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March 1, 2022 131 Comments

HELLO………..

I am keeping it LIGHT and ALL ABOUT ME which is pretty much the NORM HERE!

IF you TAP on NORM HERE in the previous sentence it will take you to my HOME PAGE on THE BLOG!

 I feel a bunch of YOU have never been there before?

 UNDER LA CONTESSA AT THE TOP IS THE PHOTO SHOOT I DID IN PARIS WITH MY SONS.

THAT was a FEW YEARS ago!

     

  RECENTLY A BUNCH OF YOU SENT ME THE PHOTO OF

DEBO, THE DUCHESS of DEVONSHIRE.

  FROM ENGLISH ECCENTRIC HOME on INSTAGRAM

  WE COPIED THE DUCHESS!

( I have had this photo on my REFRIGERATOR for years!)

  NOW THAT IS A FEED YOU NEED TO FOLLOW!

 MORE RECENTLY IS A WOMAN PUTTING A SWAN INTO THE CAR!

  WHO DOES THAT REMIND YOU OF?

( HERE I AM SWANNING ABOUT A FEW YEARS AGO UNDER MY CLEMATIS!)

 THE HOME PAGE is a way you can check on BLOG POSTS you may have missed as that MAILCHIMP has been eating too many BANANAS and FORGETS to SEND OUT MY EMAILS!

 MAILCHIMP is the service that delivers these EMAILS…….kinda like the POSTMAN!

 Do you think we will still be around when the POSTMAN disappears and all will be done by LA COMPUTER?

 SO many JOBS have disappeared due to all these gadgets!

THANK YOU Steve Jobs!

I know YOU meant well………but its gone a bit too far in MY OPINION.

 SPEAKING OF TOO FAR WHAT IS RUSSIA THINKING?!!

 

  MY KITCHEN BELOW.

WHERE I SPEND ALL MY TIME IF I AM NOT READING OR WRITING A BLOG POST OR READING THE NEWS!

 PAINTING BY CYNTHIA PERRYMAN ART

  THE LINK IS BELOW……..

 

  MY LIBRARY or STUDIO as MY ITALIAN calls it has all MY STUFF piled everywhere!

I KEEP MEANING TO CLEAN IT but that thought keeps IGNORING ME!

 THIS PAINTING SOLD THE VERY FIRST DAY

  CYNTHIA SHARED IT ON HER INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT!

  TO THINK A BIT OF ME WILL NOW RESIDE IN FLORIDA!

  I SIT IN FRONT OF THIS PORTRAIT with my COMPUTER below her which came from

MY HUSBANDS FAMILY IN ITALY!

  I spend time here  WRITING YOU A BLOG POST about three times a month!

  Is that TOO often to hear from me?

 SHE FORGOT ME in the PAINTING BELOW!

  HA!

I was not in the PHOTO I sent her!.

I had a DM (direct message) from CYNTHIA PERRYMAN ART

    SHE DID THE ENTRANCE TO MY KITCHEN

(Well, I had a portrait done of me when I was a GIRL and I can remember MY MOTHER HATED IT.)

 She was so MAD as I am sure it cost the earth back in the early 1970’s.!

If I can find it I will show YOU!

 HERE it is hanging in MY STUDIO!

Behind a bunch of cards I have in an old postcard stand!

    I THINK I WAS 10 YEARS OLD.

AND that is WHY my MOTHER was MAD as it made me look MUCH OLDER!

 I LOVE ALL THESE PAINTINGS!

  WHAT A GREAT WAY TO KEEP A RECORD OF YOUR HOME IN THE EARLY DAYS.

OR LATER DAYS FOR THAT MATTER AND YES I AM TALKING ABOUT OUR AGES!

  I KNOW I HAVE A READER WHO IS 83 YEARS OLD!

 I WONDER HOW YOUNG MY YOUNGEST READER IS?

IF YOU ARE YOUNG TELL US YOUR AGE IN THE COMMENTS!

 IAM CURIOUS TO KNOW!

  SPEAKING OF WHAT I KNOW.

I KNOW WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE OR WHEN YOU

UNSUBSCRIBE from MY BLOG!

