You may well think why a picture of Arnica Extra Forte Cream? It’s because it is a miracle cure used for soothing aches, healing grazes, preventing bruises and much more. Every year I tell myself, “don’t give it away”, but how can you not, when one of your guests on an Art Toscana Art Holiday
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.
This is a rather blurred picture of the Trapani skyline seen from the salt marches in Sicily where we were painting with our Art Toscana students. It happened to be the same three masted schooner we had once seen in Viareggio some months previously when Chris and I were relaxing in between our May and
The view from our little cabin on the ferry travelling from Livorno to Palermo for the start of our Art Toscana Art Holidays in Italy. Always so exciting even though we have been doing this every year since 2012!!
Driving up the lane this week I have been admiring the autumn crocuses again. There are lots of them this year. I have always called them autumn crocuses, but a guest on one of our painting holidays in Italy recently informed me that their proper name is Sternbergia lutea. They look like large crocuses and
What a beautiful bird which Chris and I spotted on our walk in Loppia, a little town not far from Art Toscana Art Retreats in Italy. At first we thought it was a large heron, but it was too big, and then we thought maybe a stork. No you don’t get storks in this part
Here he is again giving one of our guests a head massage at Art Toscana painting Holidays in Italy. Our guests at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy love him. Who couldn’t. He is everyones friend!
This photo could have been taken more than 50 years ago, maybe even 100 years ago but the t shirt gives it away. Yes, the photo was taken a few days ago; Giovane loading up the donkeys, not far from Art Toscana painting Holidays in Italy. The donkeys seemed happy enough carry theose heavy loads.
Georgie our 2 year old Golden Retriever celebrated his birthday last week, at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy, with a meat birthday cake which he eat in two seconds flat. His birthday wish, as he blew out the candle, was another cake with more meat and less candle. Our guests at Art Toscana Painting
Our trips to Burano are just fabulous. We take the traghetto from Piazza San Marco to Burano across the Venice Lagoon to paint these multicoloured houses. It is a wonderful experience for our artists.