Newspaper seeding pots and game!

I've been too optimistic about my internet connection...I'm still having problems with it...it works...sometimes!!!
Anyway...a friend gave me some seeds...

















...I sowed some of them directly in the soil...

















...but I hadn't success...may be because of the strong rains...

















...then I tried in newspaper pots...and that's the result!!!
I'm not very clever with seeds...they oftent don't germinate...but I have to learn...so... much more seeds in paper pots!
May be it's a bit late...but I want to try!

I've been invited by Calou to join this game...

distinguishing mark...high-heels

bad memories...my father's death...

childhood memories....so many...
...Summer travels with my family... my grandmother......Christmas eves...

weakness...I smoke cigars......little ones!

favourite movies...too many...I love cinema...one of the last I saw...The concert...old black and white films....

If anyone want to join this game...you're very welcome!!!!

Garden

As I probably already told you my garden is in the city centre of Lucca...once many ancient buildings had their own gardens and when the palaces had only one owner each family had its own garden or yard....

















...now the buildings are divided in apartements so the gardens have often more than only one owner...

















...that's what appened with my garden too....I have a part of it that's a little bit wider than a large terrace...

















...of course I've not the possibility to plant high trees or big plants...but I can try to decorate it as a sort "of outdoor living room"...the owner of the other part of the garden is a strange lady who doesn't take care of it...she says that she likes its wild look...the truth is that her garden is weedy and abandoned...I usually say that my garden has a dual personality!
May be one day I'll show you some images of my neighbor's disaster!

Thanks for your alway so lovely comments...they make my days! Sorry if I could't visit you during this week end...I had problems with my internet connection...
but now it seems to work! I'm back!
A nice new week to you!

Linen pillows...

Finally I found the time to finish these cushion covers...

















...they are made of pure linen and printed with vintage labels...

















...the biggest one is in two different fabrics...ecru and white...

















...the little one is in a lighter white linen...
They both are for sale on LC...

I've been a bit lazy on the past months...not so many new items for my webshop...I'm losing part of my creativity...days are often too hectic...
...I have to find more time to do what I like!

Have a nice and sunny week end!!!!

June 2

Today is holiday is Italy! We celebrate the republic...
The Italian Republic was born in 1946 following the results of the first institutional referendum of 2 June, held to determine the choice between monarchy and republic after the end of the II World War. It has been the first time women could vote in Italy!

















Everywhere calebrations take place...the most important is in Rome...a very long military and civil parade which ends with the performance of the the achrobatic patrols the Frecce Tricolori!

Monday enamel post

Today is Monday but I don't see any other enamel posts on the blogs! Anyway I haven't other ready posts so I show you three old enamel jars from my collection...

















...they have been bought in a flea market in Amsterdam many years ago...

















...green is not my favourite colour, but together with white...it's better...

















...I use them everyday for sugar, coffee and tea...they are on the shelf of my kitchen!

A Summer week end spent on the beach...this week will be shorter at work because we have holidays on Wednesday for the celebration of the republic...
Hope you had a nice and relaxing week end!
Happy new week!

Chalkboard projects

Little projects for busy days...

















...with chalkboard paint...

















...white patina on a terracotta vase...

















...two coats on a metal board and on a little glass jar...a piece of chalk...and voilà...I can write personal words and messages!

After busy and hard weeks today I gifted my self with a long Hammam...body and face massages...jasmine and roses oils...scents from Mediterranean...minth tea... no thoughts or troubles...2 hours of total relax! Just what I needed!!!
A nice and sunny week end to you!

Garden details...

Beacause of the bad weather and the hard work of the last weeks I didn't decorate my garden yet...

















...I started moving two chairs and a table I've repainted...white!

















...I decorated each chair with different names of herbs...marjoram...

















...rosemary...I'll show you other chairs and herbs as soon I have time to move them to the garden...

















...a while here after work...time to relax and to "visit" my roses...

















...I'm proud of these blossoms in their delicate white-pink...unfortunately the strong rain and hailstorm damaged some of them, but they should bloom all Summer...
Enjoy your week!

Monday enamel post and award!

Hope you had a nice and sunny week end...I worked till Saturday evening because of the congress we organized to celebrate the founder of our foundation...and finally I had a relaxing day on the beach yesterday!


















For the Monday enamel post hosted by Irma I show you this soapdish I bought at the flea market this winter and I've already posted...

















...nothing special but it gives a vintage touch to my bathroom thanks to its rusty look...












...and a nice surprise from my friend Veronica...she gave me this nice award!
Thank you Veronica! I'm sure that most of you know her beautiful blog...she has a very nice style and lovely ideas!!!

Now I've to tell you 7 things about me...

1. I like to be suntanned during the good season...my skin is quite dark and it's easy for me!
2. I adore icecream!
3. I like dreaming...
4. I'd like to speak many foreign languages..
5. If I could, I'd like to change a lot of things at home...but I should have my own home before!!!!
6. I love people with sense of humour...I think it's a sign of intelligence!
7. I'm a strong supporter of the Italian team of football...I suffer so much during the matches...

