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...
Spring in February, why not?
The Italians say since a few years, every year more convinced than previously: 'non abbiamo più le mezze stagioni' (we do no longer have the middle seasons. They mean Spring and Autumn). I am afraid they will soon leave out the word 'mezze' because all seasons seem to...
Splitting wood
Nothing more satisfying than splitting wood. The sounds, the smells, the lovely impression one gets of being strong (despite knowing physical power has nothing to do with successfully splitting wood). Maybe it is especially the last bit, this feeling of power, that...
Yes … still more snow in Umbria
Took a short but nice walk this afternoon, mesmerized by the whiteness of it all. One does understand snow blindness! Looking at where one puts ones feet, the white and more white has a faint hypnotic effect. Last night and this morning we had another bit of snow,...
Uomini e motori
Uomini e motori means ... men and motors. A classical combination! I am still snowed in (sort off ... but I do not have the courage to drive down over an icy road) and a few days ago I was walking down the road to my car in the village below. I heard a deep roaring...
More pictures of more snow in Umbria
Yesterday I went for a walk exactly when it re-started to snow. Now luckily, walking in the snow is lovely (where walking in the rain can be less so). However, one of the dogs did not like it. I looked everywhere for her and then gave up, hoping I would find...
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