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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

  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

  Its a lazy Sunday afternoon, I’m brimming with excitement after just arriving back in town from a 3 night stay in Germany. Breezing out of the train station under blue … Read More

This weekend I took my daughters to Lanciole, Pescia for a peaceful walk around

  Here’s the next installment of enchanting Tuscany village images. These all were taken in the quiet and historical village of Stiappa, Pescia, in the Pistoia region:     Once … Read More

  One of the many beauties of living high up in the Tuscan hills is that its quite handy for jumping into the car on a whim and drive aimlessly … Read More