When it rains it’s pours, and this week in Sardinia it’s raining cats and dogs (cliché I know, I don’t care)!
Where did spring go? I hope spring returns with a vengeance, I need hot heat!
I’ve been fortunate to receive The Versatile Blogger Award (for the fourth time) from AllThingsBoys Blog. A big shout out! And thank you!
The festival of San Simplicio is an annual event held in Olbia, Italy. Attracting thousands of tourists and locals alike. The festival is in honour of the Patron Saint, San Simplicio and is one of the most important religious festivals in Sardinia.
Spectacular performances on horseback are the norm of this tournament. This is defiantly a tournament of speed, agility, strength and courage.
In 1997 I journeyed all the way to Australia. This photo was taken on Fraser Island, just off the coast of Queensland. We spent four days journeying around the largest sand island in the world.
It was spectacular! And I can’t wait to do it again.
I love you Australia, you are forever in my heart.
These photos are not the best. I was 20 years old and had no clue about cameras. And I’m pretty sure digital cameras didn’t exist then. I remember clearly carrying around dozens of film tubes, taking them for printing, waiting a week, sometimes longer.
Have you been to Fraser Island? Tell me your story.
New Years Eve 2010 was spent in Bern, Switzerland. Under the sparkling fireworks of the frosty Swiss sky, we saluted to journeys past, present and future.
I snapped this photo towards the end of the evening, and no … this is not my husband.
Happy and Safe Journeys.
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Will you visit Sardinia?
A wordle is a toy that generates “word clouds” from the words, phrases or URL’s that you enter into the sites creation page.
Early morning with coffee in hand, I was browsing my morning reading and came across one of my favourite expat blogs I was an expat wife. I clicked the link My wacky wordle | I was an expat wife. I thought it was a spelling mistake … I mean, wordle! I’d never heard such a word in my life, so I had to find out what a wordle was and once I did, I had to have one!
Anyone trying to make a wordle: take a screen shot once you have completed your wordle. The resolution is larger than the one wordle will give you.
Thank you I was an expat wife for your advice.
Have you wordled lately?
This is my second installment for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Arranged.
It was Sunday morning and we headed off to visit our artichoke farmer friend. This time we were picking fresh fava beans for lunch when I noticed an oddly arranged scarecrow.
Nuraghe Paddaggiu was arranged in the Nuragic age between 1900-730 BC and is now a symbol of Sardinia. There remains over 2500 Nuraghe scattered throughout this island paradise.
Nuraghe Paddaggiu is located just outside Castlesardo in Northern Sardinia. It has been neatly arranged by some of the strongest men and women in the Sardinian culture, as a religious temple, military stronghold, deterrent for possible enemies, and ordinary home dwellings.
I couldn’t decide between these two photos. I’m impartial to the second, I love the road veering left, then the strong fortress of the Nuraghe to the right. Everything over time, perfectly arranged.
Can you see the moon? Puo vedere la luna?
Here is something I wish I could be part of. However, Cagliari is a three-hour drive for me, and I don’t drive. I hope by sharing this message of freedom that more people will be inclined to show up in support for Rossella Urru.
For more information about this flash mob, please see their Facebook page: Flash Mob Rossella Urru Libera!
Are you going?
Sometimes in life we need to take a moment, a moment to reflect, a moment to breathe and a moment to feel alive. As most of you know, I love Sardinia. Never in my life have I seen such natural beauty, such diverse land and spectacular coasts.
I’d like to share this video with you, on a Sardinia rarely seen. This IS a must see.
Let your emotions fly, above Sardinia sky.
For more information visit their Facebook page: Pedhuris – Escursioni aeree sulla Sardegna. Sardinia Flight Excursions.
How do you feel after watching the video?
My Sardinian Life 