The Last Rosebuds

My husband clipped the last rosebuds of the season at our summer house today. They are pale yellow, long and extremely slender. Reminding me of opera divas, they struggle to hold up their heads; barely alive, singing their last aria.

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FIONA HORNING
Masseria Le Nicchie

By the miracle of air travel we have arrived in Puglia, Italy. Puglia is a region on the coast directly east of Naples. The Gargano peninsula rises up up rocky and imposing protecting the internal farmland that looks easily like Missouri; flat and green with the young harvest of corn to come.

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FIONA HORNING