Jan's Rustic Life

Jan's Rustic Life

Tag: family life in Italy

  • A Whole Week Has Gone By

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    I can’t believe that a whole week has gone by since my last post. I have been waiting for the ceiling guy to come and finish off my ceilings and I also managed to fit in a trip to a shopping mall near Florence, the Gigli! The Gigli was adorned with all things sparkling and…

  • IKEA Trip

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    I went on a trip to IKEA today after work today. I needed a blind for my son’s room and I wanted to look at some festive things and get ideas for our Christmas home. My daughter was in a festive mood so we went together. We normally have our lunch there so we don’t…

  • Today I Have Been Spinning Green Silk

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    Today, and, well the last few days, I’ve been spinning some beautiful green silk. Nothing unusual about that some of you may say, unless, of course you don’t spin. The thing is, I’ve been wanting to spin this silk for over a year but haven’t known how I should approach it. Then, I got scared…

  • Starting Christmas Already!

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    Wow I haven’t posted for a couple of days. I spent Sunday, the day after my pizza, clearing room and cleaning ready for the windows guys who were supposed to be coming to install my windows. I wanted them to have enough room and also to minimise the clearing up afterwards. All done but I…

  • Pizza

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    I haven’t posted for a couple of days. Two pizzas this weekend and very good they were too! We had our usual pizza night on Friday followed by a relaxing family in together night. Saturday saw a relaxing day. I managed to do some spinning and moved forwards with my knitting project. The skin on…

  • What A Difference 24 Hours Make

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    The difference in days! Yesterday morning I looked out at my balcony view, as I will now call it, and saw that we were just about to be eaten by a big cloud! The day was gloomy and full of the things I didn’t really want to be doing. Do you have days like that?…

  • The Rain Arrives

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    What a gloomy day! When I open my eyes in the morning I know immediately whether or not it is raining or not by the light peeking out from behind my curtains. There was hardly any this morning and when it should have been fairly light it seemed to be the moment just before dawn…

  • A Fabulous Weekend.

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    What a fantastic weekend. Family fun and togetherness, that’s the best, in my opinion. Yesterday we spend an amazing afternoon and evening on a place called San Pellegrino in Alpe. As its name suggests it’s very high (in Alpe) 1525 m above sea level. It was bitingly cold and as we walked our lungs hurt…

  • Beautiful Walk And Amazing Sunset

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    I seem to be writing every other day at the moment due mainly to the fact that I blog right at the end of the day and I get tired! I did have a good day yesterday and managed to do more painting. This afternoon though I went for a walk around my tiny village,…

  • More Studio Painting & First Fire

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    No post yesterday because I went off to bed early. My reclamation of my studio means I want to get lots of sleep to focus my energy on creating. I had another practice session in my studio this afternoon, and made a red Christmas Gnome and a template so that I can paint them in…