This past weekend, after proctoring the SAT's at school, I headed up to Viterbo for the first time in a month. Beautiful fall weather, watching the Roma-Atalanta game with Alessandro, hanging out with Mario, Yvonne and J, picking fruits and nuts and an afternoon pranzo at Anna's made for a peaceful and glorious weekend!
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| Those of you who have visited will recognize these two key players! Isn't J a young woman already! |
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| Myself and J in front of her Dad's house. J is at that stage where she doesn't kiss or hug, the best we can all get is a head butt on the chest! |
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| Sunday morning, Y and I went to her friend (and J's godparents) house in Cura. This is the "guest house" |
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| I include it because this is the frescoed ceiling inside. Turns out these friends of Y, are art restorers and restored the ceilings in Villa Giulia in Rome. This was their practice space! |
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| The main purpose of this morning was to pick apples, but the "orto" was filled with all kinds of other fruits and nuts. These are buds of...... |
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| .....the hazelnut. |
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| The hazelnuts fall to the ground and then they get vaccumed up. |
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| What's this ugly fruit rotting on the vine? |
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| They are WALNUTS. So, we don't care for the fruit (which is sometimes turned into a liqeur), but it's the bit, which contains the walnut. The dark nasty looking fruit falls to the ground, you peel off the black part and get the pit. |
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| Pomegranate! I didn't know they grew on trees, but now that I think about it, it makes sense. |
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| I remember back in the day when kiwi were an exotic fruit. Now, they're everywhere and even grown here in Italy. |
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