i am working on working on my blog here....trying to figure it all out..are we liking the large photos? hmmmm..i see i set that all by myself. they do show up well. needing to delete a few things, that may be another day, haven't figured it out yet.

an interesting blog a friend turned me onto is
http://www.orangette/ for the cook and homemade lifestyle. i am baking her whole wheat chocolate chip cookies as i type and if the dough is any measure....tasty! digestive biscuit/chocolate chip combo.

we were talking italy...ahhh, bella italia...this is an ideal spot to get away from it all, smack in the mountains of northern italy and off the beaten path. check it out..
http://www.bellabaita.com/.