Another FRIDAY

Another week is gone

Better tha the last one

At least we can still cherish

some illusions

Soon it's Christmas time

I went through some decorations

 in the shops yesterday

But I don't know if I can "dare"

and enjoy Christmas mood

♥

You are not alone

You are not

alone

 HOPE

is still

ALIVE

♥

Soon gone

Soon leaves will be all gone

and nature wrapped in the Winter spell

of silence and darkness

But in Spring the spell will be gone

and leaves will grow again on the trees

Other leaves, new leaves,

that will fall and melt in the earth 

the next Autumn.

Not the ones we are watching falling today

These will be gone

forever

 This is Life.

And we are just leaves



♥

IF

picture via www.bluquote.net

  WHAT  IF ?

My world

When everything is spinning around

as in these days
and I don't know what to do

I thank God

there are E. & M. in my life


♥

There are things

Things we cannot change.

Festa!

On Sunday we celebrated E.'s Birthday

with a party for all the Italian family:

16 adults + 8 kids (from 3 to 11 years)

When we woke up we had a nice surprise:

first snow in the village

(Really early indeed)

Last year kids had fun in the garden

playing football

and we had an aperitif on the terrace

enjoying a really warm Autumn sun.

I was a bit nervous

so I put up my alarm clock at 6 o'clock

but I forgot to put hours' hands backwards

and I didn't realized until I went out in the street

and watched at the church clock.......

M E N U 

(too difficult to translate in English)

Torta salata crescenza e speck

Tomini in salsa verde

Crostini pane di segale con salmone

Verdure in bagna cauda

Uova ripiene di Halloween
Insalata russa

Vitello tonnato

Carpaccio

Caponetti (involtini di verdure)

Fagotti di bresaola ripieni

Affettati misti

Polpettine in salsa di pomodoro

Lasagne

Risotto ai funghi

Torta al cioccolato con panna

Torta di mele

All this tasty and rich menu

was possible thanks to my Mum

that prepared most of the courses

and my aunt M. 's help

T H A N K YOU

After candles blowing out 

and  cake cutting

kids had fun with a

T R E A S U R E

H U N T

up and down

in the house

(treasure was hidden in the washing machine in the laundry)