Cherries are almost ready….
Archive for May, 2009
Almost In Bloom: Cherries
Posted in In Bloom, Living in Italy on May 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Like two peas in a pod
Posted in In Bloom, Living in Italy on May 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
M’s dad has the most amazing garden. It’s like having our own produce section only better! This week we took home a large bucket of peas. It was my first time to take peas out of the pods. The smell was wonderful. So ripe and green. One large bucket ended up being just one large [...]
Day trip: Val Vertova
Posted in Bergamo, Puppy, Travel in Italy on May 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It has been above average hot over the last few weeks all over Italy and this weekend was no exception. Both days were over 90 degrees here in Bergamo. Normally it’s about 75. We jumped from a lovely sunny spring to hot summer in a blink of the eye. So to beat the heat and [...]
In bloom
Posted in In Bloom, Living in Italy on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Spring here is amazing. Here is just a little sample.
Alpine Strawberries
Posted in Bergamo, Living in Italy, Puppy on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
M’s dad has the most amazing garden*. We generally get all of our produce from it. Outside of the garden on the hill grows this little spring berry called Alpine Strawberries. Last year when I first saw a photo of these little berries I thought that they were raspberries mainly because they were so small [...]