Because Snow who Melts Somewhere says we must dream.
I invite her and all the dreamers to come away with me, but especially the girl I knew as Dreamy who writes poetry and survives at Robin Dalton: a lingering rose, and another by the name of Julie at Wish I Were Here who writes like a dream. Every time I finish a post of hers, I feel lifted up where we all belong.
But now to the hidden garden. When people, especially in Slovenia, hear that I live in Tuscany, they must imagine something like this. Well, one can dream.
No, this isn’t my garden. I wish. It is part of the private property in Pescia Fiorentina near Niki de Saint Phalle’s Tarot Garden (Il giardino dei tarocchi) fifteen minutes from me that had an open door day last June so I pounced.
Upon return I had to admit to amore barely audibly, teeth grinding, that capitalism might not be all that bad.
Still, the thing I loved best was not any luxurious sitting arrangement or swimming pool but the very socialist meadow in the featured photo, the prettiest one I’ve ever seen.
And yet, imagine all this is yours.
For Friendly Friday Photo Challenge hosted by The Snow Melts Somewhere
Manja❤️💚Thank you so much. Yes, just look at that meadow. 😊🧚🏻♀️
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You’re welcome and deserve it, Julie. ❤
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Beautiful house and grounds! If I’d ever lived in a place like that it would have been in the servants quarters!
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Hihih, Helen! Do you mean out of preference? 😀 I’d prefer to be a guest! Thanks!
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No! I just know my humble place in the natural order of things😂
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I want to move here.
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Bojana, I’ll see what I can do… 😉
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Please.
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Oh that canopied daybed, a good book, and a glass of vino on a quiet afternoon; count me in.
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Right, Norm. I’ll make a booking. Sounds perfect.
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WOWWW. I would like one, please. I mean, not really, I don’t want that much responsibility, but if it’s not too much trouble, I should like someone I enjoy to have one, and then when the weather is lovely, I would like to spend a day or two enjoying the pleasure of their company in the scenery. How utterly beautiful!
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This is my thinking too, Joey. To visit is ideal. The host can also go to work and leave me there to read, for example. Although, I doubt that going to work is involved if you own such a place. Thank you!
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No one is using this place! Oh, dear! I say we blaze on in and sit wherever we darn well, please. Any seat is fine with me….
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Hihih, I like the spirit, Lois. A bit like squatters. Well, this was an open-door day so everything was prepared for random people such as myself dropping by… I wonder how a normal day there looks like. For sure there are people living in the house.
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Gorgeous garden! I trust it comes with a posse of gardeners?
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Thank you, Sheree. I guess this is a safe bet. But they must make it look like it’s nature that does all the work. That day was Sunday and none was in sight.
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What a beautiful garden! I especially like the round swimming pool.
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Thank you! It’s very private and pretty. I’m glad I got to visit.
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These are really lovely photos. I can just imagine how many bottles of Shiraz I would get through in the evenings living there!
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Hehe, thanks, Gavin. Your thinking is not wrong. Just not Shiraz: Montepulciano, Chianti, Nero d’Avola, Brunello di Montalcino, to name but a few.
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Yes, I think you mentioned your fondness for Italian red. As they say, when in Rome…
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Such a dreamy garden #friendlyFriday
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Thank you, Tanja. It really is! And it seems to be only open for visitors once a year.
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Too bad it’s just once a year
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The socialist meadow is lovely and serene but I have to say that this garden and the home are what I think of as quintessentially Italian. I’d love to lounge in any of those settings with a book and a crisp, cold class of Soave wine and you, having a good chat about where to buy the best gelato.
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Quite, Susanne. I’d join you for that. But it’s best when we go and get that gelato after we’ve done talking about it. 😉
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Absolutely!
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I love that meadow full of wildflowers – my kind of heaven.
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Yes, Jan. Thank you. When I saw it, it touched something in me. Is there a painting similar, perhaps?
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oooh! It even feels *warm* there (as I look out the window at snow). I agree that the meadow is the best part. It’s all lovely and glad you were able to admit your appreciation, albeit with gritted teeth. Ha!
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Hehe, Crystal, thanks. Credit where credit is due. This visit was on a June morning, it was getting kind of hot indeed.
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I certainly hope that pristine pool and those white sofa chairs are in use – they look untouched! I wonder if anyone would notice if I just moved there quietly, without making a fuss?! 😋 Dreamy indeed!!!! Thanks dear Manja xxx
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Hihih, right, SMSW! I can just see you with your boys running around there. It’s such a big place that from afar you’d be mistaken for wildlife. 😀 😀
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Hahahahah!!!
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You had me hooked at the feature photo of the meadow. What a lovely garden to wander through …. even if the lady of the garden was rather snouty. Her loss.
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Thanks, Joanne. Three quarters of Italians act like royalty anyway. 😀
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hahaha!! So that’s where I get it from!! 😆
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So lovely! I would never want to leave that place.
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Thank you, Cheryl! I must say that the lady of the garden was expecting me to leave. Not fancy enough, I’m afraid. 😀 (I must report that your post definitely do not appear in my Reader. Has anybody else told you this? I hope you didn’t block me. 😉 )
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Of course not! I don’t know why that would be. No one else has mentioned it but I don’t receive all the notifications I used to either. WP has had some serious glitches lately.
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You know what I’ll do: unfollow and then click follow again to see if it improves.
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I don’t even know how to block anyone…🤔
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Hehe, I haven’t done it yet either.
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Let me know if that doesn’t work. I am not getting notifications on your every time either. 🤔
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