Flight school

What notable things happened today?

Thursday, 13 June 2024

Logbook from Sanremo, Italy

Today I and Fiore went for a walk in Sanremo center. The sky was of intense blue, towards the hills there were big black clouds, but here, in the past days, we observe that it rains little, so it’s better enjoy of this beautiful place.

Near the ex railway station, we noticed a baby seagull in trouble; he was walking and couldn’t take flight. His mother flighting near, called him, to help him.

While a car was to arrive, the little took flight, his mother, with the beak, pushed him to get up and we, with a beating heart, applauded them. Wonderful spectacle of nature😆, school of flight and life…for us.😉

Special moon light🌕

Monday, 19 February 2024

From our “Via col Van logbook”

Fiore was leaving the motorhome to do the usual post dinner things: load drinking water, add sand to the cat litter and finally, throwing out the garbage, and turning off the gas, he had some time to relax; This monday he call me out, to see a spectacular phenomenon of the moon.

The moon was circled, brightly, we had never seen like this.

I got information to understand. Is defined as “halo of 22°, it is caused by the refraction of light on the ice crystals, that make up the clouds…popular beliefs say that after the circled moon the weather worsens.😔 In fact, is from Tuesday that it’s raining and snow, where temperatures allow.

Surely it will be magic!

…and 🤔the next year we could go to the moon.🌜

Ibiscus/karkadé🌺

IBISCUS, acrylics on wood board, LF 2007

Hibiscus Sabdariffa is the name of the flower that, when is dried up, becomes karkadé. It belongs to the Malvacee family and is originary from Abissinia, for this, it is also known as “tea of Abissinia”.

Karkadé is an excellent drink, rich in vitamin C, ideal for drinking during summer.

This drink isn’t just thirst-quenching, but it’s a real panacea! Beyond vitamin C, contain Iron, vitamin B6 and B 12, magnesium, calcium and vitamin D, with beta carotenoid the picture is completed in a really healthy drink.

When we need a natural anti-inflammatory, to fight a cold to maintain a good cerebral health and keep immunitary defenses up, karkadé is good hot, in water infusion for about 8 minutes or is possible put it in a bottle of cold water waiting to see it become of an intense color red.

I like very much this flower, in fact at my parents home in Milan we had always on our balcony; the best are red or yellow with brilliant colors😀.

In Portugal, Algarve has very large plants of Ibiscus… This plants needs hot and light to grow well! I think is not the same specie to make karkadé but it’s healthy even just looking at it, elements of nature are miraculous.🌺

Curó refuge

Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting.

Close my new home, in Valbondione, Alta Val Seriana, Bergamo,Lombardia, there are more than one refuge…Curó refuge is the next I want to go and visit.

Walking, in three hours is reachable, with a medium difficulty path.

Curó refuge is at 1915 m above the sea level and it is surrounded in the beautiful nature of the natural park of Orobie bergamasche.