Green in the garden - 7.00 a.m. Not quite everything dead, then!

What a lvoely view you have..stunning

We are sooooooo lucky.

Yes...sigh..

There are disadvantages, you know. I just can't think of very many right now, though.

I agree, stunning.

That is a beautiful pic. I have added it to my faves. Jx

Thank you Ladies!

A gorgeous picture, Gattina. All those lovely greens...

Mmmmm! Shady.

That time of the morning, yes. Best bit of the day.

Just put this in my faves too. Be careful, any more nice pics and I'm moving in! Jxx

what a stunning view. lucky, lucky you - of course, you probably wonder why you live there in winter ...

Heavenly!!!!!!!!

Do you ski Gattina? I met my husband on a skiing holiday in Livigno Italy 37 years ago. Beautiful country.

No, Cammomile - I am a devout coward, and hurling myself down a steep mountain on two bits of wood (OK, something like carbonfibre these days - same difference) sounds like the ultimate in stomach-wrenching, bone smashing misery. I'm happy to stand on the same mountain and just gaze at the views. We have some not very well known skiing centres a few kilometers from here - Monte Cimone and Cornu alle Scale, where the famous Italian skier Alberto Tomba trained. Gorgeous places. I don't know Livigno at all, but can imagine it must be equally lovely.

the nearest I got to skiing was at the Beckton Alps ski slope, and I started half way down and that was enough! I prefer looking at mountains in admiration from a distance.

:o)

Its fine if you have a couple of hot chocolates spiked with brandy - they you don't care about hurling yourself off a mountain. Best, most fun filled holidays I ever had.

Lol - same here, I was rubbish till I'd had a couple of large vin chaud, then I could get down anything. Not always stood up mind and style wasn't the first word that sprang to mind. But, I was also a lot younger then - sigh.....................Jx

lol I don't see the point of going up just to come down again, then going up again just to come down yet again. Maybe cross country skiing, where you're getting somewhere. lol besides I've just been watching a programme about avalanches ....

Where's your sense of excitement Fran - much better holiday than whaleing it on a beach, much more healthy too!

lol I don't lie on beaches, I prefere to be doing things when I'm on holiday, but I know my limitations - walking in mountains would be enough of an adventure for me - gives me time to appreciate nature.

A girl after my own heart! We've just come back from a walk (blog later) at 1,800 m asl and appreciating nature was almost too hard a task as it was swarming around us! :o)

Look forward to the blog. jx

same here!

We've just aborted a lovely evening walk - dozens of neighbours out, each wanting a nice long chat: we did 500 yards in 40 minutes. Maybe we shall try again once it's dark!

How wonderful. Your neighbours sound lovely even if you didn't get a chance of a walk.

well, cementing relations with one's neighbours is rarely a waste of time! have a good walk later :-)

You're right, they are lovely. I didn't mean to make that sound like a complaint, but the exercise was a little lacking!

lol understandable, no matter how much you like your neighbours a country walk isn't the same as a neighbourhood chat-crawl!

Looks divine Gattina, gorgeous light too.......

The amazing light is probably the most important reason we have for loving this country, Janey. It is quite remarkable.

lol Gattina, we've hardly commented on the plants in your garden, which was the subject of your pic,, after all! they lok good, and provide an amazing frame for the view

very nice green!!