This morning when I got up and looked out from my kitchen to see what the weather was doing, it was one of those magical mornings. I love it when it looks like this. I feel as though I could step out onto the cotton wool clouds and float down the valley.

The photo is my view. It is ever changing with the light and clouds and very hard to be beaten anywhere. I have been lucky enough, on occasions, to travel to places renowned for a stunning view and have felt a little underwhelmed, beautiful though it was. What do you do though, when your own kitchen view is this one and probably as spectacular as you can get?

Sundays in my home involve a good big lunch and today was no exception. Fresh home made egg pasta (we are living in Italy after all!) with a tasty vegetarian sauce followed by icecream and coffee and accompanied by lots of conversation and laughter. We normally finish fairly late which is just as well as I had already decided to have a lazy day. The weather was damp and rainy so I couldn’t get into my garden after some chores I had to do, I got on with my knitting project.

In the evening I did my weekly marathon 2 hour video call to my mum and settled down for a lazy night with the kids. We have a very busy week coming up and so I felt justified in taking it easy.

I can’t believe that I’ve kept up writing this blog for a whole week! I’ll get better, I promise.