Welcome to the blog circle, February edition. These are some images from a typical day in my life featuring many of the things that I do/see/enjoy on a regular basis. Except football. Sadly, there is no football in February. Sigh.
7:00 First beautiful thing that greets me when I get up in the morning to make coffee. 100 year old stained glass window from my parents’ home. now in our kitchen…
9:05 The square in downtown Portsmouth. I do love my hometown.
9:15 Yoga. Without which I would surely go mad….
11:30 The Friendly Toast, our go-to place for lunch downtown. A repository of bad art and kitsch that almost never disappoints. I’m having my regular, one giant blueberry pancake (with real maple syrup). That’s my husband Jay behind the steaming cup of coffee.
2:30 A wedding client’s finished album arrives from Italy. This is probably one of the highlights, for me, of the process of creating images. Many hours have gone into production, and its a great feeling knowing that I have created something beautiful that will become a part of someone’s family history.
3:30 Reading the latest news from Corriere della Sera and preparing my notes for tonight’s Italian class.
4:30 Preparing and eating dinner. Early bird special anyone? Unfortunately, I have to eat dinner early, and alone, on Tuesdays as I teach 2 Italian classes tonight…from 5:30 to 9pm with a 20 minute break in between. If I don’t eat now, I’ll be too tired to eat when I get home tonight! On the bright side, I used some tomatoes from our garden to make a quick and delicious sauce. So, tonight’s menu: salsiccia di pollo, fagiolini, e polenta con sugo di pommodorini. And I treated myself to a very small glass of the world’s greatest wine. Tobin James’ Ballistic Zin.
5:30 Finish the day off where I teach Italian at Traip academy in Kittery, Maine, just across the river from Portsmouth. Some of my students very kindly allowed me to photograph them. You can see from the image that using your hands is integral to expressing yourself in Italian!
Allora, Buona notte! Now head on over to Meg Hamilton’s blog to see what her day was like!
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