inspiration for delicious and beautiful living
Images of Christmas on La Bella Vita Farm Papa counting the number of hand-made tortellini for Christmas dinner! Tortellini en Brodo (in broth – also homemade) almost al dente and ready to serve! The Tennessee couple after Mass A table set for Christmas dinner. My first Christmas quilt finally hanging on the wall to enjoy {Read More}
.My parents have been here at the acreage for about 2 days now and my mother and I have already made a pot of Italian soup so dog gone large that I don’t have enough space to store the stuff in the frig/freezers..After the soup, Mama started on her Italian meatloaf, full of garlic! We {Read More}
.Fall semester of teaching at my university is finally over and I was able to put up my Christmas tree this weekend! For the first time this year, I played some lovely retro Christmas music from the classics sung by Andy Williams, Bing Crosby, Johnny Mathis, and more! I refuse, simply and absolutely refuse to {Read More}
How many of you enjoy a pie for your holidays? My family loves them! And since I don’t like pumpkin pie, and I LOVE cherry pie, my mother started a holiday tradition when I was a little girl in which we always have a cherry pie for every holiday now. Now it is expected that {Read More}
Here’s the brave hubby getting out on the roof on a cloudy Carolina December day to lovingly hang some of the Christmas wreaths! What a trooper! Good job, eh? It’s beginning to look a lot like a “Southern” Christmas (no snow)! More deco! And lastly, our 88 year old Italian Papa in the Christmas mood!
