Pignotto 2006

1 Warm and well furnished	2	3	4 Looking west to the mountains around dawn
5 The main piazza in Ascoli dressed for Carnival	6 The view from the bedroom	7 Montedinove across the valley looking lovely	8 Monte dell'Ascensione to the south
9 Looking west towards the big mountains along the Tesino valley	10 A well earned rest	11 Italian retail art	12 Pruning our olive trees
13 Maureen and her assistant working in the garden	14 Montedinove at the start of June	15 and then at the beginning of June!!	16 Carlo's new vines inundated with poppies. Next day he cleared them all out.
17 Corno Grande (2950m) in the Gran Sasso National Park	18 Towards the end of June the sunflowers started	19 The garden with part finished water feature and celebration pots	20 Flo and her 'amorata' Billy who doesn't reciprocate her feelings
21 One Fine Day he will be nice to me !	22 The annual procession through Castignano (pop 2300!) celebrating its past. It ended with a jousting competition on the football ground.	23	24
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29	30	31	32 A couple of the many wonderful sunsets
33 A couple of the many wonderful sunsets	34 Carlo, his grapes and vines	35	36 The 'unspoilt' top of Monte dell' Ascencione
37 Me and my celebration tree just planted	38 The view from M Sibilla looking back to M del'Ascensione	39 The beautiful autumn colours	40
41	42	43 Monte Dell' Ascensione (1108m)	44 So that's where scarecrows go in winter.
45	46	47 The little road to our little paradise