Ups and downs
12th January 2025 The twelve days of Christmas came to an end on Monday, and being Epiphany that meant the arrival of Befana to reward...
In with the new
5th January 2025 The clear but cold weather that started last week continued for most of this one, finally ending when rain arrived on...
It feels like Christmas
29th December 2024 It seemed, at the beginning of the week, that we were in for a wild Christmas, and not in a good way. With winds...
Flash mob
22nd December 2024 Monday should have been the day that Fabrizio, the geologist, arrived to set up the workings for the year-long...
Making a splash
15th December 2024 While Stephen tried his best decking LCDDB with Christmas glory last weekend, the robin that visited us on Monday...
Tinsel and lights
8th December 2024 The week started with good news, at least for Stephen, when his slated visits to Milan this month were slashed from two...
Hey ya
1st December 2024 The end of Black Friday week (is there not some sort of misunderstanding of basic English there?) and I have survived...
Under control
24th January 2024 While the past week started very quietly it managed to build up some momentum as it progressed, even if it was all the...
One way or another
17th November 2024 Fabrizio the geologist must really means business as Irene forwarded copies of his forms to Stephen on Monday for us...
Stepping out
10th November 2024 We had a propitious start to the week, at least where the house was concerned. Any fears we had that the matter had...
