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La Buona Vita: February 2011
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Thursday, February 24, 2011. Dog for sale. One owner. Free to good home. Reason for sale? He’s absolutely useless. Well, it’s happened again. Mr Bloody fox visited us last week and took two of our girls, Tir and Nog. We couldn’t believe it. The weather was as it had been before when the fox came, very grey and p* *ing with rain. However, big difference this time, Bertie was outside and we were in the house. Copper Marans, and quite a few brown feathers from Tir, but nothing else. We don’t know....La D ha...
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Thursday, September 1, 2011. Stifling. Pushed pass 40. C in the shade on many days. No rain since 1. The holiday season a la Casa Grotta,aka a change is as good as a rest. Because we are as poor as church mice. La D. And myself sat down at the beginning of the month and asked ourselves how we could have a summer holiday without spending any money. We thought and we thought, and then we had one of those “. Next year we are contemplating a fortnight in the office! Freya is still into “chicken tossing...
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La Buona Vita: October 2010
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010. Family problems cont’d …. Poor La D’s mum has not improved much, if at all, since she went into hospital a month ago. The family is, as you would expect, rallying round as best they can to support her and their dad. La D has been trying to get the hospital to “speak with one voice" as there have been numerous times when one nurse says one thing and the next nurse completely contradicts the first one. It is so frustrating for La D and the rest of the family. This morning I une...
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Friday, September 23, 2011. Hot, hot, hot. It has been the hottest Summer here for many, many years. It has only just started to cool down, to a comfortable 28-29 C in the shade. We have had no rain for something like eight weeks. The grass is very light brown. The veggies have survived but only because we have been watering them often. His trips over and back again were nice and easy-peasy so we hope he’ll book up again and we will see him again soon in 2012. All present and correct. A bit of better news.
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La Buona Vita: September 2010
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Thursday, September 16, 2010. That’s not quite what I said, but move a couple of letters around and you get the exact exclamation. It was La D’s turn to see to the zoo yesterday morning. I was just snuggling down in a lovely somnolence with pictures floating through my mind as I raced round Rascasse for the last time, just in front of the chasing pack on my final lap of. Ready to take the chequered flag, when ……. 8220;Out of bed, out of bed. Just you come and see this, L’uomo chi fa! 8221; I asked no-one...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Water, water everywhere….what has happened to the sun? If not, it certainly should be). We are off for our annual wedding anniversary trip to the outdoor opera theatre, the Sferisterio in Macerata this Friday. We are going to see Un Ballo In Maschera (The Masked Ball) by Verdi. We have listened to the music via Spotify – oh yes, we’re well up with the technobabes. It’s fabulous. August looks like an expensive month. The kitties go to their new home next week. Tremendous. Eve...
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La Buona Vita: March 2011
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Monday, March 21, 2011. I’m a lumberjack and I’m OK. Last week we had to take the Golf for its first Revisione (MOT). As usual I had been fretting about whether she would pass and how much it was going to cost to put things right. I don’t know why she wouldn’t pass as she is well looked after, but then, that’s me. Anyway it was fine and she is now OK until March 2013. Great. She’ll ask, “Do we need it/one? 8221; If the answer is yes, then it’s JFBI. 8220;Isn’t it just a question of click and go? We went ...
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La Buona Vita: September 2011
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Friday, September 23, 2011. Hot, hot, hot. It has been the hottest Summer here for many, many years. It has only just started to cool down, to a comfortable 28-29 C in the shade. We have had no rain for something like eight weeks. The grass is very light brown. The veggies have survived but only because we have been watering them often. His trips over and back again were nice and easy-peasy so we hope he’ll book up again and we will see him again soon in 2012. All present and correct. A bit of better news.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011. La D, myself and the animali are sweltering at the moment. Under our gazebo at the back of the house, it was 42.7 deg C or if you like, 109 deg F, at 15:00 today. Man it's hot. Too hot to do anything more than move your eyes and fingers over a keyboard in case you dissolve. There is a fan on most of the day in the middle room and then all night in the bedroom, when the temp dips to about 26 C inside. 26C at 03:00! Ciao, mantenere la fede. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
