I recently was going through some things and came upon an old glove box that a dear friend of mine had purchased without me knowing when we were on an antique hunting trip before the shop had ever entered my mine!Its a trip I will always remember because we had small children and were in HER car that had almost zero gasoline and we were on a very long stretch of road with a bunch of HELLS ANGELS on their motor bikes!Needless, to say we made it to a gas station and all was fine.Back to my story here………..well inside this treasured glove box is dirt!Yes, DIRT!!!!!!!Dirt I carried home from ITALY almost twenty years ago!Dirt and a bit of straw……….from the hillside where we lived.The dirt came from an old farmhouse down the road a ways from our home near a large pond.This house was an example of my dream home!Completely dilapidated,in need of many repairs.I could see the finished product VERY easily.The only problem it wasNOT for sale nor would we have been able to afford it!So, I took dirt from the ground it sat on and brought it home with me!A Little piece of my dream…………………back to the glove box!Also, tucked in this glove box was some papers……………and I didn’t recall what this was until I sat down with my coffee the other day and read!This is a segment of MY LIFE living in ITALY which I adored that another dear dear friend had written!I had completely forgotten about this so you can imagine the memories it brought back to me!I hope you enjoy as much as I did!And to all you ladies still living that LIFE over there in ITALIA ,I send you a BIG KISS and a HUG and although I didn’t get a “GUESTROOM” in this house the BOYS room is completely empty now……………..so need I say more?Two beds and a bathroom with a shower for two awaits your arrival!You are all past due for a visit!!!!!!!!!!!!!Lets make plans.Shall we?My calendar is wide open……………….is that my telefonino ringing now?!!I await your call.Love to all of you…………………..xoxoxoELIZABETH