture I took from orvietonews.it, from Orvieto Scalo where the situation is a lot worse...
Unreal
Went for a short run this afternoon. Thick clouds in abundance, but I somehow managed to stay dry. Very lucky! Even more lucky when I turned a corner and saw this picture below. It was made with my phone and looks rather unreal. However I can assure you in real life...
The return of the Wild Boar
Yesterday I walked through the garden. The path I usually take is no more. Wild boar dug it up the night before. They did not only dig up the path, their noses looked for all kinds of lovely foods also in the garden. What a force! It reminds me of a meticulously...
Finally some rain
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoJ_Ac6r-o] The small white car you see in this short and loud video is mine. Too bad I remembered only after the rain had stopped that I had left all 4 windows open ...
Roe deer at sunset
This year the drought is terrible and the wild animals suffer. One consequence is that they are easily visible. I guess they come to drink in the Tiber and hang around in the valley. I have never seen so many roe deer before (and actually I hope never to see so many...
Canadair fire-fighting airplanes busy in Umbria
The drought continues here in Umbria and the logical consequence is ... forest-fires all over the place. Unfortunately, the fires are often man made! Every day you see and hear the Canadair planes coming over. They fly to Lake Trasimeno, empty on their way there and...
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