It has cooled down a bit but is still is unusually warm for the time of the year. A few weeks ago on a very hot day the intense smell of smoke entered my nose. Ah great, BBQ and cold beer was the first...
Fire!
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Orto, vegetable garden in Umbria
Some quick snaps of the vegetable garden. The terrain is not the best one can have, mostly clay and stones but we are gradually improving it.
Umbrian Lavender
Lavender time has arrived, always a spectacular sight, let alone smell. Fantastic color, wonderful smell but also incredible noise produced by hundreds if not thousands of insects hovering above it. Ah and...
Etruscan entrance gate
Perugia is old, very old. The city is already mentioned in 310 B.C. All over the town you find remains of the old etruscan civilization, like this age old entrance gate. What struck my eye, besides the humongous stones, was the little plant. Unbelievable how it...
Italian lizard
While taking pictures and a simple video at a vacation rental near Lake Trasimeno I suddenly had a feeling that someone was watching me. There seemed no one around till I dropped my gaze and saw this...
Flowering Acacia in Umbria
Well not one but a gazillion of the. It is an amazing site when you drive through the country site and your eyes hit upon a white sea of flowering acacias. I'm not sure which type it is (it is a family of...
Lake Trasimeno
Going for an appointment in Umbria is no punishment this time of the year. Fantastic weather and this above, rapeseed as far as the eye can see near the famous Lago Trasimeno.
Eremo Santa Maria Giacobbe near Foligno
Seven days in a week and every one of them has its merits and yes downsides. In Italy it is the same but for one day. You may have a bad day but it still is Sunday which means: big lunch or fare una passeggiata con...
Visiting friend..
We are getting the hang of photoblogs it seems. A good friend paid us a short visit and roamed the countryside with our camera. Nice to see Umbria from a non inhabitant. Check out the second picture it is the...
Cherry Tree Blossom
Japan maybe famous for flowering cherry trees but we have them as well. Better even! These almost always bear a heavy load of fruit. Within months we'll be scratching our head what to do with this great gift....
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