Design

This bathroom designed by Ami McKay is just divine! So fresh and clean...exactly what I want in a bathroom. LOVE that tiling and sink! Have a safe and SUPER FUN New Year's Eve everyone! :)

A warm afternoon (more like an occasional late February day) encouraged moving leaf mulch, some light weeding and tidying of winter beds, and musings about planting time. In our climate, more of us should really think more about four seasons of gardening, from vegetables to landscape plants. The winter honeysuckle is flowering now, prompted by the warm weather. It normally is in full swing by late January and February. I think I'll sow some winter lettuce in the cold frame tomorrow and set up the heating pad and lights in the garden shed. I'm anxious to start some hardier transplants (kale, broccoli, collards, and mache) and sink my fingers into the damp earth again. All the covered lettuce beds in Italy this time of year were amazing -- why not here? The hoop frames were simply providing a bit of protection and increased warmth (I think) -- no supplemental heat or light. I ordered seed potatoes today from my favorite source, Wood Prairie Farm , and onion and leek sets ...

I love this bedroom featured in Ideal Home with its combination of eggplant (ahem...aubergine) spiced up with the teal. That Graham & Brown wallpaper is gorgeous!

Arriving home, we were surprised at how mild the weather was, definitely warmer than Italy. A clear blue sky, with well-dampened earth (a good thing), greeted a morning check of the garden. Everything is in winter mode now, with deciduous leaves fallen. The garlic is up, as are fava beans, planted in a last minute experiment. The parsley is still green, and the collards look fine. I spent some time reviewing seed catalogs this morning- what fun. We received a giant load of leaves today, thanks to the city's vacuum trunk, an excellent addition for winter mulching. My gardening companion had called before we left, but flagged the driver down this morning.

I hope everyone had a terrific Holiday! Just a couple more days now until New Years Eve. I love this time of year....always so much fun to be had! Isn't this dining room designed by James Michael Howard amazing?! I've never seen anything like it. I love all the shades of blue. The walls....they are just so beautiful. And that chandelier...oh my!

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Today I watched a rerun of a TV episode of The Victory Garden. It had a segment on composting and a veggie garden. The salad made by the host included just about everything from the garden and made my mouth water. My mind is already churning and thinking about what to plant when the snows melt in late spring. I can dream, and plan, and buy some seeds. That just might tide me over until I can once again work in the dirt.

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Campo de Fiori market A final day wandering through the streets of central Rome on a cool winter's day saw lots more people enjoying a Saturday post-Christmas. Tourists from all over, but also families out to lunch. Unexpectedly, we ran across a upscale vegetarian restaurant (Il Margutta) at lunch-time, and enjoyed selecting eggplant, grilled peppers, and other dishes (more vegetables than I'd seen in our entire trip).The market at Campo de Fiori was open, with vegetables and fruits from warmer parts of Italy and abroad. The varieties of lettuce and radicchio were grown nearby, though, and cheese, dried tomatoes, and nuts were also being offered. The nicest balcony that we saw in an otherwise plant-challenged city These dogs were enjoying an outing on the Spanish steps (Mocha would NOT like to have any sort of sweater, however, quite popular for well-dressed Roman dogs). The view was nice from the hills above; Rome was quite peaceful on this post-Christmas visit.

Tiber River There isn't much green space in the center of Rome, but we were delighted to be able to experience walking around the piazzas and streets without traffic and bustle. Tourists were out in force, but Romans are still on holiday post-Christmas, with many shops closed, and it seemed, many more streets closed to traffic than usual. Perhaps motorcycles and scooters, as well as cars, are actually banned now from pedestrian zones? Or maybe this is just the post-Christmas lull. Our last visit, in 2001, had us escaping the chaos after two days. (We had planned four). Interesting. But, today, the Piazza Navona was filled with a Christmas market, complete with chestnut roasters (Middle Eastern fellows roasting chestnuts from bags delivered in small trucks). Quite pleasant. Rambling was wonderful, without pedestrian-threatening scooters and little traffic. We enjoyed some delicious pizza in Trastevere -- locals were standing in line. There were actually some arugula and eggplant...

Winter is not the time to experience the best of Italian vegetables, certainly. I've seen purple artichokes in the fields ready to harvest, as well as in markets. But there haven't been any offered up in the menus of the restaurants we've been at, alas. But, I've been fascinated by the sizeable areas of lettuces growing under hoop house covers, acres and acres of them; they're butter lettuces (the green ones) and lovely purple ones, maybe a romaine, in alternating blocks. We've been driving by these farmed areas, without a chance to stop and peer closely at them. Along the coast from Naples north to Rome, above the historic coastal town of Sperlonga (lovely, but no lodgings were available), large areas were being farmed in rich soil, although other areas lay fallow. We're now in the center of Rome; I'll see what the markets are offering up in tomorrow's explorations.

Merry Christmas to you all, my Turquoise-loving friends! If you haven't already experienced the joy that is this splendid Tiffany-themed Christmas tree brought to life by Visual Vamp , here you go! (Those are real Tiffany boxes she found someone giving away on CraigsList!)

I wasn't too excited about visiting Pompeii; I had paid attention during art history class, but it sounded less than wonderful surrounded with Naple's sprawl and overrun with 1. 5 million tourists a year. But an early morning visit in the off-season, staying in the renovated surrounding town, made it easy to imagine a vibrant city in the shadow of Vesuvius. Pompeii street view A remarkably large and well- preserved city, Pompeii, of course, deserves its reputation. And following up with a visit to the National Museum in Naples to view the best mosaics provided a rare glimpse into life in a Roman city centuries ago.

On Christmas Eve, it's nice to reflect on the beautiful scenes we've seen here in Southern Italy. Despite an affinity for the most saccharine of American Christmas songs (not the traditional carols), but Jingle Bells, etc., the small white lights and imaginative (and tasteful) displays illuminate historic streets and plazas. Lecce was especially nice -- beautiful white and blue lights contrasted with the elaborate baroque decorations.

The coast of Puglia touches both the Adriatic and Ionian sea. Cold in winter, the resort towns are quiet, but the coastal area is still beautiful. Otranto, an old cliff-top town, is one of the most attractive of these towns, along with Gallipoli.

Cyclamens are seen everywhere in Southern Italy. The capital city of Puglia is Lecce, a beautiful, but very urban city with a historic center decorated in a baroque style. We enjoyed several days in a wonderfully located B&B near one of the city gates, exploring the old city. Lecce duomo and plaza