Best wishes.

To my dear friends, to the followers of this blog,
with all my heart I wish you the best holidays.
I will be leaving and since I will not stay in sardinia I will not be able to write .
I will be back in January with more posts!
Enjoy your families!

Figs..

Yesterday during a walk a saw a fig tree....

a friend from last summer.

A beautiful friend came to visit us last summer ..

it stopped for a while then flew away...

Autunno in cantina.

Last sunday I went with friends to a nice place close to home.

It is a place where they have a vineyard and produce their own wine..that is a "cantina" in italian.

There was a special event: a concert by a "quintetto" from Cagliari (2 violins, 1 viola, 1 violoncello and 1 contrabbasso) that was really emotional and free food and wine!

We did enjoy ourselves!!!

Sardinia is a touristic place.

Many people come to visit..

sometimes they leave a message in the sand....

Have you ever done it? What did you write?

Hand made straw baskets.

..at the market..

Mamoiada and mamuthones.

Mamoiada is a small town in the centre of Sardinia,

I decided to go and visit it with friends

on a particular cold and rainy sunday.

The place is famous for the Mamuthones,

..and yes , if you are lucky enough to be there when they have

their show Do NOT MISS IT!!

It is a very fascinating mask with its own fascinating history,

(click the link if you would like to discover more about it.)

murales (wall paint) and puppets

ready for the show.

..details...

sunset.

Sunset view from our back garden.

Green on the sand with flowers

Few posts ago I promised flowers on these plants,

they grow on the sand on the beach.

They do not have any smell for me but

insects love them early in the morning.

jonathan livingston aga gaetano.

The seagull in the pictures is a friend.

We find him every summer at the beach,

he comes to say hello and flies away,

or he waits for some bread

then flies away.

we named him Gaetano

from the main character of

children's book we loved very much.

jonathan livingston

expo.

I went to Olbia few days ago to see an exposition
of Marillina Fortuna, a woman from northern italy that re-uses
plastic , wood and other elements
that she finds on the beaches during winter
to create works of art.
I took the kids with me,
they were fascinated by the many fish.

lizard.

This is a very common animal here..

It is everywhere if you live in the country, like I do,

they live free and relax by the sun....

they only have one enemy in your house:

your cat!

I took a couple of pictures by the beach.

The other 2 photos are by a friend of mine,

when she arrives to her summer house in sardinia,

she always finds a family of lizards waiting for her.

She only needs to leave some water on the floor

and they come to drink!

what a view!!

Yesterday I had a day off

and I decided to go to the beach.

I arrived early,

went for short walk.

had the sun in front of me,

reflecting on the water,

wow..

this is what I saw ,

..

lucky people!

I wish I woke up on that boat!!

pretending to have the sun and the sea just for me...

....well, you never know!!

green on the sand.

This is what grows on the sand by the beach today.
It stings!
Don't know its name though..

soon there will be flowers,
I will show them then!

Biscuits at a friend's wedding

A dear friend got married yesterday.

I had to post this picture because of her beautiful dress!!!

My tribute to these biscuits made by herself, her mum and some friends!

Trust me they tasted as good as they look! Even better!

World Environment Day

enjoy!

It happens!

Not a lot to say on the subject!

It happens,

it's normal,

you could be rich, you could be poor...

you could be beautiful, you could be ugly...

(cow's shit on the main road. )

advice.

advice for the week end:

be the child you are inside!

just for 1 day if you whish.

..chase butterflies,

fly a kite,

run barefoot,

shout,dance and laugh!

...forget bad news and bad thoughts!

be positive today for a positive tomorrow!!

wild orchid.

This is a wild orchid that grows everywhere in spring.

I have taken these pictures on the beach!

It is a beautiful flower, isn't it?

A visit.

Every summer we have turtles coming to visit us...
I simply think there is a path that runs in our garden.
I remember the same turtles arriving every year when I was a child ,
and I used to stand on the shell of the big ones and they would walk slowly with me on top....
In the photos is one of the first arrived in these days, it is a young one.
In Sardinia these animals are protected now.
Many people come and just decide to take them home...
How can this be? it just a matter of brain... If you are stupid you simply like the animals and think that it would be nice to take them home with you... so as I said they decided to protect them and if you are caught with a turtle you 'll have (and deserve!) a heavy fine!

by the shore

few days ago by the shore.....

Foreste Aperte. (4 of 4)

Landscapes.


View of Perda 'e Liana.

On our way back from the event we found this "nuraghe" and we stop to see it closer.
NURAGHE is built of stones, you find many in sardinia, it is the tipical house of ancient sardinian people.
This is the one called Ardasai, in the Seui archeological park. From it you can see circles of fallen stones in the fields in front . It is ruins of an ancient village and graves called " Tombe dei Giganti" ( last 2 photos)

View of the lake Flumendosa.

Foreste Aperte. (3 of 4)

Plants and flowers.

Foreste Aperte. (2 of 4)

Animals.

During our visit we had some nice encounters...

Wild boars coming near to eat any food people would give them..

A gipeto (this is a stuffed one) .
There are few in Europe and they are trying to reintroduce the species in Sardinia too.

By the main road when we were driving...

Horses,

a young calf drinking fresh water by a fountain,

Goats, my favourite.
They were so nice: I stopped the car and asked them to turn to the camera and smile!

Foreste Aperte (1 of 4)

Last sunday , together with some friends, I went to a beautiful event called Foreste Aperte, which means Open Forests. It was the first time for me, we visited The Foresta di Montarbu, near Seui, in the middle of Sardinia at about 2 hours drive from where I live.

First of all I was very surprised how well it was organized, the place is beautiful , lots of paths to walk, a river, lots of animals, lots of people, and good food too...we were even given a plate with the name of the event to bring home! The kids had entertainment, special walks, some tree climbing with experts, orientering games,a treasure hunt, and environment education lessons with free plants as gifts at the end.

It has been a different day ..we usually lay lazy on the beach!

So do not miss the next posts with more photos....

Rocks on the sea.

One of the most evocative view when you arrive in Sardinia are the rocks.

Everywhere you go in our small (?!) island you will find breathless monuments created by the wind and the rain.

Here some pictures I have taken in Capo Testa, Santa Teresa di Gallura.

Enjoy!

..and the funny face..

Do you want to play?

I have just found this browsing on the web and thought, why not?

Here's how it works....

The first five (5) people to respond to this post will get something made by me.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations so please read carefully:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make. What you get is what you get.

2. What I create will be just for you, with love.

3. It’ll be done this year (2009).

4. I will not give you any clue what it’s going to be. It will be something made in the real world and not something cyber. It may be weird or beautiful. Or it may be monstrous and annoying. Heck, I might bake something for you and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that’s for sure!

5. I reserve the right to do something strange.

6. In return, all you need to do is post this text on your blog and make 5 things for the first 5 to respond to your blog post.

7. Send your mailing address - after I contact you.

IMPORTANT: This offer is null and void if I do not see you post your own blog to pay this forward.

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etc. etc.


well..who wants to play?
Who dares.............

white flowers with surprise!

Beautiful flowers...

But if you try to pick them up you realize they have not the typical scent of flowers...
in fact it is wild garlic ,very common in Sardinia and in the west mediterranean area.

You can recognize the bulb..try to smell that too!!

It blooms between January and May.