I’ve almost run out of May to post twenty images from last year’s for my Calendar 2018. Probably because it feels like November. Okay, really cold March.
Let’s look at some weird facts:
I have yet to go sockless and in sandals this year.
I have yet to wear short sleeves, it’s more like double long ones.
It rained for two days straight in Rome this weekend, while previously I made fun of amore who keeps expecting that every rain in Slovenia is short-lived as he was used to think in Italy.
When I look out the window, I forget which season it is. It’s lovely and green and full of flowers, but I don’t need to climb to 1800 metres on my bike in almost freezing rain like the cyclists at the Giro d’Italia – where Slovenian Primož Roglič now holds #3 spot in total with several more days till the end of the tour – so I’m not complaining. But one day it will be yellow and dry when it’s not time for it.
Be as it may, I’ve had a look through all my May 2018 photos – there are always more than usually when I have visitors – and chosen twenty that speak to me the most for various reasons.
I like my reasons. They don’t depend on boring quality standards.
The first two photos are from Rome and all the next from around my home in Tuscany where I live. My parents came on a visit for my birthday and we had a great time.
But this was last year. This May has only three more day to make me lose my socks.
The prettiest police precinct in the world? Piazza Farnese, Rome. One of Roman hidden courtyards that is only open to public one day a year. Pretty Maremma. Close to home. This private soccer field I only saw in use once in six years. Norwegian flag on the way to Orvieto to fetch my parents. The photo that gave me the biggest chuckle of May. 😀 The first time I see my father with a basketball and then he does this. In Grosseto near Via Slovenia. We went there just because of the street name. Grazing goats in Grosseto. Found in Saline di Tarquinia. Also in Saline di Tarquinia. It was hard to leave. ❤ Another saline dweller. Capalbio train station. Poetry is everywhere. The Tarquinia roundabout: not a cappuccino cup. On the way to San Galgano. What you really need. Pace as “peace” not pace. I left my heart in Massa Marittima. Or is it knickers? One of my favourite photos of last year. Massa Marittima. Grey heads spotted by paparazzo. We returned the visit this year. The man on the left is the one who borrowed me his pro Nikon recently. The view from Capalbio. My mother’s hand which was previously my grandmother’s which next will be mine. Plus my April poems in a book. This year I got them too. Thank you, parents!
The previous months for Calendar 2018 are here.
That heart photo is great! Lets hope May will knock your socks off!
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Hehhe, thanks, SMSW. This is what I wished to write, I think. Three days remain. 😀 Today I saw the sun for 10 minutes or so. A record!
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You guys are copying us!! It’s chilly and grey here too
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Ha, that heart made me laugh.
It feels like November here too. My new sandals are still waiting in the box.
And yes, I’d like to be arrested and detained in that prison.
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Hehe, you mean held in this police station? I can just picture you how you get arrested and then start smoothtalking and saying nice things about their building so that they set you free. Or is that me? 😉 Thank you! It shall get hot sooner or later…
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Held, arrested, held hostage, I don’t mind.
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Here’s hoping your socks come off soon.
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Thank you so much, Susanne, and for your comments under several photos. ❤ Let's hope!
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So there are Norwegians there? It must have been the 17th May!?
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It was 15th, I checked. My parents were coming over for my birthday which was the next day. 😉
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Darn, I was sure that they would have put the flag out for their national day – the 17th May. Perhaps it was close enough for them? Didn’t you mentioned a concert for your birthday present. I hope you had the best time celebrating with friends and family?
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In this post are photos from last year’s May, this year I went to Slovenia for a week around my birthday and indeed, sister took me out for a concert of Morcheeba. I posted one song from there already: https://manjameximoving.wordpress.com/2019/05/17/thursday-doors-16-5-70-ljubljana/
We had a great week in everything but weather.
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I remember listening to that song from Morcheeba, on that post. I really liked it.
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Great, Amanda! 🙂 The singer is such a character. She kept saying things like how good she looks for 47 (I think this is how much she said) and four kids, one of which was on drums. 🙂 And that she made this dress herself. I love this album by them the most: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJQHjy9p_rk
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As usual, hard to pick a favorite, but I’ll go with the second one, the warm passage with arch and then the cool statue.
And you got a book! What fun! (K)
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Thank you, K. 🙂 This year I got another book. My birthday comes conveniently just when April is done. My parents are very supportive. ❤
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It seems you are having the same weather we are 😦
I’m not impressed. March weather in May is terrible … as is all the rain!
Hope we both see warmer temperatures soon!
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Quite, Joanne. I woke up today full of hope because I saw the sun. Before I was off with the dog it covered up full and now I’m waiting for the storm. I just saw a hilarious thing on FB: “I’m looking forward to the summer. Raindrops will be warmer.”
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We’ve had plenty of raindrops and they haven’t been warm. On a positive note, they were in liquid form and didn’t require shovelling 😉
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Love those goats amidst the poppies!
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Thank you, Sue. They seemed extremely happy. 🙂
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Lovely gallery, Manja – and I too love the goats and poppies! And your parents and the old houses and the open landscape…and…everything. Freezing cold here as well – had the winter jacket on today. Soon midsummer!
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Thank you so much, Leya. 🙂 Today I woke up with the sun and thought yeah! I washed a load and just after I hang it outside to dry, it started to rain again. 😀 Back to double long sleeves…
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Ah…today we had snow (!) up north. 25 centimeters in some places. Not fun in May…
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😮 Almost June!!
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Crazy!
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Wonderful post, MMM. I love your sense of humor. And those goats are wonderful!
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I’m so happy to hear this, Patti! 🙂 If you crack a smile, my task is done. 😉
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I’d love to visit you in Tuscany! The closest we’ll get this year is in September, to Francavilla (east coast, the latitude of Rome) for a wedding…
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Oh, lovely, Stephanie! Always welcome. Haven’t been to the east coast of Italy at all yet. I’m on the west coast. 🙂 One never knows when you’ll be in the neighbourhood. Enjoy the wedding!
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