Visions of Paradise

View of Castel di Ieri

Little church out in the fields

Looking toward Gagliano

Also looking toward Gagliano

Haybales

Looking toward CdI

Wildflowers and Castelvecchio

View of Castelvecchio

Around six in the evening the weather cleared enough to go for a walk. It has been windy the last two days. So windy that if you forget to shut the bathroom door it slams shut and shakes the house. But a walk in a breezy afternoon is a good thing. We took a road that leads into the valley and then goes back up again to offer panoramic  views of the hill towns and fields. Wild flowers are every where: white, blue, yellow and lavender punctuated by red poppies. Even the stickers seem softened by all the rain.

Dinner was the amazing arrostachini, a regional dish of lamb kabobs, other roasted vegetables, amazing salad with the famous Jim dressing, apricots, cherries and grapes. We thought there might be a concert downtown so we went up to take a look. The same guys that were there this morning were still there! Otherwise it was quiet at 9:30, because people are still eating dinner. We had gelato, possibly the honest reason for our trip to the piazza and then made our quiet way home. Except for the dogs the village seemed deserted.

For those that know and those who care I did my final edit on eight chapters of my book. Rain can be a good thing. Anyone that wants to learn something about doing pastels can request a chapter as long as they are willing to make any suggestions they feel need making.

I did another watercolor in the book my sister made. I really like having white to do some final touches. The paper in this book is really good. It is smooth and stands up to a lot of layers of paint.