Hello. I hope you have had a good week. We are well and continue as before. We find new ways of occupying our time and there's always plenty to do in the house and garden. Next week I'll do a roundup of April's garden and gardening activities.
During a weekend we usually phone relatives in Italy or my sister-in-law phones us. They're still required to stay at home, being in the vulnerable category. Younger members of the family are permitted to deliver food to them. Most live in family groups, but the sister-in-law and brother-in-law who went back to Italy on retirement live on their own. They're somewhat isolated from the rest of the village, although they do have good neighbours to help in an emergency. They're particularly in our thoughts. In fact, my thoughts often turn to Italy and our house and family there which we very much miss. Mr P and grandson were there July 2019, but I haven't been there since 2018. Today I felt like looking at photos and made some collages to share. Some images are new and regular readers will be familiar with others. I'll post the ones of visits to the nearest small town. I can imagine that the streets right now will be empty of people. I hope that some day some sort of normality will return to those cities, towns and villages that are having such a terrible time.
The door bottom middle is not a real door, but painted on boards like the ones in the photo above that have been installed around some houses of historical interest that are being restored. The illusion was completed when over the months the plants grew and trailed down over the boards.
cafés and restaurants daytime and in the evening
a pizza van, day and at night
The barber's shop is on the left of the photo.
There's a van and barber's chair outside.
Thank you for your visit. Take care, stay safe and well.