I have gotten so lazy when it comes to this blog! I have much more to post than recipes (and a queue of about 20 recipe posts that still need to be made) but can never find the energy to do it.
These are colza flowers, used to make oil. They are all over the roadside here; it’s even hard to concentrate on driving when I pass them! Very expansive fields of bright flowers–who could look away? I assumed they were weeds since they grew seemingly overnight and are very tall, but a friend that lives in France corrected me. I think they will get quite a bit taller before they’re harvested, so hopefully I will get to enjoy them for a bit longer.
Gold Dior earrings. Joseph bought these for me a few weeks ago, completely unexpected! I’m glad I married someone with good taste in jewelry 
The gold is perfectly gilded, but the lettering caught the reflection of my camera in the middle photo.
I’m so glad it is getting warm out finally. The winters aren’t too bad here, but they are definitely longer than what I’m used to in Texas.
I bought these soaps in Paris last month. They are all different flavors, but they somehow work wonderfully together. Now my bathroom smells amazing!
The brown is vanilla; green is green tea; red is strawberry; yellow is magnolia; purple in the back is labelled “mure” and I’m not quite sure what that means just yet.
A post I made about my December trip to Germany was recently featured on the new travel website, Ruba.
Don’t know if I ever commented on those Dior earrings… but they are simply adorable. They’re also very ‘Alyssa’, I think — they just seem like your style spot-on.
Congratulations on being featured! I bet your blog would make a great book (pictures and all) someday. From the time period of when you first moved to Italy until the time comes when you move away from Italy… you have such a great story.
I would buy it!
you look quite lovely in these pictures!
“mûre” = blackberry
Oh the earings! And those lovely spring flowers! And Dior!
I like the dress (or is it a top?), it’s really pretty!