New Year resolutions 1

Gigi simply loves tuna...

Happy 2013

We wish you a very happy (and feline!!!) New Year! :-) 

Do you remember?

Strange discoveries about cats' brain...

Christmas Cats

Happiness is being near the ones whe love...

Christmas presents...

What is Kara giving Gigi? Have a guess...

Kittens, kittens everywhere

I'm afraid I just see cats everywhere...

Do you see the cat in this pic?

And now? ^___^

Sensitive cats

Gigi is afraid his human might feel lonely at dinner...

Merry Christmas

A merry, merry Christmas time to all of you, our dear, beloved friends :-)

Our medieval Christmas

This year we're spending Christmas time in Gubbio. It's a medieval town in middle Italy that clambers up the side of a mountain. It is famous for an episode in Saint Francis of Assisi's life, where he tamed a wild and dangerous wolf. Walking through these streets is like making a travel back in time. I'm always expecting princesses and knights to come out from a house... but they never appear, after all.

These narrow doors are typical of Gubbio and are called "The dead door", because once they thought that people used them to bring the dead out of the houses. But they have no reason to believe this story to be true.

A Renaissance fresco

Truffle is a local speciality

Palazzo dei Consoli, XIV century

Medieval roofs..

A medieval view

Lavender

The famous wolf

A Christmas tree made of books

Christmas ornaments on a door

Bridge over the river

The ancient roman theatre...

Mulled wine

A XV century inn

The King's dish: samples of typical food.

Gospel night with The Spirit of New Orleans.

"I thought I saw a pussycat!"

Another medieval view

Medieval view from a bridge.

Nativity

Christmas lights

The biggest Christmas tree in the world

Love at Christmas

Love is the perfect gift for Christmas. And our pets always know how to give us love...

Christmas presents

Pets are not Christmas presents. Please, think about it...

Memoirs

One of the very first things I ever published (a short story, in 1992) on Fun Press, the British Council of Naples' magazine. Illustrations by Adrienne Harrison.

Pics from Naples

A brief photographic journal of my vacation (in case you're curious about it...)

Before I left, Kara tried to hide in my suitcase.

Morning star (that tiny yellow dot in the sky...)

Sunrise glory on a typical neapolitan landscape.

Here comes the sun...

The baroque church of Gesù Nuovo, built between 1584 and 1725.

A votive altar dedicated to Maradona, a real hero for local people.

Toledo Street subway station: the most beautiful in Europe, they say...

Christmas treats and sweets

Beautiful stray cats.

Every year famous characters are introduced in the traditional neapolitan presepio (crèche or nativity scene). This is Lady Gaga...

Letter to Santa

If Gigi could write Santa Claus, this is what he'd ask him...
Well, perhaps he'd add a third tuna fish ;-)

Things I need to be happy

There are not many things I need to be happy.
But they're very, very precious...

Leaving is so sad

I live in Milan, but I come from Naples.
For many a reason, this year I'll spend Christmas time with my family, while my cats and my sweetheart will stay here at home together.
So this morning I have to leave.
But it's so, so sad having to leave them here and spend Christmas time without them...
I really wish they could come with me :-(

Blindfold

Honestly, I can really tell Kara from Jazz or Jazz from Gigi blindfold.
First of all, they have different voices. Kara chirps and squeaks, while Jazz bleats and Gigi meows.
Then they have different sizes and weights: Kara is very light, Gigi is very heavy and Jazz is just in the middle.
They purr differently, and their fur feel different under my fingers.
Yet sometimes I can make mistakes..

Snow!

This morning we woke up in a snow-white world...