Italy 2023

I spotted these beautiful colors in Cinque Terre, at Montosorro al Mare.










This was in La Spezia, near Cinque Terre.





















Pignone


















Pignone













Pignone












Pietraviva, Toscana












Civatella, Toscana











Civatella, Toscana










enjoyed a spritz and strawberries at the bar in Ambra







































enjoyed this pastry and cappuccino in La Spezia
















these were both taken at the agritourismo in Pietraviva








 

Comments

nicrap said…
Wonderful colours, Jen!
Thersites said…
What a wonderful country. Hope you're enjoying the sights and re-charging. Thanks for the additional pictures. Have fun!
Jen said…
Thanks FJ! It really was a wonderful trip. I think I could easily spend several months at a time there, particularly in the countryside. This time we visited the Cinque Terre and stayed in a medieval village called Pignone. I'll write more and post more photos soon!
Sounds peachy-keen!

I just picked the last peaches off a peach tree we planted a few years back. I had no idea how many peaches a tiny tree could produce. Its' branches bent all the way to the ground, the load was so heavy. A lot of the fruit was wasted, but what we did manage to pick over the past 2 weeks was wonderful. We gave it a lot of it away to neighbors by the bucketfuls, our fridge is full, and my son baked us a peach pie which we shared at dinner last night. The wife made a yummy peach kuchen, too.

There's something to be said for simple living. The kind you can't find in out current post-modernity. Something like a "life"...
Jen said…
La dolce Vita. The sweet life. It's exactly that attention to simplicity that you see in Italy (the north, at least).

Homegrown peaches are my favorite! And a close second is nectarines. It's a real pleasure to have homegrown fruit. Your neighbors are lucky that you're generous! I like to slice them and freeze them and make peach cobbler in the winter.
I like to cut them in half and scoop vanilla ice cream onto them. It's the perfect summer cooler dessert treat! Down to four left. :(
...next time, I think we might try to freeze some. I hadn't thought of that, and knew that I did want to go to the extreme of canning. We haven't canned things in forty years, since we left California.
Jen said…
You can half them, remove the seed, and freeze them raw. Or you can boil them with some sugar and let them cool before freezing them in freezer bags. That's how we do it.
Thanks for the tips! I wonder what next year's harvest will look like. :)

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