Weekly Photo Challenge: Home

I’ve spent the last five days pondering where exactly is home for me? Is it Canada, where I was born and raised? Or, is it the stunning mountainous ranges of Sardinia, Italy that I married into? Or, is it the seven mile long stretches of sand in Grand Cayman that I call home?

This is what home represents to me:

Canada

I was raised on this plot of land, I ran circles around my grandfather as he mowed the lawn on the driving lawn mower. I found kittens in the kids mini-house and watched them grow into mewing adults and there once stood a 5 bedroom house and a mountain of memories.

Weekly Photo Challenge Home by Jennifer Avventura 2013

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Sardinia, Italy

For the past five years I have called this amazing island my home. I have hiked from one mountain to the next, stopped at farms to watch running horses or to see the birth of a new baby lamb. I have witnessed the worlds best beaches and swam in the warm waters of the Mediterranean. Sardinia has stolen my heart, she is my home.

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Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Thirteen years ago this tiny island in the Caribbean was my home; a few months ago she became my home once more. With her inviting waters and seven miles of beach, it is here where I relax, it is only here, at this time in my life that I will call her home.

How many homes do you have?

This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Home. To see how others live around the world, click here.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique Sardinia

From the deep reds of Jerzu to traditional sweets from the Gallura; in love goats and skulls on a hiking path. Sardinia is a beautifully unique island – and I’m looking forward to exploring more of her hidden secrets.

This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge – Unique.

What does unique mean to you?

Weekly Photo Challenge: Love

Weekly Photo Challenge: Love

Jennifer Avventura 2013

Never in my life have I been so captivated by a place and it’s people. Sardinia is truly and island of magnificent wonder; she’s yours to discover … I dare you.

This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge by WordPress. To see more posts about love, click here.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond

Sardinia – Beyond ancient shepherding traditions lays a blossoming stalled future.

Jennifer Avventura My Sardinian Life (16)

This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge – Beyond.

Can you see beyond the present to predict a positive future?

Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination

Sardinian Mirto is a popular liqueur made from myrtle and comes in two distinct flavours: Mirto rosso which is made from the myrtle berries and Mirto bianco which is made from the leaves of the myrtle plant. Mirto is often served as an after dinner digestive and is served chilled. Most restaurants will offer a homemade mirto which is stronger and has less sugar.

Mirto by Jennifer Avventura 2013

This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination.

Have you tried Sardinian mirto?

A Year in Review – Top 12 Photos of 2012 | Sardinia, Italy

Let’s take a look back at some of My Sardinian Life’s best shots from the most spectacular island in the world – Sardinia!

Wishing you all a safe and happy new year.

Thanks for sticking with me! 🙂

To check out more awesome photos from 2012 – be sure to check out the Weekly Photo Challenge.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate

Delicate is the hand that paints beautiful, pensive Sardinian children.

D'Arte Maria Caterina Satta (40)

Painting by Maria Caterina Satta.

This is my response to this weeks theme – delicate.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

Panoramic reflections in Sardinia, Italy

Jennifer Avventura (5)This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Thankful

I am thankful to my husband and house guests, who braved the wild Sardinian mountains to collect these beautiful Portobello mushrooms.

This is my response to the weekly photo challenge: thankful.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Green

Green are the farmer’s pastures where animals lazily graze. Sardinia, Italy.

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