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SUNSHINE BLOG AWARD!

May 2, 2019 68 Comments

WELL HELLO EVERYONE!

I have been HONORED with THE SUNSHINE BLOGGER AWARD!

It has been BEQUEATH to me by THAT WONDERFUL WOMAN named KATIE CLOONEY from

 PREPPY EMPTY NESTER .

TO visit HER and her GRAND SENSE OF HUMOR

 CLICK YOUR FINGERS HERE!

SHE IS ONE TO FOLLOW IF YOU LIKE HUMOR AND BOOKS!

“This award is given by BLOGGERS TO BLOGGERS  who inspire creativity and positivity and by bringing sunshine to the blogging community. It is a way of encouraging and supporting one another, and also a way to get to know fellow bloggers.”

I AM HONORED AND HUMBLED BY MY AWARD!

Now, to answer THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS!!!

NOT AN EASY TASK!

Sunshine Award Nominee Questions

1.  NAME ONE PERSON THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE READ YOUR BLOG AND WHY.

THE ITALIAN.

IT might HELP HIM UNDERSTAND ME BETTER!

Or MAYBE NOT!

After 33 years of married LIFE if he doesn’t GET ME NOW THERE IS NO HOPE!

 

2.  WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?

To buy and fix up an old ITALIAN FARMHOUSE or BARN in ITALY.

(THE ITALIAN IS TELLING ME THIS ISNOT A JOB!)

I’m NOT LISTENING!

DECORATORS CHIME IN HERE PLEASE!

 

3.  Where do YOU DO MOST OF YOUR WRITING?

IN my little dark office that use to be the kitchen of this 1940’s home.

Which use to be my dining room!

More enjoyment as my office or DUMP ROOM!!

 

4.NAME SIX PEOPLE YOU WOULD LIKE TO HOST FOR DINNER? 

MARLENA DE BLASI

Hutton WILKINSON

MICHELLE  NUSSMBAUMER

TIMOTHY CORRIGAN

MIMI THOR

AND

CHARLOTTE MOSS if she wears her caftan from her CAFTAN CAUCUS of June 22,2017!

WHY?Because I think they would GET ME and ENJOY THE ITALIAN!

ALL WHO KNOW ME KNOW I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE OF THEIR STORIES!

FOUR are INTERIOR DECORATORS,Two are cooks and ALL HAVE BOOKS OUT!

Which I own and have DEVOURED!

GOOGLE them if you have NO CLUE!

HAVE I EVER STEERED YOU WRONG?

 

NOW IT IS MY TURN TO NOMINATE THREE BLOGGERS I FIND VERY

WORTHY OF THIS AWARD!

I AM NOMINATING FOR THE SUNSHINE BLOGGER AWARD THREE BLOGGERS IN FRANCE.

ALL THREE OF THESE LADIES are EX-PATS from AMERICA or ENGLAND.

THEY have FIXED up a part of their home or a separate apartment that is now available to RENT!

 

ALL THREE WOMEN are on INSTAGRAM!

 

TASTE OF FRANCE

READ ALL ABOUT THE AIR B&B HERE.

FRENCH LA VIE

COREY AMARO’s TRIPS TO FRANCE!

Click above to see HER DATES and AVAILABILITY!

PLUS, HER APARTMENTs FOR RENT!

AS most of YOU know I stayed in her PARIS APARTMENT years ago before it was FINISHED and LOVED EVERY MOMENT!She has other apartments Now around France One Must check out!Plus, she Hosts a small group of people a few times a year to go HUNTING for ANTIQUES!

Corey is from CALIFORNIA and Married a FRENCH MAN!

But before THAT she was studying to become a NUN!

Guess the FRENCHMAN worked his CHARM!

As I recall from her blog which use to be called Tonque in Cheek he took her to a NUDE BEACH or was it a TOPLESS BEACH?None of OUR BUSINESS since HE WON OUT over GOD!THE MAN is GORGEOUS from THE PHOTOS and absolutely NO FEAR of FLYING nor HER PASSION of ANTIQUES!

These TWO will soon be GRANDPARENTS!

CONGRATULATIONS Corey and YANN!

THAT BABY IS A LUCKY BABY!

