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Super David!

May 30, 2017 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

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My garden is growing!

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Plant by beautiful plant.  I love this process!

 

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Motto.

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Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.  It takes practice.

Teens and art

May 29, 2017 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/museum-programs-affect-teens-for-a-lifetime-180958638/?no-ist

 

 

Happy Birthday Jamie Bragg (age 24) and John F. Kennedy (age 100)

May 29, 2017 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

https://youtu.be/KmY8t54aa2Q

 

The crushing weight of Under the Tuscan Sun

May 29, 2017 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/under-the-crushing-weight-of-the-tuscan-sun

 

Loretta Caponi, Firenze

May 28, 2017 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

Lovely christening gown shown prominently today.  Bellisimo.

 

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The colors of Rome: green, blue, white and travertine

May 28, 2017May 28, 2017 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

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A few nice words and a thank you will always win

May 27, 2017 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

As the sign in the bar says, ask for a coffee, the price is 3 Euro.

Ask for a coffee, please, the price is 2 Euro.

But, say, good day, please give me a coffee, the price is 1 Euro.

 

A good lesson for all of us shy people in the world!

 

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Roman sky

May 27, 2017 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

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