Sylvester was at The Petruso last year and like this year, I fed him every day. I like to think he recognised me, but probably not, although he did settle into our apartment almost immediately. So maybe there was a slight recognition, or was it just the smell of the cat food tin being opened.
The newly extended and renovated swimming pool at The Petruso in Sicily has now been extended for some serious swimming. The play areas have been retained with jacuzzi and little tables for resting your cocktail. Not that the pool wasn’t fabulous before, surrounded by palm trees and the backdrop of deep blue sea and pink
These are some of the drawings for Unit 1 of the Art Toscana Online Courses. The theme is cubism. Chris has taken several different orientations of a teapot and put the images together as you can see from the drawings. Lots of geometry involve! Many of our guests from Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy
“Golden Retrievers are the best dogs you could ever wish for,”we were told by our guests at Art Toscana Art Vacations in Italy. We had just lost our previous love, Teddy, a husky cross Italian sheepdog. It was heartbreaking of course. Only a few days later we were told about a litter of Golden Retrievers
I love this picture of Chris at The Saline in Sicily where our guests at Art Toscana Art Vacations in Italy spend the day painting the spectacular views across the salt pans to the open sea. Chris chose the view of the hilltop town of Erice, which as you can see, touches the clouds and
Georgie is now a one years old. A big chap and very gorgeous. Here he is relaxing in his white leather armchair in the studio watching Chris preparing materials for the Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy. Yes, he is totally spoiled not only by us but also by our guests at Art Toscana Art
This is a picture of our lunch at Castellammare in Sicily with our Art Toscana Art vacations in Italy. You may think “very lovely but a bit small”. We started with oysters and followed up with parfait al mandorle. The sushi had no rice inside. You know how the rice is sometimes too much and
I love this photo because of the windmill’s shadows in the background. It is the menu at the restaurant at the salt pans on the west coast of Sicily where our Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Sicily guests have lunch when painting at The saline. As you can see, there is a delicious choice of
On the free day of the Art Toscana Art Courses in Sicily, we take a boat from Castellammare del Golfo along the Zingaro nature Reserve stopping off for several dips in the sea. Entering the dark caves with lapping waves and looking up, you can see sleepy bats hanging from the stalagmites. Our Art Toscana