Project 52 - Week Seven

Monday was spent pottering around with seedlings and checking of pots.  I sowed some Cut & Come Again lettuce seeds and put them in a tray in the window sill in the empty back room.

I really enjoy looking through my packets of seeds and planning when and where to sow them!

A view of one of our almond trees which is just in blossom now.  It's the first sign of spring approaching!

Spring arriving in the garden

Off to Penne on Thursday, a beautiful day!  Below a vision of the snow-capped mountains nearby.

 A view of the entrance to Penne from the other side.

Then we enjoyed a lovely celebration meal in La Grotta, in the centre of Penne.  We celebrated K's birthday on 15th January, and mine on 23rd of January.

I love the decor and ambience in La Grotta and the food was fantastic!

I want to buy some uplighters like these in the picture above. They come from Castelli, one of my favourite villages in Abruzzo!

Below a bigger image.  I can imagine how lovely these will look on our walls!

I received a nice ecard in the morning!

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Friday being Valentine's Day we decided to go off on a motorbike trip to Palombaro, setting for the new film Lords of London, starring Ray Winstone.  A film review here.

Palombaro is a beautiful hill-top village in the middle of the Abruzzo mountains, within the national park of La Maiella.


First, though, we had to get down our road, so K kindly drove me to the top of it. The top end isn't too bad at the moment, and it is drying out as you can see below...

 

Whilst waiting for K to go back home then grab the motorbike, I had a bit of fun taking a selfie of my shadow!

 

The end of the road on the other side....

An unbelievable blue sky today!!

 

My carriage arriving!!

It's too risky to carry a pillion going from the house to the end of the road, so that is why we had to do 2 separate journies along the 1.2 kilometre long road.

Once on the motorbike we set off and travelled for about an hour, stopping off for a coffee on the way. 

As we got closer to Palombaro the day got more and more sombre-looking and misty.

Approaching Palombaro in the Abruzzo mountains

The scenery surrounding us was beautiful and I loved seeing it pass by.  K was video recording everything on his GoPro camera attached to his helmet.

Palombaro in the distance...

We walked around the streets reliving the scenes from the film.  Then we had a lovely lunch at the Dal Pagano Trattoria up in the mountains, where the view was truly spectacular.  We were served by the owner and chef, Leonardo, who was very nice and friendly.  He told us the star of the film, Glen Murphy, had fallen in love with the area and had bought a house near Palombaro.  This is why Lords of London was filmed in Palombaro, because he wanted to promote the Abruzzo region!

Walking around the village we came across this sculpture of hands holding a heart, with 'To the Giver' inscribed as a caption. ...

I feel a little bit sad that the EVO eBook session is finishing today, but I am sure there will be posts to view over the next few days, so it won't really be the final ending. It will be nice to keep in touch with the community....   I enjoyed checking in on a daily basis to see the amazing ebooks created.  All the participants have put their heart and soul into their beautiful ebook chapters and they should all feel very proud of their achievement!!


Here is a link to the Padlet set up as a feedback to the session.

Here is a Bookr I have created as a little personal feedback.


 



Week 7 has been a very enjoyable and lovely one!