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Wakey Wakey Posted by Serena on Oct 29, 2013
Dear readers, I hope I didn’t send you all to sleep with my last two posts, So Sleepy and Ninna Nanna? Well if I did, let’s hope this blog will wake you all up again, because today we’re going to have a look a some of the vocabulary that we use when we talk about…
Ninna Nanna Posted by Serena on Oct 25, 2013
A few days ago I wrote a ‘sleepy’ post … which I hope you managed to stay awake long enough to read! Here’s another word that we use for going to sleep/bed when we’re talking to children, la nanna. Let’s look at a couple of typical examples of how it’s used: forza, è ora di…
So Sleepy Posted by Serena on Oct 22, 2013
Yesterday evening we arrived home in Italy after a three day drive across Europe from England. Now, there’s only one thing I can think of: Sleep. Well dear readers, let’s see if I can stop yawning long enough to write you a sleepy little blog. Guess what it’s going to be about … Some Sleepy…
My Tomato Sauces Posted by Serena on Oct 15, 2013
A few days ago I wrote a post about my busy summer spent making all sorts of conserves (preserves) with the products from our orto (vegetable garden). Today I’m going to share with you a couple of my favourite recipes for preserving tomatoes: Passata di Pomodoro (sieved tomatoes), and Sugo Bella Napoli (Beautiful Napoli Sauce)…
Chasing Autumn Posted by Serena on Oct 8, 2013
Sabato mattina abbiamo cominciato il nostro annuale viaggio per l’Inghilterra nella nostra povera vecchia FIAT Punto, che invece preferirebbe andare in pensione. La prima sorpresa l’abbiamo trovata pochi chilometri dopo aver lasciato casa: da noi il cielo era azzurro, prometteva di essere una bella giornata di fine estate, ma mentre ci avvicinavamo al il Passo…
A Busy Summer Posted by Serena on Oct 4, 2013
This summer I have been very busy making all sorts of conserve (preserves) with produce both from our orto (vegetable garden) and kind donations from my friends, who rather enjoy the end products. Let’s see what’s in mia dispensa (my pantry): I started the production line in May with la marmellata di fragole (strawberry jam)…
The Fall of my Guardian Angel Posted by Serena on Sep 27, 2013
In this little story from my childhood I’ve mainly used two verb tenses: imperfetto, which I’ve marked in purple, and passato prossimo, which is in red. Quando ero bambina in casa avevamo una statuina in ceramica di un angelo, che mia madre diceva essere il nostro angelo custode: era alta circa 10 cm, aveva la…