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  After spending a few cold days in the hills of Pescia taking photos of the magical scenes, I’m now relaxing and warming my tootsies beside the wood burning stuffa. … Read More

The winter can turn the villages’s captivating charm into something quite magical. Here are some video snippets I captured when out taking some photos. Watch in HD for better quality … Read More

Every year from late summer into early autumn the Tuscan villages are bustling with tractors of every size delivering wood to homes for their fires during the coming winter. In … Read More

  What a find! I’ve just been given a box full of old family photos by my very kind and trusting neighbour. She heard my book project required old pictures, … Read More

Everyday I see many historical and architecturally breathtaking doors like this. Very few are quite so green.  Sorana Village, Pescia.   Castelvecchio, Pescia   Sorana, pescia   After the rainfall. … Read More

There was a mixture of joy,  anxiety and sadness as both my little girls started asilo (nursery) today. Dressed in their grembiuli (school aprons) they held hands and happily set … Read More

The quaint village of Stiappa held its annual ferragosto festa – ‘Sagra del Beccutino on Sunday 15th August 2014. Stiappa is one of the 10 villages that form le Dieci … Read More

  Looking outside the window after waking up far too early at 5.30am, I noticed that last night’s rain had left the village smothering in a blanket of eerie mist. … Read More

Look at all these cobwebs in this cellar…eeeek! 3 years ago the owner of this old house gave me wood that was stacked on those wooden racks in exchange for … Read More

Festa of the Ham Sandwich/Sagra Del Panino Con Il ProsciuttoEvery year the Misericordia, a volunteering serivce, holds a festa at the village of Castelvechio, Pescia in which to raise money. … Read More