Ok, it's officially: I HATE MOSQUITOES!!!!

Good Morning my friends!
It's Sunday, it's a beautiful day outside but...I'm not in the right mood this morning...
I tought time for mosquitoes bites was ended but...I was wrong...
I got up this morning with 5 new bites... :O(

It seems that lately...I'm theyr favourite food and...I really don't know why...
In the past, I've never had big problems with mosquitoes but this summer...wow...it's just crazy!!!!

I tried with sprays in the air, I tried with geranium plants, I tried with basil (ok...someone told me that they don't like basil so if you have a bit of it always near you you should be safe...), I tried with AUTAN but...never seems to work with them...

I'm not able to stop them...
Do you know some old remedy?
I'm just exausted to be a "mosquitoes pic nic"...LOL!!!

Happy Sunday!
Love, Dany

It's Hot Outside...



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 It's incredibly hot today outside and...I think one of this should be perfect for refreshing a bit...
What do you think?
How about the weather where you live?
Happy Saturday!!!
Dany

Today...BBQ Day!!!

Hi again!
Today was holiday here in Italy (Ferragosto) so hubby and I decided to have BBQ...
We grilled ANYTHING we like so...fish, potatoes, corns, cheese, sweet pepper...

All was really so delicious!
We eated in our yard, near the BBQ with music...so fun!!!!

After lunch, we needed a good coffee...we had a bit of relax reading and crocheting and...we ended our fun afternoon with an iced Mojito...
What a lovely day!!!!
Dany

Italian Tomato Sauce Recipe

 Hi my friends!!!
How are you today?
Well...if you like Pasta and Tomato Sauce, this is the recipe for you!
I made this 2 days ago and would like to share it with you, thinking that maybe someone could like to try it!

First, you need fresh tomatoes (of course...LOL), better if they are homegrown...

 Wash very well your tomatoes...

 Cut them into big pieces and put them into a mixer

 Blend tomatoes reducing them into cream and put them in a big casserole

Now take some vegetables and spices...
I used  celery, sage, onion and basil...

Put them into the mixer, blend them reducing them into a crem as you did before for the tomates

Add this cream to the tomato cream in your casserole, then add salt and extra virgin olive oil and cook it for about 40-45 minutes, mixing it gently with a wood tablespoon...

This is the result:

Ok...now you can put your tomato sauce into jars, put them into a big casserole, completely covered by water  and boil them for half an hour...

Put labels on  the jars and...

This tomato sauce is perfect for cooking pasta, but also meat, vegetables, eggs...or anything else you like!!!
You can save it for more than a year!!!
Hope you liked my recipe and please, if you try it...let me know!
Enjoy your meal my friends!!!!!
Dany

Some colors in this odd summer

Hello my friends!!!
how are you?
I would love to show you my latest crochet creation...a colorful and happy shawl!!!

Some times ago I bought some skeins of yarns because I would love to make a blanket...
Well...I still never made that blanket...LOL...so I decided to use them for make a shawl!

I don't know if also in other countries this summer is not a real summer like here in the Norht of Italy...
I have to say that this is the 1st week that we are having nice weather but...our summer is almost finished...
We have had always grey sky, rain, cold, wind...amazing isn't it?
So I tought that some colorful yarns could bring me the summer spirit...!!!!

So...this is what I made...

I've had sooo much fun making it and I love the way it turned out!
Probably it will be my Mom next Xmas present...
I still have other skeins of the same yarns in different colors so surely I'll make others!
They are so fun and easy to make and you can make it while you are watching television, chatting...
Hope you like it!
Have a nice Saturday!!!!
Dany

Enjoying the Mountain

Hi!!!

how are you today?

A new week is started (it's already Tuesday...LOL) but I would like to show you what I did past Sunday...

Well...I have to say that I'm more a beach girl than a mountain girl but...I enjoyed the Sunday's Adventure!




 

Hubby and Brother in Law show us the road...LOL...

Lots of water all around...

And the panorama was wonderful...

                                                  Some "Stone Art"...LOL...

                                                          

Falls...

Finally we reached the refuge and...we had some rest...


Funny Sisters...



Sister and BIL




Hubby and me...



Some friends we met...

Time to come home and say Goodbye...

I really hope we'll come come there again soon as we have had so much fun.
It was a perfect day!!!
Dany







My Holidays on the French Riviera part 2: Old town, Menton by Night and...FOOD!!!!

Hello My friends!!!
How are you today?
here there are other pictures of my holidays...
You can see a mosaic of pictures of the old town.
Beautiful little alleys  inside the town are accessibles by old stairs...

Each house is so caracteristic with old trees, flowers, colorful windows...

And...the town by night...is so beautiful with his lights, music, open markets on the roads and  lots of people...

It's so nice to walk in the night, the air is fresh and you can feel the smell of the foods...pizza, fishes, french fries, pasta, crepes...and you can't wait to stop in a cute restaurant and...try them all!!!!

Hope you enjoyed my tour in this beautiful town!!!!!
Where are you going for the holidays?
Dany

Silver and Blue: They Make Me Happy!

Hi my friends!!!
How are you today?
I would like to show you my new nails...
It's Summer time and in  this period of the year I love bright and happy colors so...I chose something that really makes me so happy everything I look at them...LOL!!!
What do you think?
I wish you a lovely day!!!
Dany

The Perfect Relaxing Sunday

Hi my Friends!!!!

how are you today?

Finally here we are having good weather, sun and  warm temperatures and yesterday was our very first day of summer!!!(ok...summer started officially few days ago but as we got rain and cold...it seemed more Autumn that Summer...)

We decided to stay at home and enjoy the weather in perfect relax...no hours drive for go to the sea...no hours drive for go to the mountain...no caos...just...relax!!!
So, my sister and her husband come here too and we spent the whole day in the garden!

Ok...boys...COOK FOR US!!!! They did a BBQ with meat and vegetables and fish...sooo yummy!!! Can you think a better start to our relaxing day???
We didn't have to think to go to the grocery store and fix launch...just have relax and this is ecaxtly what we did...!!!

We got the tan and we also find the time for a nice pedicure...how fun!!!!
We laughed soooo much!!!!

Then, in the middle of the afternoon, also Mom and Dad come here!
I prepare a fresh snack with Mojito and Chips...all my guests loved them!!! LOL!!!!
After the Mojito...we decided to play darts and...believe me...after a glass of Mojito...it's not easy...LOL!!!!

But the fun is sure!!!!

LOL!!!!

Someone was able to put 2 darts one inside the other...LOL!!!
In the evening...we had a wonderful pizza all togheter and it was the perfect end for a perfect day!!!!
Sometimes...it's not necessary to go so far or do incredibly and adventurous things for have fun!!!
This was my Sunday...what about yours?
Have a nice day!!!
Dany