 

OUR FRENCH OASIS

YOU can EMAIL Susan below about her cottage for RENT

frenchlife17@gmail.com

TO read about Susan Click HERE!

 

MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU GALS WHO LIVE THE DREAM LIFE IN FRANCE.

1.What is the ONE ITEM YOU CANNOT FIND IN FRANCE FOOD OR OTHERWISE THAT YOU MISS?

 

2.What was the ONE THING that TERRIFIED YOU THE MOST about MOVING ABROAD?

 

3.Do YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST FRIEND YOU MADE in FRANCE IF SO ARE YOU STILL FRIENDS?

Tell us about the first encounter!

 

4.What do YOU MISS MOST of YOUR HOMELAND?

 

 

 

Rules for Sunshine Award
Thank the person who nominated you and include a link back to their blog.

1.Answer the questions given by the person who nominated you.

2.Nominate other blogs and give questions for them to answer.

3.Notify your nominees through social media or by commenting on their blogs.

4.List the rules and display a Sunshine Blogger Award logo in your post.

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  • Our French Oasis
    · Reply

    May 9, 2019 at 2:28 AM

    Wow, thank you so much, I am truly honoured. I am still amazed that anyone reads and furthermore really enjoys my humble little blog which is nothing more than my day to day ramblings here in France. But the award for me really goes to all of my readers, because they are the ones who deserve it, without them and their incredible support there would be no blog. So I shall try and answer your four questions as follows and nominate three of my favourite blogs that I have followed for a very long time.

    1.What is the ONE ITEM YOU CANNOT FIND IN FRANCE FOOD OR OTHERWISE THAT YOU MISS?
    I think my answers might be rather boring, because I have lived here for so long on and off, that there is nothing that I cannot find here!

    2.What was the ONE THING that TERRIFIED YOU THE MOST about MOVING ABROAD?
    Well that would have been again a very long time ago. Long before I was married or had children, when I moved to the small Portuguese island of Madeira in the Atlantic where I had been offered a fabulous job. I didn’t speak a word of Portuguese and I remember sitting on the plane, Air Portugal, with my little phrase book trying to understand the pronunciations let alone the words!

    3.Do YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST FRIEND YOU MADE in FRANCE IF SO ARE YOU STILL FRIENDS?

    The first friend I ever made in France was in Normandy, the farmer’s daughter who lived at the end of the lane. We met when we first went to get a can of fresh unpasteurised milk straight from their cows and we have been friends ever since.

    4.What do YOU MISS MOST of YOUR HOMELAND?
    I have lived abroad for so long and yet I will still always be British. I still love the English countryside, our little cottages and lanes and our English ways and traditions, some things never fade. But most of all of course I miss family and friends.

    Elizabeth at https://pineconesandacorn.blogspot.com
    Kate at https://www.madaboutthehouse.com
    Sylvia at https://anotherday2paradise.wordpress.com

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 10, 2019 at 3:24 PM

      WONDERFUL…………I Look forward to YOUR POST and YOUR QUESTIONS!
      I will pop in and see TWO of these blogs which I do not KNOW ABOUT!KATE & SYLVIA!
      HOW WONDERFUL YOU CAN FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED…………..28 years ago in ITALY I was NOT SO LUCKY!
      Time to POP some PROSECCO in THE GARDEN on this BEAUTIFUL FRIDAY EVE!
      XX

  • Loree
    · Reply

    May 8, 2019 at 12:07 AM

    You are like a ray of sunshine to everyone that knows you. So it’s a well-deserved award.
    I am so frustrated with the Comments section on my blog that I am barely noticing when other people are posting. It’s a dilemma I would like to solve but my time is so limited that I am not sure how to go about it yet.

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 10, 2019 at 3:25 PM

      YOU NEED A NEW PLATFORM?IS THAT THE RIGHT TECHY WORD?
      LOOK AT WORDPRESS……….
      BIG HUG,
      XX

  • Ellie's friend
    · Reply

    May 7, 2019 at 7:03 PM

    Dear, dear Contessa. Of course you should renovate an old Italian farmhouse. It is your destiny!
    And of course it is a job (especially a job for THE Italian!).

