This has given me chills in a good way:
This has made me fall off the couch laughing:
This has made me weep for humankind and the American legal system at its worst:
It’s pretty much the full gamut of human emotion, inspiration, laughter and tears. No wonder I’m exhausted!
Have a great weekend, everybody!
What do this guy (who was himself a bit of a fashionista and lover of beautiful things and horticulture):
This gal (who is a fashion inspiration and lover of horticulture and beauty):
And little old moi have in common?
We were all born on January 17.
I’m very proud of my birthday twins and happy to be in their company.
Happy Birthday to Ben, Michelle and everyone else born on January 17!
Buon compleanno a tutti! Capricorns forever!
It doesn’t happen often that Florence gets a lot of snow, but when it does, it is magical. I love a softly falling snow anywhere. It transforms the world temporairily.
A well-known story about the young Michelangelo is that the famous artist once made a snow man in the Palazzo Medici courtyard. I wish I could show you an image of that ephemerality. Non possible, of course.
But, see here for a sense of what it might have been like on that day:
http://www.florence-journal.com/florence-video/snow-in-florence.html
It seems to me that a new year is a lot like a fresh box of crayons. I loved getting a new box of crayons as a child (and was likely to save them as not; I always wanted a sharp point for when the muse spoke to me). I still do.
A new year is a clean slate, like a chance to start a fresh design with a clean sheet of paper. A brand-new box of colors, each one fresh, whole, bright, untouched. Every crayon sharp, ready for action.
Here’s to 2016! May all your new colors let you create fresh and beautiful designs!
Buon anno a tutti i miei amici!
Hottest summer in Italy, hottest summer on record in Florence. It’s hot here.
August looks and feels great!!
Box fan. Until I sent a link to my landlady in Torino from Googleit.com, she’d never heard of a box fan. It’s at least 10 times as efficient as a tower fan (though have their uses too, not disagreeing) at moving outside air inside through an open window. I tested it scientifically. :-))
get back, lauretta! 
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