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...
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...
Yes ... not sure yet how serious I am about this, but when I walked into my vegetable garden this morning ready to water and take care of my plants, I decided that I would simply give up. Now, a few hours later, I am slowly getting back to my normal self and my...
I made these pictures a few days ago, end of the day with dark clouds packing in the sky.
I did a short search on the internet to try and find this mushroom, but to no avail (I do admit I am not a patient researcher and therefore hardly ever succeed in finding plants or trees, let alone...
One would expect this to be a rare sight, but it really is not! Almost every year I see mating snakes. Would you think they like to be looked at? Not that it is not lovely to see ... ehm, if I may say so (yes, I am actually blushing)! The snakes curl around each other...
Last Sunday I finally managed to visit a real surprising little market, organized once a month at the house of private people. I had heard about this little market, but never had the opportunity to go and have a look. It was lovely and interesting. Apparently...
A rather sad picture ... made in Assisi. Mary behind bars (if she is Mary, I am not well introduced in this subject so I might well be wrong ...). On the up-side ... she is nicely standing in the spring sunlight.
I passed this huge rock on my way up, but I did not really notice. On the way back however, I was impressed. Truelly an impressive rock. Made me think maybe Obelix passed by!
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