Jan's Rustic Life

Jan's Rustic Life

Author: Jan

  • A Day Of Everything

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    A day of everything sounds quite exciting doesn’t it? Actually thinking about it, it hasn’t been a day of everything. I didn’t manage to paint. No, I thought I’d managed everything today! I was a bit organised last night. I realised that often some of my work comes in early and is there on a…

  • End Of The Week – Hurrah

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    In spite of working from home, every day of the week, I still get that Friday feeling. It, as you may know, is pizza night in my house which is a well loved family tradition. The problem was though, today we had no pizza. I had to take a break from work at lunch time…

  • The Internet Saga

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    No post yesterday. The internet connection’s been a bit sporadic and extremely slow. I’ll write a bit about it. Living on the top of a mountain, 705 metres above sea level but also surrounded by mountains, getting the internet can be a bit tricky. I must have tried everything over the years. Broadband doesn’t get…

  • A Surprisingly Productive Day

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    My normal start to the day with nothing particularly different. I made a lovely rustic bean, lentil and potato soup for lunch which went down very well with some tasty grainy bread. I got a message from my architect friend who said that she had a sample of the paint colour I’ve been considering and…

  • Choosing Colours

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    I don’t know why it’s so hard to choose a colour for my new windows. I received a message today from my friend, an architect who’s co-ordinating the production of my new windows. We’d spoken about a blue grey which is quite a traditional colour. The carpenter said that varnish would cost more but I’d…

  • I Appreciate My Rustic Life

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    After all the travel of the last few days, I decided that relaxation was a must. I went to bed very early for me. I was exhausted. The weather was looking a bit dramatic, my balcony so I went out to look. I love this view. I am so lucky and privileged to have it.…

  • Double Post Milan & Journey Home

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    I was so tired after the concert and after arriving home the next day, I didn’t even write just a daily sentence so I’m doing a double post about Milsna and the journey home. As we were checking out late, there was no need to get up at the crack of dawn. Slow and leisurely…

  • Trip To Milan

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    Travelled to Milan today to go to a concert tomorrow night! The train connects at Florence to go to Milan and it takes longer to travel from North Tuscany to Florence than it does to travel from Florence to Milan on a high speed Italo train. I went with one of my daughters and we…

  • Night Before The Journey

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    I’m having an early night tonight. I’m off to Milan tomorrow morning by train. I love train travel and this will be my first long journey by train since the pandemic. Another great thing about train travel here where I live, is that it’s affordable. It’s a win, win situation! I’ve had a bitty day,…

  • Dinner And Meeting

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    As often happens with the foreign community (that means me and others!), they stick together and help each other understand how things work in a different country. People who have experienced certain thing,s laws, taxes, builders, anything, will share their expiences to help others along! So it came about, many years ago, that I used…