   I have found when I TALK ABOUT MY HEALTH I get the most who UNSUBSCRIBE!

  I KNOW ITS HARD TO KEEP THIS CHIRPY and FULL of FUN ALL THE TIME!

 I DO UNDERSTAND IF YOU DONOT WANT TO READ A BLOG THAT IS UNHAPPY!

 For those of YOU who CARE I am making BABY STEPS to RECOVERY!

  I started on ANTI-SEIZURE medication on SEPTEMBER 27th 2022 another was added about ten weeks ago as I had a HORRIBLE EPISODE in the POST OFFICE December sixth.I wish someone had been close by to HELP ME to my CAR!

 I sat there for awhile until I felt I could get Home which is a straight shot about a mile and a half away.

 Not a soul around………which may have been better.

  WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE QUESTION OF HOW MANY BLOGS DO YOU FOLLOW?

  I DO NOT FOLLOW THAT MANY AS IT DOES TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME!

  WHEN I DO FOLLOW I AM A LOYAL FOLLOWER AND COMMENT IN CAPS MOST OF THE TIME!

  MOST OF THEM ARE FULL OF GOOD INFORMATION

BUT A FEW HAVE SO MANY ADS RUNNING THROUGH THEM THAT IT GET’s ANNOYING!

ESPECIALLY, IF ITS FOR IBS or OTHER DELICIOUS TOPICS!

 SOMETIMES I WONDER IF THESE BLOGGERS KNOW WHAT THEY ARE ADVERTISING!

  BUT THEN AGAIN THAT IS ABOUT HEALTH AND WE ALL NEED TO SHARE WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOES NOT WORK FOR US!

I FEEL this is what these BLOGS are for…SHARING and TRYING and LEARNING new things!

  I have chosen NOT TO ADVERTISE as the Esthetics are NOT BEAUTIFUL nor do I need to do TAXES at the end of the year if not every THREE MONTHS!

 BEEN THERE DONE THAT WITH THE ANTIQUE SHOP!

  IT has become VERY POPULAR to ADVERTISE in THE BLOG WORLD.

 I guess I am OLD~FASHIONED as I still like to look at Catalogs and Magazines.

If we get our NEWS and READING ENJOYMENT and SHOPPING from the computer there is not much reason to LEAVE the HOUSE!

 FOOD IS DELIVERED however you want it!

Cooked or in grocery form,

 HERE IS A GOOD STORY I WILL SHARE!

  I have an 87 year old STEP MOTHER who recently fell and was on the floor for TWO DAYS and TWO NIGHTS because she would NOT wear the necklace around her neck!

Which calls for HELP!

The neighbor found her as her newspapers were not picked up!

  Good thing he knew where the spare key was kept!

 HE DIDNOT CALL US!

  What is wrong with people?

 She is better now and has lots of people checking in with her daily.

However recently she wanted LINGUINE with Clam Sauce!

 She tried to order from 5 different restaurants no one would deliver!

Why?

Because she did not have THE DOOR DASH APP!

  SO, she got all DRESSED UP as we did back in THE DAY to go eat out!

Her BATTERY was dead in the CAR!

 WE have solved THE PROBLEM if she has a craving she is to call MY SON

who will then call DOOR DASH and have the food DELIVERED!

AND you can BET there will be an I’M SO SORRY to bother you………before she even begins!

  THE BIRDIE SHOES HAVE FOUND A HOME FROM MY LAST POST!

  I AM TEACHING ITALIAN WORDS ON MY INSTAGRAM FEED.

As I AM tired of PUSHING MY CLOTHES I WEAR that NO other human would DARE to be seen in!

  I may get in OVER MY HEAD but this will HELP MY ITALIAN as well…….

THE ITALIAN is VERY LITTLE HELP, but his SISTER IS FANTASTIC even with the TIME CHANGE IN ITALY!

  We have done Morning Foods NOW we are on to BODY PARTS!

 WHAT SHOULD WE DO NEXT WEEK?

TABLEWARE

 ROMANTIC WORDS

 BAD WORDS SO WE CAN FLIP OFF POOTIN?

   ANY SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME!

  HERE is MY ELBOW which is called GOMITO in ITALIAN!

