Mille Miglia 2008 - Cherry Season - Suby Fa Scherma

So I finally made it to the Mille Miglia this year. It passed by the corner near our Popsicle cafe where Jax was more interested in collecting his Popsicle than in the multi million dollar cars going by.

The driver's somehow made their best efforts to convince us that gunning their engines and spinning out going downhill was a good thing.

Perhaps Hollywood could make a Too Fast, Too Furious 3 with old guys.


Suby watches Jax and does scherma "passa avanti" too.
















It is Cherry "ciliege" season and the boys are raiding Bruno's Cherry Tree.

Festa di Aquiloni 2008 at Castiglione Della Lago Trasimeno

So the Festival of Kites was last Saturday at Castiglione Della Lago. Kites from all over the world.

Jax was prepared by having his 1 buck kite from Bamboo he got on the beach in Pataya Thailand two years ago. It held up amazingly well.

Lake Tresimeno has its own long history. Besides being at the foot of Cortona where Francis Mayes lives under the Tuscan sun, the lake is where Hannibal riding Elephants crossed the Alps and defeated the Roman army.

Spring Is Finally Here

It is finally a warm day. Unfortunately last year a cat got into the Intex Pool while I was refilling it. When I came to check, the cat got startled and clawed its way out. Fortunately, I patched about 15 holes which took up the patch kit that came with the pool and two of my bike tire patch kits. Unfortunately, there were 16 holes and I could not find the 16th. Fortunately, summer is coming and the stores will be stocked again with new pools. Maybe this year we should get a smaller one as the last one got a bit lopsided.

In the meantime, the boys seem to be improvising with the garden hose.

For Suzanne Nossel and David Greenberg