Flowers and Todi

It's time for Todi Infiorita, which is our annual flower show. All weekend there were tents and displays throughout town, including the giardinetti, the Piazza in front of San Fortunato, the Piazza del Popolo, and Piazza Garibaldi. It was such fun to see all the different vendors hawking huge roses, gnome homes in terra cotta, orange trees, cacti, and more! Just a few photos to give you a flavor:

A list of heritage grape varieties

A list of heritage cherries

Planters for wheelchairs!

An olive tree, of course!

Roberta knitting on the Duomo steps

Cappuccino, move over!

It's summer, which means time for a new kind of coffee: noccioline!

Picture this: hot coffee, drizzled over hazelnut gelato (homemade, of course), then topped with whipped cream (it's Sunday, which makes the cream okay, according to Paolo, my barista) and cocoa.

Oh, yes. Summertime, and the living is easy!

Love,

Alexandra

Gift Giving, Texas Style!

Jim and Rebecca arrived from Texas this morning, and we are so very happy to see them! Before they left, Rebecca asked if there were any silly things the kids missed, like certain foods. I suggested a few items, and quickly said they should only get one or two of those, because of suitcase limits and so on.

Rebecca heard the first part, but not the second. When they arrived, they quickly declared that one of their four suitcases needed to go into the room with them, and the other THREE suitcases needed to go to our place.

???

Well, here's the answer. Jim and Rebecca brought not one item, but ALL the items. In multiplicate!

A gift from the M&M/Mars plant

I only MENTIONED in another part of our conversation
that jalapenos aren't available.

Italians don't know about redhots

America...in three suitcases!

Love,

Alexandra