GO~ME~TOE

 YOU WILL GET BODY PARTS THIS WEEK………

  (My INSTAGRAM FEED is CONTESSA AND HER PIG)

YOU can Tap on Contessa and her pig WITHOUT being signed up for it to see THE ITALIN words of the DAY!

 

  We went to CARMEL last SATURDAY………

I had two friends to meet up with and a GIFT CERTIFICATE to SPEND!

         ONE friend I forgot to take a photo with, but just know she use to SHOP THE HEN HOUSE

and NOW OWNS HER OWN ANTIQUE SHOP IN CARMEL!

       CALLED THE BLUE DOOR.

 A LOT of her things come from FRANCE!

   This is ELIZABETH BARLOW who is a painter.

 SEE that DAHLIA behind HER?

YEP, SHE WAS WORKING ON THAT WHEN WE CAME CRASHING IN WITH BETTY!

 I met her VIA INSTAGRAM!

  I could NOT get over the cup & saucer which she so kindly told me was SPODE.

 I did not have to bend down on my knees and look at it from underneath as it had liquid in it!

  IF you MUST have ONE HERE YOU GO!

BIG TEA CUP IN BLUE & WHITE!

How does $23.00 SOUND?

  I LOVE SHARING WITH YOU ALL……….and what I LOVE EVEN MORE is the CONNECTIONS we can make HERE!

Elizabeth B. use to work for the San Francisco OPERA COMPANY and knew my old boss who was responsible for bringing THE ITALIAN over from ITALY!How SMALL is this world we live in?Very small and how we figured that out I have no recollection but we did it all on INSTAGRAM!

HAPPY First Day of MARCH to all MY READERS………….XXX

   

  Connected at the HIP!

   

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  • Finella
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    March 15, 2022 at 5:16 AM

    I love your blog, it is delightful and you usually make me laugh or smile. I felt very concerned about your health when you wrote so honestly about it (I thought how brave you were) but it never put me off reading your blog and I so hope you continue to feel better. You always look so glamorous. I live in England and along with continuing to read your blogs am so looking forward to spending a month in California later this this year.

    • LA CONTESSA
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      March 15, 2022 at 7:15 AM

      WHERE IN CALIFORNIA WILL YOU BE?
      I am in NORTHERN CALIFORNIA close to San Francisco!
      THANK YOU about THE HEALTH issue……I am making progress………BABY STEPS.
      THREE MEDICATIONS NOW AND FEELING SO MUCH BETTER!
      I HOPE THIS IS THE SOLUTION!
      THE DOSAGES ARE STILL GOING UP SO WE WILL SEE!
      XXX

      • Finella
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        March 16, 2022 at 3:01 PM

        Dear Contessa, We are going to take 3+ weeks to drive at a very leisurely pace, along the coast, from San Francisco to San Diego, with plenty of stops and detours on the way! We want to take our time explore and enjoy the stunning scenery and make believe we are locals!!

        • LA CONTESSA
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          March 17, 2022 at 6:45 AM

          WELL I AM 20 minutes from San Fran so put me on that list!!
          When does the journey start?
          MY email:iolacontessa@gmail.com

  • Ann
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    March 14, 2022 at 6:20 PM

    Fancy Lady E,

    Your blog is an absolutely delicious display for the eye. And a balm for the Spirit.

    • LA CONTESSA
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      March 15, 2022 at 7:02 AM

      OH ANN THAT IS BEAUTIFUL!
      I MAY HAVE TO USE YOUR QUOTE SOMEWHERE!
      THANK YOU!
      XXX

  • LA CONTESSA
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    March 8, 2022 at 3:29 PM

    WEEK TWO was body parts and we are on WEEK THREE NOW so about FOUR POSTS BACK on INSTA!
    This week its HEAD PARTS!YOU DONOT WANT TO MISS THAT!
    NO REVENGE AS THAT WOULD BE BAD FOR MY SOUL!!!!!!
    OH THAT IS A GREAT IDEA DOING AN INTERVIEW WITH JOYCE!!
    ANYTHING ABOUT GROWING UP IN ENGLAND?
    YES YOU ARE INDEED MY YOUNGEST READER AT AGE 36……..AND YOUR SISTER MUST BE 34?
    FOR YOU I CAN CREATE A PRIZE!!!
    XXX

