In summer the beautiful Linden trees form tunnels on the roads into Bagni di Lucca. Linden trees are called Tiglio in Italy and as well as providing welcome shade in summer the perfume from the tiny yellow flowers fills the air with the delightful smell of summer.
Bees love the flowers and delicious Tiglio honey can be found in local shops.
Be careful not to park you car under one of the trees. A sticky sap falls from them and is quite difficult to remove…admire them from a distance.
Gorgeous red poppies are popping up everywhere right now…straggly ones beside the road, masses of them in fields… they look wonderful with their papery petals on furry stalks blowing in the wind.
What a pity the season is so short.
Helibores grow wild under the trees all over Bagni di Lucca. Even though there is snow on the ground these hardy little plants are beginning to appear.
Here’s one we prepared earlier. I photographed this one last year in Limano. They are such pretty little flowers…I’m glad they are back.
The pansies on the bridge at Ponte a Serraglio are looking gorgeous just now. The smell is heavenly when you walk across the bridge.
I love wisteria! It blooms for such a short time, but it always looks wonderful and the smell is divine.
I have a plant on my balcony and this year it has produced a couple of flowers.
It’s growing!
Here is some we prepared earlier.
The bees love it……and so do I.
My plant has about 4 flowers on it and soon they will be beautiful.
The magnolia trees are covered with flowers now. It only lasts a couple of weeks.
Local Information….
Sunday 25th March at 4.00pm is the Festa Della Primavera (spring festival) in San Cassiano
Sunday 1st April is the group walk that starts in Fornoli. You can walk 2, 4, 8, 12, 20 or 25 kilometres. Check in at 7.15am and the walk begins between 8.00am and 9.00am. Cost €2.50
Sunday 15th April at 5.30pm is a concert at Teatro Academico. Cost €10. Book at the library.
The weather is warming up and the days are getting longer. Spring is getting ready to show its lovely face in Bagni di Lucca.
These pretty crocuses were growing beside the road, I almost stepped on them.
Snowdrops growing on the rock wall on the way to La Villa.
Tiny violets are appearing.
These terraces are covered with crocuses.
My daffodils are growing.
It won’t be long now and the trees will turn green before our eyes.
One of the things I like most about living in Bagni di Lucca is the change of seasons. I love the starkness of winter with the occasional promise of snow.
our beautiful mountains
Ponte a Serraglio covered with snow
Villa Fiori in winter
From the bridge in La Villa
Spring is everybody’s favourite when everything turns green and beautiful.
spring comes to the mountains
The villages come to life when the sun shines.
Ponte a Serraglio turns green
Villa Fiori in spring
The roads into Bagni di Lucca turn into green tunnels
In spring and summer flowers bloom everywhere.
wisteria makes lilac curtains
pink magnolias
Magnolias at the English church in La Villa
a balcony with petunias
In spring acacia blossoms turn the hills white and fill the air with the most delicious honey fragrance.
acacia blossoms
Pansies are happy little flowers and lift their faces to the sun at the first opportunity.
pansies at Ponte a Serraglio
Peonies are my favourite flowers and they seem to grow wild in our area.
my favourite flower
Autumn in Bagni di Lucca is a particularly beautiful season. The trees turn yellow and gold and the mornings and evenings turn deliciously cool.
pretty geraniums are everywhere
Ponte a Serraglio in autumn
the old station at Fornoli
from Bagni Caldi
autumn in the mountains
glorious autumn colour
the last leaves fall
and winter returns
Bella Bagni di Lucca 