Stubborn Blindness

Posted on February 14 by Jennifer Avventura

I pass her on my early morning runs, she is generally feasting beside the bamboo fence.

This morning, once the sun shot its first morning beams over the mountains, I headed out into the wild winter morning in hopes to capture her magnificent beauty.

I’ve tried to photograph this stunning white horse for months. Finally this morning she steered her stubborn head towards me. My camera was on full zoom and this was the best I could get.

Calling to her in English proved her stubbornness overboard. I tried in dialect “AJO.” I called tut-tuts and come here’s, she didn’t budge.

Stubborn in her own winter blindness.

How do you photograph animals?

Snowy Sardinia Take 3 | Feb 11th, 2012

Posted on February 11 by Jennifer Avventura

Woke this morning to a complete and utter white out. Was planning on running 6k, but that idea is shot out the window. These pictures were taken at 7:30am.

The largest snow storm to hit Sardinia in thirty years is still hitting the island hard with the white fluff. The locals haven’t the means in dress to keep warm, no winter boots, jackets, mitts or hats. They are not used to climates like this and have begun to hibernate. The streets are silent.

Sardinia Covered in Snow | Sardegna Sotto la Neve

Posted on February 7 by Jennifer Avventura

Sardinia Covered in Snow | Sardegna Sotto la Neve!

The last large snow storm to hit Italy was in 1985. Records are meant to be broken and this weeks snow storm has snarled traffic, closed schools and office buildings and made a big white wintery wonderland all over Italy, and now finally … Sardinia.

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Video – Snowy Sardinia | Feb 6th, 2012

Posted on February 6 by Jennifer Avventura

Greetings from snowy Sardinia. The white fluff keeps falling closing schools, buses and offices. Farmers are left in frustration as their crops are frozen, giving rise to a price hike in fresh produce.

Video – Animals you encounter on the roads of Sardinia

Posted on February 6 by Jennifer Avventura

You never know what to expect on a drive, in the mountains of Sardinia.

Video – Li Feruli Beach | Sardinia, Italy

Posted on February 6 by Jennifer Avventura

Enough with the snow already! Here’s a little video of our favourite beach, Li Feruli. I hope this video brings some warmth to the rather cold winter days we’ve had.

Video – 3 Sards and 1 Canadian

Posted on February 6 by Jennifer Avventura

3 Sards and 1 Canadian take a walk into the mountains. I would have never guessed that my Sardinian friends would be afraid of … cows! Two of my Sardinian friends climbed a tree, I hopped a fence with another Sard only to realize after that the field we were in was housing a bull!

Video – Sardinia Covered in Snow

Posted on February 6 by Jennifer Avventura

Sardinia covered in snow! Sardegna sotto la neve.

Day three and we are still covered in snow!

Lightening Strike x Four

Posted on December 18 by Jennifer Avventura

Am now without a digital washing machine, digital camera, dvd player AND computer. This past friday, during the day, we had a severe surge and or lighting strike.

Back as soon as possible with posts about My Sardinian Life.

Keeping you, my readers, updated.

How do you eat your artichoke?

Posted on December 15 by Jennifer Avventura

Spinoso Sardo

The artichoke farmer stopped by the house one rainy afternoon and with him he carried freshly picked artichokes. Four spinoso Sardo artichokes and four globe artichokes.

Artichokes are my favourite winter vegetable and in Sardinia they grow in abundance. My favourite way to eat an artichoke is in risotto. Husband eats the artichoke stem, raw.

I’ve baked, steamed, and fried artichokes. They are wonderfully delicious to eat any way you like.

Love artichokes? Are you looking for a new and easy recipe? Click the following link. There’s even a few pictures of the artichoke farm, plus a super easy recipe.

Eating Made Easy | Oven Baked artichokes & Potato