Bits & Pieces

I have a few odd things to tell you about here.  Several said you wanted to see my VERY expensive overboots I had to buy when there was aqua alta when I came out of La Fenice.

Well here they are!  I had Liz take the photo when they were here for dinner.

I thought they would be slippery but actually I felt quite secure underfoot.

Here I am in Geoff's studio choosing a painting.  I shad just been to the hairdressers for a much needed haircut.  Monica did a great job.

Here is the painting I chose, my first choice that was on thier living room wall.  It's looking across the lagoon towards the Lido at Santa Maria Elizabetta.  I love the days with a dark, menacing sky & the bricole, the marker posts.

Here is Phuvio, you've met him before with wonderful reflections in his sun glasses.

He apologised for the cold sore.

Sunday night I had friends in for drinks and nibbles before we went out to dinner.  Here are the nibbles.

Besaola filled with Russian salad, rolled, dipped in oil then rolled in sesame seeds and prosciuto crudo filled with gorgonzola then rolled.  Recipes curtsey of Walter at the cheese stall at Sacca Fisola market.

The patisseries wrap the cakes beautifully.  I'd bought these to take to a friends.