I give this award to you all! Thanks for your visits and comments...I haven't been a very good blogger during the last weeks...too many things in my brain... but when I read your words and posts I understand how important you are for me!
A sunny new week to you!

Glasses...

New etched glasses...

















...different words...

















...and ornaments...

















...I'm making my garden table!

Have a nice week end!!!

Eau de rose

Thanks to the big amount of roses I have now....

















...I made my own rose water...

















...a lot of recipes on the web...

















...a little bottle and... I have my own cosmetic production and It has a very sweet scent!

Monday enamel post

What a bad weather during this week end!!! I worked on Saturday for the exhibition opening and it rained all day long! It has been very interesting..I like meeting artist!!! I hoped in a sunny Sunday...we had the antique market in Lucca this week end, but because of the bad weather only few stalls and nothing interesting to buy!

















...I thought to find a new enamel for the Monday enamel post hosted by Irma, but I couldn't....so I show you again this photo I've already posted, but I have no new pieces to show you! Most of the enamels I have are on my webshop and we keep them in the store where we have all our items!

A new week of work...I'll have a congress next week end...a lot of things have to be managed before it...I hope to be able to enjoy some moments in the garden in my free time...I'm tired of this bad weather and I need the sunshine to recharge my batteries!!!
Wish you all a nice and sunny start of the week!

Sunny garden

Some shoots from my garden in a sunny day...

















...the ancient rose is now an explosion of buds...some of you asked me its name...I don't know it...it was already in the garden when my parents bough the house many years ago! The arch is waiting to be covered by climbing roses...

















...the metal shelf unit was in the loft...now it has a new place in the garden...

















...new plants for the zinc planters...
We have a very strange weather...rain and sun and then rain again! Just not so good for the suntan and the beach!
I'll have to work this week end...we'll open a new exhibition on Saturday evening!
A sunny and nice week end to you!

Cecilia!

What a nice surprise today! Coming back from work I found a parcel from Madrid....

















...Cecilia sent me all these lovely gifts...


















...scented pillows and a so nice and sweet card...

















...a laundry bag embroidered with "white wash"...

















...and a smaller one for "intimates"...and everything in white and ecru...my favourite colours....
What can I say Cecilia??? Thank you so much for your generosity and for your friendship! Your blog is a continuous source of inspiration and your support is a very special gift for me!!!

Another good news today...my laptop is ok again! I thought it was dead, but...only a bit ill and now it came back to me! Unfortunately I lost most of my data and photos...but now it works!!! I felt so lonely in the past days without it and you!
Thanks for your comments...I'll try to visit you all...now I'm back!

Monday enamel post

Just one photo for the Monday enamel posty hosted by Irma...

















...I bought this bucket last year at a flea market and I use it as a cachepot in the garden...

...my laptop died during the weeek end and I have to ask to my teen daughter if I can use her one...almost never!!! So it's time to make it to be repaired and I already miss it!!! I hope it doesn't take too many days, but probably I won't be able to be present during this week!

The positive note is that LC has received two nice awards in the last days!












...the first one from Wendy ...she is a new friend and she has a very nice blog...













...the second one is from my friend Lynda...she's so lively and positive and I love her blog...


Thank you both!!! I appreciate them!!!
Now I should answer to 35 questions and write 10 things which make me happy...I'm using my office pc now and you can surely understand that I cannot blog for so much time at work! And because it'd be too difficult for me to choose only few blogs...I give these two lovely awards to all my new and old friends!
Happy new week and hope to be back soon!!!

May...

May is one of my favorite months...sunny and warm days, nature in explosion of colours and scents...

















...some important birhdays during this month...

















...the month of mother's day...

















...of the first week ends on the beach...


















...and of course the month of roses! Nothing is more perfect than this precious gift of nature!

Happy mother's day and a nice week end to you!

Devotional candles...

I bought a big amount of devotional candles...I need light in my garden for Summer evenings...

















...I've decorated some of them with religious images...but I always need to change...so I made some with bothanical subject...

















...little roses and sweet peas...

















...a little birdcage....

I'm not very fond of colours, but during the good season I like to add a touch of colour to my life...this time I chose pink!

Monday enamel post

This's my second Monday enamel post....Irma is the author of this nice idea...she truly has a faboulous collection of enamel ware...I've not so much so I don't know how many posts I'll be able to do! Still problems with my pc...I don't know what happens...I've tryed to solve the problem, but I think I'll have to ask for an expert...the problem is that surely I won't have it for a few days!

















...these enamel coffee pots belonged to my great-grand mother...

















...they're chipped as you can see, but this isn't a problem for me...I don't like perfection...

















Some new roses and wisteria from my garden...they both are very delicate, but nothing lasts for ever!!!

A nice and sunny new week for you! We'll have rain the following days!