Monday, August 19, 2013

... in a lounging mood today...  (Thanking you for such heartwarming responses to the Italian escapade- I'll get back to you a little later ♡)Photos: Rosemunde, 3rd Rosemunde via Eurowo...

Saturday, August 17, 2013

The apartment we rented was on the third and top-most floor,but we lived like kings,as the whole house happened to be empty during our stay.A broken tv and lack of an Internet connectionwere a gift from above.The pace slowed down,the brain seemed to churn in larger cycles,broodings slotted into their right dimensionswithout...
Some glimpses of what we called h o m e -"We were woken up by a thunderstorm in the night,the rain and hailstones beating against the windowsand even pouring through the kitchen doors and chimney.When the midmorning sun peeked through the cloudsI fell into a deckchair in the garden.A walk to the little shop in...

Monday, August 12, 2013

Home was in a tiny village,high up in the hills. A forty-five minute drive up narrow spaghetti roads,leaving behind the chic villasand restaurant terraces lined with tourists,the scene shifting to forest-clad mountains dotted with simple, rustic stone buildings.Candle-lit shrines in small caves, the...

Saturday, August 10, 2013

The children to bedand the two of us sitting on our balcony high above the lake,sipping a glass of red in the balmy evening,under an indigo-hued sky.The choir of crickets in full swing,children playing in the valley below until well past midnight.That tantalising fragrance of a velvety summer's night- oh to bottle...

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Nine years ago we spent a couple of days in Menaggio on the shores of Lake Como.Those days kindled a desire to return one day for a little longer.One evening we took a boat to rediscover our old haunts in Menaggio and were met with a joyful wedding celebration on the piazzaand an evening market...
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