    And congratulations for the sunshine blogger award. You shine come il sole, come le stelle!

    Baci Ann

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 10, 2019 at 3:26 PM

      MILLIE GRAZIE BELLA……………I think I lost my OPPORTUNITY with THAT!
      BUT it’s nice to DREAM!
      XX

  • Debra McCreery
    · Reply

    May 7, 2019 at 5:47 PM

    The Italian is unlikely to read the blog, but he will be hooked if he tries. Your style is comfortable as a silk caftan.

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 10, 2019 at 3:28 PM

      “Your style is comfortable as a silk caftan.”
      MAY I USE THIS IN THE FUTURE!!!
      LOVE IT!
      XX

  • yancey williams
    · Reply

    May 7, 2019 at 5:04 PM

    Oh my goodness! I am so happy to know about the ladies you have recommended, as I too, always wanted to be a Nun. I have never met someone with a similar story.
    Also, the preppy empty nester, is now I found your blog! I am, forever, grateful! Thank you , dear Contessa, for your wonderful work. You continue to inspire us all!!!

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 10, 2019 at 3:33 PM

      I THINK I TOLD YOU TO READ MY BLOG ON INSTAGRAM TOO!!!!!!!!
      WE HAVE FOUND EACH OTHER YOU THE BAKER EXTORDINAIRE AND ME THE THEATRICAL WOMAN WHO ADORES COLOR!
      A MATCH!
      XX

  • Kimberly Frick
    · Reply

    May 7, 2019 at 4:19 PM

    I love how you introduce us all to the most interesting people. Keep on keeping on Elizabeth. You have never steered me wrong.

    Hugs,
    Kim

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 10, 2019 at 3:33 PM

      OKAY AGELESS STYLE BEAUY I WILL KEEP ON BLOGGING!!!!!!!THANKS AGAIN!
      XX

  • anita
    · Reply

    May 7, 2019 at 3:50 PM

    Congratulations Bella,
    I know there was a time when you thought about giving blogging away.
    We’re so glad you didn’t.
    Cheers to you!!!
    Neat xx

  • cindy hattersley
    · Reply

    May 7, 2019 at 7:32 AM

    Love all three of your nominees and have enjoyed their blogs for many years! Congratulations Elizabeth you do bring so much sunshine in to the lives of all who know and adore you! I am lucky to have you as a friend!

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 7, 2019 at 3:42 PM

      THANK YOU!
      I ADORE HAVING YOU AS MY BUDDY!
      SAFE TRAVELS!
      XX

  • Lisa White
    · Reply

    May 7, 2019 at 7:01 AM

    Congratulations on the recognition and honor of receiving the SUNSHINE BLOGGER AWARD! Of course, it is fitting as you and your band of garden friends spread sunshine across the globe. I will be checking out all the links you have provided and will most certainly be adding to my FOLLOW LIST! They all seem enchanting! You are looking gorgeous and sunny as ever!

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 7, 2019 at 3:43 PM

      LISA,
      YOU are POSTING AGAIN ON INSTA!LOOKING SMASHING I MIGHT ADD!I WANT TO SEE YOUR CLOSET!
      For those of you who do not follow FRIDAINMYCLOSET SHE IS A MUST!
      SHE IS A CHICAGO LADY!
      XX

  • Juliet
    · Reply

    May 6, 2019 at 9:20 PM

    Restoring an Italian farmhouse is DEFINITELY a job!

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 7, 2019 at 3:44 PM

      I KNEW YOU WOULD AGREE!
      XX

  • No Fear of Fashion
    · Reply

    May 6, 2019 at 12:16 PM

    That is soooo fantastic that you won this award. What a lovely thing to happen. I chuckled when I read your answers to the questions. Very funny.
    Congratulations Elizabeth.
    And I think you would do wonders to an old Italian barn.
    Greetje

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 6, 2019 at 4:45 PM

      THANK YOU YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD BE NOMINATED!!
      Let’s see if we can make that happen!
      XX

  • Katie Clooney
    · Reply

    May 6, 2019 at 10:29 AM

    Hello dear Contessa… I made a comment a few days ago and I guess it never showed up. Fabulous answers on all my hard-hitting questions. I love your answer to who you would like to read your blog. My family “reads” my blog which means they look at the pictures. If they see a picture of themselves, they will read the text under it. If I crash your dinner party can I sit next to Charlotte Moss. Just askin.’

