Tag: Siena

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Abandoned

  Many Minnesotans would suggest the stark icy landscape of Lake Superior this winter is the epitome of abandoned — all warm temperatures have made themselves scarce this season, as we “celebrate” our 65th day of sub-zero temperatures in Duluth today.  (Weather Underground has been kind enough to do a daily sub-zero tally update for those […]

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  02/28/2014

  Travel

  abandoned, abbey, Duluth, Italy, Lake Superior, Minnesota, postaday, ruins, San Galgano, Siena, sub-zero temperatures, weekly photo challenge

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Masterpiece

  If I could post a photo of Bernini’s “Apollo and Daphne” sculpture, I would . . . alas, the Borghese Gallery prohibited photography so all I have is my memory of standing with my husband and two boys, just the four of us in the presence of that incredible statue, awed into hushed silence, absorbing […]

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  07/26/2013

  Travel

  Apollo and Daphne, Bernini, Duomo, Italy, masterpiece, postaday, sculpture, Siena, St. Jerome, weekly photo challenge

• 20 Years of Food and Friendship

  The header photo on the home page of my blog is a scene of the Chianti countryside from the drive back to Siena from Panzano.  To me, it embodies a classic Tuscan view — the rolling hills, the grapevines, the olive trees, the cluster of old buildings comprising a little hill town.  It also reminds me […]

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  09/09/2012

  Eat, Travel

  dinner club, Florence, food, friendship, Italy, Panzano, Siena, Tuscany, villa, wine