Summer Heat Wave

It's been so long. Between Facebook and Myspace, I've neglected my blog. Sorry! I have to remind myself to put things in perspective. Since the last post in May, I've done a few jobs, adopted a kitty, traveled, retreated and enjoyed life.

Our newest addition is Idra. She is a great friend for Cicciona, especially after the death of Timido. I adopted her from the Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary. She was rescued and found to have had a hernia in her diaphragm. After major surgery, I have to wait a week for her to finish her antibiotics before taking her home. Cicciona loved her instantly and wanted to play. Idra healed up quite well. The only thing was that beacuse of the intense nature of the surgery and her condition at the time she could not be spaded. Unfortunately she was in heat for a good portion of the time. Finally we spaded her and are now learning her true personality. She was so affectionate and lovable when she was a horn biscuit! Now she's a typical cat. Only comes around when she wants and is a bit of a biter! She also likes to pee in our shower! Hey I can't complain...it's not of the walls nor the furniture! We hope it passes! Isn't she precious?!



Marcy and Chris came to Rome and we took the ferry from Bari to Korcula Croatia. Words cannot express how much I love Croatia! We stayed in Vela Luka and the city of Korcula. Pics speak louder than words.





Mid June I met my dear friend Lisa at the train station and we went south to Formia. I small city just north of Naples. We were a part of small group of English mothertongue speakers that taught at a local school of 7-11years old. I found myself speaking 60%English and 40% Italian. The kids loved me, of course! I worked with a great group of ladies. Nicola and Alex of London and Lisa, a Cincinatti girl transplanted to Florence. We stayed at the Nocca family home and had a wonderful experience. We even got to experience the wonderment of a voyeur! Mr. Wanky across the street. The overall trip was such an opportunity and we left with a new appreciation and new friendships. Little Italians can be a handful! Nicola and I were even able to make a trip down to Naples. Surprisely it wasn't as filled with trash as we expected. (There has been a trash issue over the past year. Trash is overflowing into the streets, not enough space at the dumps and is being barged over to Germany).





Cicciona was feeling left out of the conversation...