  • Katie Clooney
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    March 8, 2022 at 12:47 PM

    My dear Contessa… a few questions for you. When may I tune in for the “body parts in Italian” week? What do you do with those nasty unsubscribers of yours? Please make my day and tell me that you take revenge. Comment: Elizabeth Barlow looks like Lady Di. Your Stepmother sounds like a pip – please do an interview with her. Also do me a favor… if you see IBS treatments, Vaginal Dryness ointments, GasX, Adult Diapers, or Viagra advertised on my blog, message me at once! Heads will roll and I will fire my ENTIRE staff pronto! as they say in Italy. One more thing, I think that I am your youngest reader, I am 36. YES I AM!! I know I look older – at least 38 – and that’s only because I didn’t use sunscreen when I was a child. BTW… is there a prize for the youngest? And I don’t mean BANKSY!!!

  • Diane
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    March 6, 2022 at 11:01 AM

    One day in the life of an extraordinary human being. Elizabeth, this blend of art, beauty, whimsy, real life and love is a gift that is special Being special sometimes comes with heartaches but know that your rare ways of sharing it with us makes the world more alive and magical and hopeful.

  • Nancy Morin
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    March 3, 2022 at 11:54 AM

    Hello Elizabeth,
    I subscribed to your blog after coming across a picture of you and Banksy. You were both so fabulous and I wanted to know more. At the time, my husband and son were trying to convince me to get a pet pig as they are allergic to every other animal on the planet. For me, reading your blog is like having coffee with a close friend. The conversation takes twists and turns and covers the good, the bad and sometimes the ugly. It is, however, always a delight! As for the pig, my micro mini tea cup is nearly three years old now and just passed two hundred pounds. She, too, is delightful and the light of our lives- mostly.

    Thank you for the joy!
    Nancy

    • LA CONTESSA
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      Author
      March 3, 2022 at 2:59 PM

      NANCY!!!
      WHAT A SMILE THIS BROUGHT TO MY FACE!
      MY TEA CUP PIG I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH HE WEIGHS……..We stopped picking him up and stepping on a scale at 160 pounds!
      I WOULD SAY HE IS OVER 200 pounds too!
      HE LIGHTS UP MY LIFE!
      THANKS FOR WRITING!
      XXX

  • Terry Futrelle
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    March 3, 2022 at 9:45 AM

    Thank you, Contessa, my dear, “birthday twin”, 7-22, for a lovely post full of glamour and information, just the way I have come to love and look forward to each of your emails. For your continuing good health I say a prayer, each day. I never miss a post…Your friend from the other coast. Terry

    • LA CONTESSA
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      March 3, 2022 at 10:00 AM

      JULY 22 WE SHARE with THAT LITTLE Prince George!
      What a GIFT he was to me!!
      AND I think DAVEY from THE MONKEE”S do you recall that BAND!
      I remember a center fold of him with BORN JULY 22!!!
      MANY MANY THANKS……….BABY STEPS ARE BEING MADE BUT I AM NOT OUT OF THE SITUATION YET!!!
      XXX

  • Ms. Mary
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    March 3, 2022 at 9:04 AM

    A very uplifting, and interesting post. 🙂
    RE: Ads on blogs- I believe the actual blogger has no say about which ads are run.
    RE: Italian language lessons on IG- LOVE THIS! I practice each word out loud.
    RE: Health stories- We care about you and want to know how you’re doing! Stay well <3
    RE: Stepmom- She's lucky to have you and your son (and her neighbor). Sorry about her fall.
    RE: Your home as an art subject.- LOVE THIS- what a treat to see this version of your spaces.
    Sending hugs and happy thoughts for a sweet Spring time.
    <3 <3 <3

    • LA CONTESSA
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      Author
      March 3, 2022 at 9:10 AM

      THANK YOU MARY MARY………….I MISS YOU ON INSTAGRAM!
      YOU COVERED ALL THE RAMBLINGS!
      I HAVE YET TO SEND A BABY GIFT TO YOUR DAUGHTER…….PLEASE FORGIVE ME!
      I WILL DO SOON!
      XOXO

  • Carolyn
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    March 3, 2022 at 7:04 AM

    I’m over all the ads and influencers pushing products too and have unsubscribed to some. At the same time i do not resent theiir making a profit.
    Where is the balance? Love you and your interesting lifestyle. My dream would be to visit Italy with you and see it through your eyes. Until then, I enjoy your uniqueness through your blog.