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 6, 2019 at 11:04 AM

      OF COURSE!
      SHE IS SO NICE!I MET HER AT A BOOK SIGNING LAST YEAR!
      PLUS< YOU TWO LIVE CLOSE SO YOU WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT! XX

  • debra @ 5th and state
    · Reply

    May 5, 2019 at 6:16 PM

    of course you won, your ever present sunny disposition matches the bright yellow on your walls and in your caftans!

    much love
    Debra

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 6, 2019 at 11:05 AM

      TRA LA!
      THANK YOU…………..XX

  • LA CONTESSA
    · Reply

    May 5, 2019 at 10:02 AM

    VIA EMAIL:

    I give up!!
    I am having an impossible time with my Verizon server!
    It’s not allowing me to read the rest of your blog!
    It’s actually not allowing me to read much of anything!
    And I want to! Particularly yours!
    I’m going to have to hit a Starbucks for their WiFi – even after I’m paying Verizon for – for what?
    Sorry! I had to share outta frustration!
    I don’t want you to think I didn’t care!
    I hope all’s well with you and yours!
    (LITTLE HEART)

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 5, 2019 at 4:02 PM

      HOPEFULLY IT WILL FIX ITS SELF IN A DAY OR TWO BOB!
      XX

  • Lindsay
    · Reply

    May 5, 2019 at 9:15 AM

    You are sunshine contessa! Perfect award for you and perfect description. Brava brava!! I need to rent that room in France!!! Will check out those French bloggers! Thank you for sharing!

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 5, 2019 at 4:01 PM

      YOU DO!GET YOURSELF OVER YONDER!!!!!!!!!XX

  • DA Squires
    · Reply

    May 4, 2019 at 1:14 PM

    There is no brighter star in the cosmos than you… your warmth and laughter and humor come right through this virtual world and light up our in-boxes with magical fairy dust. (There should be a moving magical wand that appears with each post, maybe your computer magician can do this, how fun would that be??!! ) I cannot think of a more appropriate award for you to receive than the Sunshine Award…that is what you bring to all who orbit your star. And if we are patient, perhaps one day an Oscar… you would be the PERFECT Duchess of Devonshire. XOXO

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 5, 2019 at 4:01 PM

      NOW THAT WOULD BE FUN!!!!!!!!
      HAD HER PHOTO ON MY REFRIGERATOR FOR YEARS feeding those CHICKENS in her BALLGOWN!
      They should DO A MOVIE ON HER LIFE…………………ANY PRODUCERS OUT THERE!I would be thrilled to WATCH THAT MOVIE!
      WHAT SHE DID TO SAVE THE ESTATE AND ALL…………..THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH!
      XOXO

  • Kim
    · Reply

    May 4, 2019 at 10:13 AM

    Oh my gosh how did I miss this? Yay you are the sunshine blogger because when I am here reading I am always inspired. I will go pop over to these other blogs and dream of a trip to France. I LOVE your new photos on here. You are looking more lovely than ever. Especially love the one with you holding the bed rail leaning in…so pretty..and the chicken one! Who took these? Wow. They really captured you. Enjoy the weekend Ms Sunshine!! xoxo

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 5, 2019 at 3:58 PM

      YOU DID NOT MISS ANYTHING!IT is a BRAND NEW POST!THESE PHOTOS WERE DONE FOR THE MAGAZINE SHOOT!
      BY a PHOTOGRAPGHER NAMED TERRY RIGGENS!
      WE HAD A LOT OF FUN IN THE GARDEN!
      Where I should be TODAY!
      XOXO

  • 1010ParkPlace
    · Reply

    May 4, 2019 at 7:18 AM

    Congratulations!! We all love your blog! I love your choices to join you for dinner. As always I hope I’m invited. xoxox, Brenda

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 4, 2019 at 7:23 AM

      OPEN INVITATION!ANYTIME!
      XOXO

  • French la Vie
    · Reply

    May 3, 2019 at 3:00 PM

    Thank you Elizabeth! That was thoughtful of you! I will respond to your questions on my blog in a few days. I just ended a two week guided group through the brocantes in Provence so it was kind of you to mention it. xxxxx You are the SUNSHINE xx

