hello cute people! this is my one and only post from umbria till I get home. sister has been posting daily though so go check her out for more goodies – her link is in my about section. Anyway these photos all taken from my ipad.
a path through the monteluca woods takes us to this bridge which we cross to get to town.
it’s gorgeous here with panoramic vistas from our farmhouse, but v. spotty Internet so hopefully this will go through this evening. The walk to town is longer and more difficult than expected, but I’m managing it and its awfully scenic. I hate the last flight of stairs before we get home. Takes every last bit of strength and fortitude to power up the last hill.
we love being in the country. The wisteria and lilacs are in full bloom and fill the grounds with perfume. heady scents. dreamy views.
building fires at night. love to look out over the valley and town below from the living room windows.
I’m instagramming many times a day because its fast and easy. you can click on my IG link in the nav bar if you want to follow our umbrian adventure that way.
hoping for an impressive thunderstorm tonight. we’ll just be here sketching, cooking, and staring out the windows.
bye till may 1st!!!
Sent from my iPad
Can’t wait for you to get home and show us your new journal!! I am thankful that you send us such wonderful pictures of where you are. They let those of us that don’t travel, see the world through such wonderful eyes. I hope you don’t mind that I save them and put them on my screen saver, and set my timing on the screen saver to 1 min. so that I can have a slide show of all the great things you do and places you go. It is so wonderful what you do.
Loving the travelogue, as always! Wonderful pix! 🙂
Oh, I read you wouldn’t be back until 5/1 but just had to pop over to your blog to see if you had by chance checked in! To my delight indeed you had! Now I will link onto Carol’s site & get that Instagram feed going as well. Settle in & take in all the beauty! The pictures really do look real-so beautiful! I have a friend in Paris who is posting pics & can’t get over how much I enjoy seeing the adventures. It creates so many thoughts and ideas of what it must be like to be there?! As always can’t thank you enough for sharing your wonderful photos! Enjoy! Safe travels, looking forward to seeing more when you return!
Hello from afar!!! How will you ever tear yourself away from such a place?
If you need me to pack up the kitties, and head on over just send word.
Mary Ann, as I look at the beautiful wisteria, I cannot help but think that nature is truly a healer. On NPR the other day they were discussing whether nature’s beauty has a purpose or if it just simply happens to be that way.
As I go on my walks and pray for the people affected by the Marathon bombings in the city I live near and love, I am certain that nature is healing, comforting, hopeful.
I am truly happy that you and your sister are sharing time together nestled in such a fantasy like setting. Enjoy your days. More than ever, enjoy each other’s company.
Hello to you both from La Borne!
Everything looks like a dream sequence (one of mine) – it’s almost as good as going there too. Glad you’re having such a lovely time.
Talk about a room with a view! Love the pics. Can’t wait to see your sketches.
Talk about a room with a view! Love the pics. Can’t wait to see your sketches.
Talk about a room with a view! Love the pics. Can’t wait to see your sketches.
Lovely, Mary Ann. The color of the Wisteria is indescribable( I hope I’ve spelled this right ). I am following Carol’s posts too, but guess what? I went to your Instagram, and it worked….I actually got there, and enjoyed your pics, and it didn’t take 20 steps to arrive there. Yea! What a gorgeous place; it looks like it belongs in a fairytale. Your very own, ” Once upon a time…”.
Those flowers are killing me. Breathtakingly beautiful!
Your photos make me want to go to Italy. Thanks, for posting your photos and sharing your life stories. It is always entertaining. Enjoy your time!
Beautiful, just beautiful, thank you for sharing this all with us! I’ll say enjoy but knowing very well it’s more than that…..there are many beautiful places on that side of the world and you are in one of them and that to you know……..live it, breath it, let to sink right into your skin…..:)
Lovely photos! Love that wisteria! And just think what great shape you will be in when you get home from all that walking and climbing! Have fun!!
How perfectly lovely . Jealous, pea green jealous.
Beautiful.! Following Carol’s posts
Oh! Spoleto! Went right past it last year heading to Gubbio. I love that part of Italy. Beautiful in the spring. Thanks for the little peeks
do enjoy! ahhh wisteria..
xo
I’ve been spending my time peeking over your shoulders via sweet Carol’s blog. Photo views are friggin’ AMAZING as usual, pleased you are having an awesome time, course that is to be expected given your surroundings and travel companion. I’ll have to keep tabs via instagram for now. xxxooooxxxx
Thinking of you two trekking across that bridge makes my stomach all fluttery. Have a splendid time!
Wow Wow what beautiful pictures! miss your posts but I’m happy you and your sis are having a great time!