Autumn in Ponte a Serraglio

Ponte a Serraglio is beautiful in any season.

Thank you to John Falkenstein for the lovely photos. I am right now in sub tropical Queensland where we are about to have a storm.

Here are a couple more.

The raging Lima River

Our normally quiet Lima River is brown and raging today after torrential rain.

We needed rain and we got it.

See a video on my Debra Kolkka Instagram.

Autumn rain

Our run of sunny autumn days is over. It was great while it lasted.

Rainy days are beautiful too and we need rain.

Autumn has arrived.

Ponte flowers

The lovely pansies on the bridge at Ponte a Serraglio are almost at the end. Some seem to be still flourishing while others have died. The weather has been strange to say the least.

I have begun planting yellow marigolds in the place of the dead pansies. They will all be planted over the next couple of weeks.
As usual, I will be returning to Australia in early June. If anyone is interested in helping to water the flowers when I leave please leave a message below.

Villa Fiori park

Villa Fiori park is full of yellow flowers right now. I know they are weeds, but they do look pretty.

They will be gone when the grass is mowed.

The trees along the river are growing leaves. Soon they will be bright green.



Spring is here.

Back in Bagni di Lucca

I have returned to beautiful Bagni di Lucca after being away for almost 4 months. I love the winter here, especially the view from my balcony in Ponte a Serraglio.

Time for a walk to see familiar things.

Spring will be here soon, I love that too.

It is good to be back in bella Bagni di Lucca.

Almost winter

I am currently in Brisbane, Australia and we have experienced our first seriously hot days. The temperature has been around 35 degrees coupled with high humidity, an all night storm with rain, strong wind and incredibly loud thunder.

I missed the gorgeous autumn in Bagni di Lucca so I looked at some of the photos I took in past autumns.





I will miss the lovely cold winter days with the possibility of snow…I hope there will be some when I return in late February.

Photos from the Montefegatesi chestnut festival

I wasn’t able to attend the recent festival in Montefegatesi, but friend Matteo Offe was there and took some great photos of what looked like a fun day. Montefegatesi has a great community spirit and it is excellent to see people come together and enjoy themselves.

Thank you Matteo for sharing a great day with us.

Chestnut festival in Montefegatesi

Montefegatesi will hold its chestnut festival on Sunday 16th October. There will be lots of chestnut delights and a market.

The fun will begin at 14.00 and last until late evening.

Beautiful rain

While it might not be great for those who are here on holidays, the recent rain is very welcome after a dry, hot summer.

I like the misty morning and the sound of the rain at Ponte a Serraglio.

The rain is needed to fill dams, the springs that feed the rivers and the poor distressed plants. Let’s hope we get good rain over the next few months.