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 4, 2019 at 7:22 AM

      THATS RIGHT……..I knew that from the last blog post!
      NO HURRY on getting your SUNSHINE AWARD POST OUT!
      Hope you get a few MORE FOLLOWERS WHO SIGN UP for TOURS and APARTMENTS!
      XX

  • Sheila-Merle Johnson
    · Reply

    May 3, 2019 at 2:18 PM

    SO happy you received this award! BRAVA! Felicitazione! You deserve it, with your bright spirit and inspirational clothes, jewelry, gardens, pets – your whole lifestyle! Thank you for following me on Instagram. I hope you saw the post honoring you. I would love to send you an email, but my computer deleted our correspondence from a couple of years ago, so could you email me so I can get your address. Baci, Sheila-Merle

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 4, 2019 at 7:20 AM

      YES, I SAW YOUR POST ON INSTAGRAM as my friend NORTHERCALSTYLE sent to me!
      Funny as I just read about YOU in BRENDA KINSEL’s BLOG!THE formal jackets gone everyday LOOK!I had not put TWO and TWO TOGETHER!
      MY email is on the HOME PAGE HERE on the left but here it is…….iolacontessa@gmail.com
      Did you see on Instagram I had suggested LUNCH!?
      Curious where you live……….DO WRITE and lets see if we can coordinate something!
      THANK YOU for THE GRAND WRITE UP!!!!
      I actually took a photo of it so I can re-read it!!!
      XX

  • Karen Persson
    · Reply

    May 3, 2019 at 12:40 PM

    Congratulations, Elizabeth! You totally deserve that. You’re so inspiring, interesting and funny! I love how you always include a good portion of humor. The photos are always beautiful… and you look radiant as always!

    See you in a few weeks!

    Love,

    Karenxooxox

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 4, 2019 at 7:16 AM

      LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR LUNCH!
      BRING ON JUNE!
      XX

  • Marsha
    · Reply

    May 3, 2019 at 11:59 AM

    Of course, you SHOULD be the one to receive the sunshine blogger award from Katie . I loved your answers and now I know where you do your writing on your blog and I love the picture of you with all that jewelry hanging around your neck and now that you pass the torch or asking questions of the other three ladies I will be waiting to see how they answer I follow all of them big huge congratulations

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 4, 2019 at 7:15 AM

      THANK YOU MARSHA!
      Now you can picture me in my dark little SPACE full of CLUTTER……TONS of PAPER, PHOTOS and BOOKS!I would have it NO OTHER WAY!DOG and PIG at MY FEET and cat in MY LAP!
      XX

  • Mary Ann Pickett
    · Reply

    May 3, 2019 at 11:36 AM

    Love Our French Oasis and Taste of France! And now you’ve given me another one to follow. You are so delightful and funny to me.

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 4, 2019 at 7:13 AM

      I THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING!
      I WILL KEEP ON KEEPING ON!
      XX

  • Lisa the Sequinist
    · Reply

    May 3, 2019 at 7:29 AM

    I definitely think you should fix up a farmhouse or a barn in Italy, OF COURSE that is a job! You can blog about it and have companies sponsor the work. I know someone who did that on a barn in Wales, only they made a TV program out of it. You could do that too! You spread sunshine into my inbox all the time, so you are SO deserving of that award.

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 3, 2019 at 8:53 AM

      THERE YOU GO WHAT AN IDEA!THose ITALIANS were never ones to MOVE TOO FAST……………have I ever shared the time The ITALIAN went into the HARDWARE shop to buy screws and wanted a box and the shopkeeper said NO!What if others needed some screws?He wanted to know how many my husband would need!!!!!!!Turning DOWN the SALE of the ENTIRE BOX!
      YOU gotta LOVE it cause YOU cannot change it!
      THANK YOU LISA BLOG WINNER FOR THE United Kingdom!!!!!!!!
      XX

  • Celia Becker
    · Reply

    May 3, 2019 at 7:00 AM

    Many congratulations on your award. She was very smart to pick you because you are the epitome of sunshine, bringing fun and cheerfulness to so many around the blogosphere. I like your French choices in passing on your award as well. And by the way, tell that Italian he sure is missing a lot if he doesn’t read your blog.

