HERE IT COMES!
THE DAY OF REDS AND PINKS, HEARTS AND LOVE…….. and MY FRIENDS BIRTHDAY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDA!
ANYONE ELSE SHARE HER DAY OF FEBRUARY 14 TH?
I WANT TO KNOW!
OLAF and BUDDY!
SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE but it’s BETTY’s TOY!
8 years ago.
IN MY GARDEN!
I can remember taking this photo and being thrilled with the masses of blooms and fragrance from the jasmine and the fact I MADE THAT HEADBAND out of FAKE FLOWERS!
I had started keeping track of my VISION LOSS and the feelings that came when that happened and what I was doing at THE TIME of an EPISODE.
I am still dealing with it even today……..HO-HUM.
Next SATURDAY, I will have an ANGIOGRAM of the back of my neck.
THE VEINS.
As my Nuerologist is still STUMPED.
He is BACK PEDALING NOW ON THE FOCAL SEIZURE/EPILEPSY VERDICT!
I AM DEFINITELY NOT A NORMAL PERSON AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD A FEW TIMES!
Some DAYS I just have to be BAD!
I LOVE CINNAMON ROLLS, BUNS, or TOAST!
I wonder what cinnamon does for the BODY?
SHALL WE GOOGLE THE BENEFITS?
“There are plenty of reasons to add warming cinnamon to your diet. It’s high in antioxidants, which may help protect against disease, inflammation and ageing. What’s more, it may improve gut health, dental hygiene, reduce cholesterol levels and lower blood pressure.”
I SAY TREAT YOURSELF AS I HAVE DONE RECENTLY!
WE NEED THIS KIND OF PROTECTION!
IF YOU ARE CRAVING IT THERE MUST BE A REASON YOU NEED IT!
I take PAOLA’s STUDIOLOA’s classes on ART HISTORY.
I find them very interesting as she interviews ART HISTORIANS,BOOK AUTHORS and many people connected to the ITALIAN CULTURE & HISTORY.As most of you know I lived in Italy 33 years ago in the Tuscan Hills of FLORENCE for THREE YEARS,TWO MONTHS and TEN DAYS!
BUT WHO IS COUNTING?!!
I had NO CHOICE as it was a FAMILY EMERGENCY and we had to GO…………..!
I had two little boys at the time.
I did NOT think twice about it as I packed up and sold most of our belongings.
IT HAD TO BE DONE.
I arrived in the country not knowing much of the language or culture except you donot buy PARMESAN CHEESE IN A GREEN CAN already GRATED EVER and NEVER STOP AT A CROSS WALK WITH PEOPLE WAITING TO CROSS!
YOU MIGHT BE REAR ENDED………..
I LEARNED QUICKLY!
MY ITALIAN’s FAMILY HOME IN ITALY BELOW.
BACK TO PAOLA and her ZOOM CLASSES…………
WE LEARNED ABOUT VENICE LAST SATURDAY and it was FASCINATING!
I learned about the CAROLINGIAN KINGDOM.I had never heard of that!
I also learned that over the years they have filled in canals to make more walking space!They would cut homes back to do so.Then re-do the facade!
Immigrants were LOCKED IN AT NIGHT!
Theodore was a GREEK SAINT my cats name!
Saint Nicholas my youngest son was the Patron Saint of Sailors!
Do you know ST. NICHOLAS is buried in two different spots?
IN BARI AND VENICE!
IN BARI they have more of his body……..because they peeked!
Guess what made VENICE FAMOUS?
YOU WILL NOT GUESS SO I WILL TELL YOU!
SALT AND PEPPER!!!
SO, if you would like more information on these INTERVIEWS where you can wave to me on SCREEN!I will give you PAOLA’s email to write her and she will be delighted to send you the list of SPEAKERS and topics!AT the moment she is in VENICE for the CARNEVALE that happens every year!
PAOLA’s email is paola50122@gmail.com
You might want to say LA CONTESSA sent you as she has no idea I am mentioning her,BUT YOU DO NOT HAVE TOO!
ZOOM is not difficult at ALL.
(If I can do it you can do it!)
She sends you a link in your EMAIL.
You click ON LAUNCH and basically thats it!
YOU SIT IN YOUR CHAIR AND LISTEN!
NO participation REQUIRED!
ZERO….ZIP!
Below our driveway we shared with TWO other families outside FLORENCE.
Basically a dirt road……….
It was a calming effect those gates opening at a snail pace and then putting the CLUTCH in and accelerating at just the right amount of speed!I can recall it all sitting here looking at this photo!The movement of the gates the feeling of the ANTICIPATION of zipping down the hills to the center of FIRENZE.I overcame A LOT of FEAR in a VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME!And if I have-not said it BEFORE I will tell YOU now.I did NOT WANT TO LEAVE AND COME BACK to the STATES.
I THRIVED IN THAT OLD CITY AND COUNTRY and that I realize MORE THAN EVER NOW!
I had other things to share with YOU but they have left me for the moment!
Oh, I did start PILATES REFORMER after years of “TAKING A BREAK” due to COVID.
I DO LOVE IT and MY TEACHER is THE BEST!
A BALLERINA in HER PAST LIFE!
SO she knows HER BODY PARTS and immediately noticed in one exercise my neck was doing INTENSE WORK so we STOPPED the exercise immediately and went on to another!
I had NO IDEA my NECK was INVOLVED!
SEIZE THE DAY People.I certainly am as I am being escorted into the city San Francisco for a full day of GIRL CHATTER and A FEAST FOR THE EYE’s.
More on that in another POST!
………….XXX
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