they rest,

Day 4… take a breath.

Didn’t do diddly. Sat in the kitchen and read and wrote and looked at the scenery. Nelsons and Vardas went grocery shopping and laundry matting… and I took a little walk in the early afternoon.

I had a nice chat with Lorenzo about his wine making operation. He does everything himself on the premises and puts out about 20,000 bottles per year from about 9 acres of vineyard ! Most of it goes to……… California.

I discovered a LARGE version of the cute little lizards that we always see darting to and fro across the warm stones. Lorenzo called it a ‘romero’ … also known as an Italian Wall Lizard, a striking grass green and the buggers can get to be nearly 2 feet long. A tad startling if you don’t know they exist.   I flushed a pheasant who returned the favor by nearly   giving me a heart attack by flying straight up and over me and I pissed off a few honeybees when I came upon their apiary.

It was a good restful day… like being on vacation almost.

We did dinner in… chicken breasts wrapped with rosemary and proscuitto and baked with lemon juice. Polenta with parmasan cheese and steamed vegetables. MMMmmmmm. Thank you Jane!

Oh… and there was a little red wine too… ; )