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 3, 2019 at 8:49 AM

      HE LOOKS AT THE PICTURES!!!!!!!
      So, I am TOLD!!!!
      HE IS SUBSCRIBED SAYS my COMPUTER ANALYTICS !!!
      SO thats a START!!!!
      THANK YOU CELIA………….XX

  • Janey
    · Reply

    May 3, 2019 at 5:06 AM

    Congratulations! You of course are the perfect choice! I happen to adore Katie who bestowed the honor. She is not only funny, and recommends great books, but she has a fabulous sense of taste and a to die for home! Now back to you. You are on a pedestal above all others…to make my point. I have an early appointment this morning.but when I saw your blog in my in box…I got a second cup of coffee and sat back down!. You are the best Elizabeth! Janey

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 3, 2019 at 8:47 AM

      OH DOn’t BE LATE on MY ACCOUNT!!!!!!
      I will be HERE!!!!!!!
      What a COMPLIMENT YOU have BESTOWED UPON ME THANK YOU!
      I ADORE KATIE…………she is one FUNNY LADY and READS like NO OTHER!
      ISn’t she lucky the MISTER COOKS!!!!!!!
      Plus those DOGS…………are always in TROUBLE!
      XX

  • DaniBP
    · Reply

    May 3, 2019 at 4:23 AM

    I agree 100% with Sandra’s comment above: of course you are the absolutely perfect choice for the Sunshine Blogger’s award! No one lights up our lives like you do. Love all of your outfits in this post in the sunshine colours too!
    Thank you for a wonderful post and I look forward to checking out the blogs of your nominees xxx

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 3, 2019 at 8:44 AM

      OH GOOD DANIBP I think you may enjoy them!
      THAT was just a FLUKE I had these photos in the SUNSHINE color!
      Which worked out well for this POST!IT is good to keep a bit of inventory in your photo library JUST IN CASE!
      XX

    • Ellie's friend from Canada
      · Reply

      May 7, 2019 at 6:52 PM

      DaniBP
      I’m so glad you’re posting your blog again. I tried to leave a message but it did not work.
      I really enjoy reading your blog!

      • LA CONTESSA
        · Reply

        May 10, 2019 at 3:27 PM

        YES< I cannot leave a comment either she knows I wrote HER! XX

  • Penelope Bianchi
    · Reply

    May 2, 2019 at 10:32 PM

    Great post Contessa! However, if you want to inherit my silverware, or anything else, you will have to invite ME to dinner!
    Penelope

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 3, 2019 at 7:22 AM

      YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED MANY TIMES!
      IN FACT, YOU HAVE AN OPEN INVITATION UNLIKE OTHERS!
      YOU KNOW THAT!!!I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME FOR DINNER!!!!!!!
      YOU have HOSTED ME MANY TIMES!!!
      YES, I WANT THAT SILVERWARE!!!!!!!!
      FALL ANTIQUE SHOW IS COMING UP……..TIMOTHY is SPEAKING I THINK………LETS GET IT ON THE CALENDAR!!!
      XOXOXO
      XOXOXOXOXO

  • Sandra Sallin - Apart From My Art
    · Reply

    May 2, 2019 at 12:40 PM

    Of course, you are the perfect choice. Not only do you look like sunshine in your radiant yellow and chartreuse outfits but you radiate sunshine to all who know you. Your graciousness abounds in all of our lives. Brava! I think it’s hysterical that the one person you want to read your blog is The Italian. Hysterical! Congratulations!

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 3, 2019 at 8:40 AM

      THANK YOU!
      THE BLOG brought us together…………!!!!
      SO now I know the REASON I continue!!!
      CONNECTIONS and FRIENDSHIPS……….like YOU and ME!
      XX

  • Taste of France
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    May 2, 2019 at 12:08 PM

    Caro Contessa,
    I am floored! How sweet of you to include me and my itsy bitsy blog. I am a huge fan of yours. Now I must think of whom to nominate: a tough task considering that I carefully vet blogs that I read to have only those that bring me sunshine. I Marie Kondo them! They must bring joy. Even so, there are so many! Will do in the morning (it’s late here).
    Here are the answers:
    What is the ONE ITEM YOU CANNOT FIND IN FRANCE FOOD OR OTHERWISE THAT YOU MISS?
     