    • LA CONTESSA
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      Author
      March 3, 2022 at 7:48 AM

      I HAD A GIRLFRIEND SUGGEST THAT IDEA THAT I GIVE TOURS but due to my HEALTH that wouldn’t be possible!
      She lives in FLORENCE and could be our DRIVER!LETS HOPE I GET BETTER AND THIS WAR STOPS!
      BACK TO TRAVELING AND BEING NORMAL…..
      THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT WOULD BE GREAT FUN!!
      XXX

  • Dora Renata Pala
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    March 3, 2022 at 5:46 AM

    Ciao Elisabeth molto gradito e interessante è una lunga chiacchierata, proprio come fai con un amica,un po’ di tutto, trattato con umorismo e leggerezza.,e né abbiamo tanto bisogno. Resta così,un pochino eccentrica,ma che sicuramente si circonda di ciò che le piace,anche fuori dagli schemi.Io seguo circa un centinaio di blogger però sono poche quelle con cui interagisco regolarmente,tu sei una prescelta ,come Ari, molto scenografico,Cindy con ottime idee per un arredamento sobrio ecc….un abbraccio.? (Margot fonteyn)?

    • LA CONTESSA
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      Author
      March 3, 2022 at 7:52 AM

      DORA………….MILLIE GRAZIE PER LE PAROLE!
      NON posso rispondere in ITALIANO PERFECTAMENTE!
      SI SI SI CINDY FATTO MOLTO BENE per NOI che più di 50 anni!
      GRAZIE un abbraccio de te!
      XXX

  • Dawn Darveau
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    March 3, 2022 at 4:29 AM

    Hi as always I love your posts and have done for at least a few years. I love that you share all the good days and the not good days. I’m 62 years young on May 1st and I do follow some blogs perhaps six total. I don’t comment often but enjoy them and adore yours. I love there is no advertising on your site and so many wonderful photos of your people and places and critters. Keep doing what you’re doing. you’re simply marvelous.

    • LA CONTESSA
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      Author
      March 3, 2022 at 7:56 AM

      DEAR DAWN,
      WHAT HAPPY WORDS YOU EXPRESS TOWARDS ME AND MY FAMILY!I will be 62 on JULY 22 this year and MAY FIRST is MY FAVORITE DAY of the YEAR!May Day pole etc………May Day baskets…..ring doorbells and leave flowers and run away!I USE TO DO WITH THE BOYS!I WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY and how on earth did we get to be this AGE!It all went SO FAST!WE are the LUCKY ONES to still be here!XXX

  • judith
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    March 2, 2022 at 10:29 PM

    I love the photo of you with the clematis! So glamorous! Don’t worry if people unsubscribe – those of us who have taste and appreciate you will stay. I am so distressed about Ukraine and so admire their spirit. Kind of like the U.S. was in WWII, but alas, would not be now. Let us all pray for them during this awful time. May God deliver them from this evil. Please keep entertaining us,dong what you are doing, getting better, and being your fabulous self. So many of us need your cup of cheer right now. You are a treasure, Contessa!

    • LA CONTESSA
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      Author
      March 3, 2022 at 7:59 AM

      OH THANK YOU BEAUTIFUL FRIEND…………..
      I was in TEARS this morning seeing the photos and the interviews of the people in the SUBWAYS!!
      XXX

  • Dee Black
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    March 2, 2022 at 8:03 PM

    Forgot age… turned 67 January. You did ask for the young ones, correct. ?

    • LA CONTESSA
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      Author
      March 3, 2022 at 8:00 AM

      YES I DID YOU YOUNG GLAMOROUS SELF YOU ARE TRUELY ONE OF THE YOUNG THINGS!
      XXX

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