it’s been raining here all day and we’re forecast to have rain all the rest of the week and into the weekend. 😕 I know I should be glad because if I was in Camposol I’d probably be complaining that we needed rain!
When I first moved into my apartment, even though my legal name is on the lease, Roberto started calling me “Elizabeth” for whatever reason. I’ve tried correcting him, and correcting new people when we meet to absolutely no avail. Everyone I’ve met through him now calls me Elizabeth. So Isabel and Izzy are gone now, replaced by this woman called Elizabeth!
I’m back to painting bottles again. I decided they would make nice gifts for Francesca, who helps me so much, and Roberto and his wife because of everything he has done to help me. I’ve d made a new design of a church in the woods and you can see it from both sides of the bottle. I quite like it.
I honestly can’t remember if I’ve talked about this or not, but I now have any attorney who’s handling the filings for my “permesso di soggiorno” which is what I need to be able to stay here, buy a car, etc. She didn’t think it was going to be a huge problem, either. Once we have that she is going to work on getting my citizenship in Italy. I’m actually starting to get a little excited that this May all happen now.
I know o mentioned the walnut trees before but I have to say that as the dogs and I having been walking in the woods we’ve seen literally hundreds of walnuts that have recently fallen out of the trees because of the wind. They just sit there on the ground! So during our walks I’ve been stuffing my pockets with these fallen walnuts to the point where my pockets are absolutely BULGING by the time we get home. At last count I have over 4 dozen and I’m planning to get more. One they’re cleaned and dried I can crack open the shells and put the nut meat in the freezer. I should have plenty to last through the winter.
I’m also collecting rocks to paint, so between the rocks and the nuts I probably LOOK like a nut. My pockets are so heavy I can barely make it up the hill to my apartment!
I’m putting pictures of the new bottle
Izzy’s Art 
Hey Liz🤣
Where do you get the bottles that you paint? They really are pretty. I sure wish that you had pursued the Italian citizenship that you started when you were here. You had done so much work on it. I was so excited for you. But I guess it wasn’t the right time then. You wouldn’t have had the journey and met the wonderful people you’ve met thus far. I was thinking about how life takes some interesting turns when we least expect it😊 What’s new on the health front? Hope you’ve gotten better. Take care of yourself and the puppies😁
LikeLike
Hey you! Mostly I drink what’s in the bottles! Seriously, some come from me but my neighbor was also giving me a lot. I finally had to tell her “no more”! My blood work came back as pretty good, but I’m anemic again. The doc has put me on iron for a month then we’ll see. Miss you! 🥰
LikeLike