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umbria

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures • Jun 4, 2021

For Memorial Day weekend, we took a trip to the region of Umbria.  It’s a green area of Italy, in the country, the lower-class sister to Tuscany (where everything is fancier and more expensive).  Umbria makes olive oil,…

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terracina

beautiful things , touristing • May 27, 2021

Cedar went to Scout camp for the weekend, so Ashton stayed home and had her friend sleep over while Matt and I had an overnight date!!!  We went up the coast about an hour and a half to…

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may flowers

beautiful things • May 26, 2021

I have a small bubble in Italy in which I live— it’s my street.  It isn’t a long street, maybe 7 minutes to stroll to the other end of it, but it is a good little street.  I…

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ravello with ashton

beautiful things , touristing • May 4, 2021

Ashton agreed to take a day trip with me to Ravello, a town in the mountains above the Amalfi Coast.  Ravello has ceramics and flowers, including a couple of gardens that offer, along with lovely flowers, epic sweeping…

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