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Love Thursday: Direct from a Southern Italian Beach
Today’s love-filled photos come directly from the a southern Italian beach town, the home of Charlie, who writes the blog Figs and Lemons and sells amazing soap products at Saponissimo.
Our dear Charlie snapped these gorgeous photos, and sent them to me with this lovely message:
I found this stone on the beach and thought of you!!!
Whee! Love *is* all around!
Anyone else dreaming of a vacation on an Italian beach now?
Happy Love Thursday everyone!
And Happy Italian Father’s Day Dad!
Love Thursday: Paving the Way with Love
For various reasons, P and I have been in “house limbo” for quite a while. I won’t get into details, but I just knew that things were taking a turn for the better when, a couple months ago, I noticed this hole in the pavement in front of P’s family house, the one we have been trying to get into for all this time:
Just as I suspected, the housing wheels have *finally* begun turning, and we’ve been able to work on putting in a new bathroom and kitchen (and giving the whole thing a fresh coat of paint) before we move in, which will hopefully be within the next month or so.
Right now, we’re about halfway there with the new bathroom, and after that, the kitchen, and the paint, we’ll do other work on the place little by little–as is the southern Italian way.
P.S. Carol, I hope this answers your question about the new house, remodeling, and when we’ll be in. And to Saretta and others who wanted to know, P will be doing all the painting because he is, by trade, a house painter.
Happy Love Thursday everyone!
May all your paths be paved with love.
Love Thursday: Kitty Noses and Cookies
OK, just one kitty nose, but look how cute it is with the heart on it!
This is a photo of Abbie, whose human is Maggie of Dog Hill Kitchen, a *fabulous* blog with recipes like Chocolate Espresso Pudding Cupcakes with Caramel Milk Foam and Strawberry Jello Heart Cookies:
Can’t you feel the love?
Then go tell Maggie at Dog Hill Kitchen you
*heart* her photos and recipes!
Happy Love Thursday everyone!
Love Thursday: Ventagli from Anna Maria
My neighbor Anna Maria is always bringing me something from oranges and lemons to (I’m not making this up) wood for the fireplace.
The prettiest things she’s brought me, though, have to be these:
They are called “ventagli” which means “fans” but you really can’t miss the love in them, can you?
Happy Love Thursday everyone!
What’s the last suprise gift you have given or received?
Love Thursday: Hearting Chicken
Faithful reader and new blogger Ann of Only in Maine recently sent me the following email entitled “I heart Bleeding Espresso”:
I could not resist sending you these two shots because they so made me think of your Love Thursdays – and really, what says love better than raw meat? Or actually in this case chicken? Some people send you cappuccino, I send chicken……
I couldn’t *not* post them to share with everyone, so here you go:
I *so* heart chicken too, Ann. Thanks for thinking of me!
Happy Love Thursday everyone!
What’s your favorite chicken recipe?
Michelle Kaminsky is an American attorney-turned-freelance writer who lived in her family's ancestral village in Calabria, Italy for 15 years. This blog is now archived.
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