    Girl Scout cookies. Thin Mints, to be precise. I would even settle for the knock-offs: Grasshopper cookies.

    2.What was the ONE THING that TERRIFIED YOU THE MOST about MOVING ABROAD?
     
    This is hard because I have lived in other countries before. The first time was with the Peace Corps in Africa, and I suppose I was terrified of big bugs and of getting sick. Later, I lived in Belgium. By the time I moved to France, it wasn’t very exotic. The biggest shock was urban to rural, not U.S. to France. I had always been a city dweller, except for my time in Africa.

    3.Do YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST FRIEND YOU MADE in FRANCE IF SO ARE YOU STILL FRIENDS?
    Tell us about the first encounter!

    This is a hard one, because we first make acquaintances, and it’s through life that they become friends. So I will dispense with some acquaintances. The first good friend was at the park. I took my baby to crawl on the grass and there was this woman with a baby about the same age. Of course we noticed each other and started talking. That led to regular—daily, rain or shine—meetings at the park. She taught me so much. The baby wasn’t her own–hers are much older–but a foster child. She is a true saint who has taken in so many children. She’s somebody I never tire of talking with, her cassoulet is so good it brings me to tears and she never corrects my verb conjugations. As I said, a true saint.
     
    4.What do YOU MISS MOST of YOUR HOMELAND?

    Family. I am very close to my siblings, despite having lived overseas or very, very far away almost all of my adult life. We can talk all night. When we’re together, I am nearly doubled over the entire time with a stomach ache… from laughing. Sore cheeks and the whole thing. I love them so.
    The other thing I miss is Mexican food.

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 3, 2019 at 8:37 AM

      YES, THOSE THIN MINT COOKIES WERE THE BEST!Do you remember how you could eat almost an entire box than feel a bit SICK!I DO!
      When we lived in ITALY I missed MEXICAN FOOD AS WELL………..
      I just NEED a TRIP DOWN TO MEXICO!
      MY BEST BUDDY TOO I MET IN A PARK with THE SONS!!!!!!!IN ITALY of course!!
      THANK YOU for being SO ENTHUSIASTIC and doing YOUR POST right away………..
      YOU are ONE GAL who is ON TOP of EVERYTHING!
      Tell me this which configuration did you end up with in the AIR B&B?!!!
      One, Two or Three?
      XX

  • Parnassus
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    May 2, 2019 at 11:55 AM

    Hello Contessa, Another well-deserved tribute! I think that fixing up an Italian farmhouse would be the ideal job for you. I always thought that I would get an old house one day (I even looked at a few!), but nothing ever came of it, except for collecting thousands of photos of houses. One house that I did visit, but that would have been too big a project even if I could have bought it was the old house that I just posted about tonight:
    https://roadtoparnassus.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-old-murray-dunn-house-in-mentor-ohio.html
    –Jim

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 3, 2019 at 8:31 AM

      A NEW BLOG POST JIM!
      HURRAH……….I’m off and READING!
      Loving those 3 little glass piggies you sent me from TAWAIN!
      Let’s GO SEE THIS CASA!!!!
      XX

    • Ellie's friend
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      May 7, 2019 at 6:47 PM

      Jim — I loved reading about the house. What a great pity it was destroyed. Thanks for posting this.

  • antonia
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    May 2, 2019 at 10:00 AM

    TANTISSIMI COMPLIMENTI ALLA NOSTRA CONTESSA! YOU’RE SO UNIQUE ! ABBRACCI FORTI E MILLE BACI xxx

    • LA CONTESSA
      · Reply

      May 3, 2019 at 8:29 AM

      YOU ‘VE GOT THE CAPS DOWN BELLA!!!!!!!!
      BACI back at YOU!
      THANK YOU!
      XX

  • CINDY hattersley
    · Reply

    May 7, 2019 at 9:22 AM

    Well deserved!!

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