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...
(spring is in the air ...)
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Today a lot of snow! The world turned black and white (and grey ... lots of grey). The forecasts are not great. Still more than a week to go with daily snow fall and temperatures, even during the day, far below zero....
The 'Guide in Umbria' form a group of Umbria tour guides of excellent quality. The summer of 2011 they had (in Dutch) a wonderful tour of Perugia every Wednesday morning for just 5 euro per adult. The tour was a big hit, many of our guests went and loved it. The Guide...
Sometimes waking up and getting out of bed early is rewarding!
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