Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Commercial Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html
Just an overview from our 5th floor apartment in Cornuda, Treviso when we still lived in Italy.
From our balcony, and also from the rooftop to show the back.
We then drove in my Ford Escort to Madonna di Rocca from where the lot that we'd purchased is visible.
And of course we did stop at the old people's home, to feed their critters.
We always did so on our way to work and they knew our car or if we came to work by bike, they recognized us.
We both LOVE pets and this was such a natural thing to do!
Even more so on Christmas Eve.
Those black leather boots I'm wearing (gift from Italian friends) I still have, as well as the wool winter coat that I'd purchased in Pennsylvania just before moving to Italy.
If you view this video on YouTube and on your PC you will find the clickable markings below for reading and clicking on it. At 0:22 Church of Cornuda, Province of Treviso.
At 1:18 zooming in on the Church atop Madonna di Rocca.
Ciao cara Mariette, che piacere vederti nel tuo video in Italia. Anche noi amiamo gli animali e spiace vedere che questi erano tenuti così tanto affamati. Ora vorrei augurare a te e al tuo Pieter tanti cari auguri di buon Natale e, speriamo, un anno nuovo che veda una risoluzione a questa catastrofe mondiale. Un abbraccio di cuore, Lorena
Carissima Lorena, Grazie e sì, ci siamo sempre fermati a nutrire queste creature perché i loro proprietari erano persone molto vecchie. Solo una volta ho visto la vecchia signora sorridere e snodiare dietro la finestra... È così triste vedere gli animali domestici soffrire quando i loro proprietari sono troppo vecchi. Augurando a te e al tuo anche un felice anno nuovo! Abbiamo vissuto per 5 giorni senza Internet; che è stato terribile per essere amputato dal mondo e la famiglia e gli amici... Abbracci, Mariette
Dearest Victor, Thank you for your wishes and hoping you had a Merry Christmas yourself, together with your loved ones. We just got our Internet restored back after five days without... Hugs, Mariette
Dearest Kim, Thank you and only now, having just had our Internet restored on Sunday morning, I can reply to this. Too late obviously for wishing you a Merry Christmas. But the festivities continue... Hugs, Mariette
Hello Mariette, A merry Christmas to you and Pieter! It is cold and damp now in Taiwan, so not very comfortable, but if I get going and start doing things, I should warm up quickly enough. --Jim
Dearest Jim, Thank you for the Merry Christmas and only now on Sunday morning our Internet got restored back after five days out... Oh, we know exactly how that feels as we've lived at an altitude of 1,400 m in Java, Indonesia and without any heat or even worse, ability to de-humidify the air, it is not pleasant indoors. Those are moments you really miss the comfort of living in the U.S.A. Hope it has changed meanwhile. We have had some more frost and for the rest bright sunny weather. Hugs, Mariette
Querida Villa, Gracias por los deseos de una Feliz Navidad. Demasiado tarde para responderte, debido a haber estado desconectado de Internet durante 5 días. Acabamos de restaurarlo este domingo por la mañana... Abrazos, Mariette
Dearest Anne, Thank you and the same to you, even if this reaches you too late... We had no Internet for 5 days. Feels so good for having a technician come to our home on Sunday morning for restoring it. Hugs, Mariette
Dearest Travis, Thank you and it was a weird Christmas... Being cut off from the Internet was also devastating for not being able to do any video calls with loved ones abroad. But it got restored on a Sunday morning by a Spectrum technician! Hugs, Mariette
Lovely video! You are very kind to feed there critters. They look so excited to see you :-) Merry Christmas to you and your husband Pieter, and your sweet kitties!
Dearest Tamago, Thank you and yes, we did so very frequently, on our way to work and even making a special trip. Their owner was a very old lady... maybe too frail for doing it all. Once we saw her pulling the curtain back and nodding and smiling through the window. She approved of us loving her critters! Hugs, Mariette
Those poor critters looked very hungry! They were lucky to have you feed them! I wish you and Pieter a very merry Christmas, dearest Mariette! Many hugs!!!
Dearest Marie-Anne, Thank you and we both wondered if aside from the old and ailing woman we saw once behind the window, there would be anyone looking after her critters. Too late for a Merry Christmas your way but just this morning we got our Internet restored back after 5 days being without. Hugs, Mariette
Ciao cara Mariette, che piacere vederti nel tuo video in Italia.
ReplyDeleteAnche noi amiamo gli animali e spiace vedere che questi erano tenuti così tanto affamati.
Ora vorrei augurare a te e al tuo Pieter tanti cari auguri di buon Natale e, speriamo, un anno nuovo che veda una risoluzione a questa catastrofe mondiale.
Un abbraccio di cuore, Lorena
Carissima Lorena,
DeleteGrazie e sì, ci siamo sempre fermati a nutrire queste creature perché i loro proprietari erano persone molto vecchie. Solo una volta ho visto la vecchia signora sorridere e snodiare dietro la finestra... È così triste vedere gli animali domestici soffrire quando i loro proprietari sono troppo vecchi.
Augurando a te e al tuo anche un felice anno nuovo! Abbiamo vissuto per 5 giorni senza Internet; che è stato terribile per essere amputato dal mondo e la famiglia e gli amici...
Abbracci,
Mariette
❤️🎀🌨️
DeleteWishing you a Blessed Christmas to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Dearest Victor,
DeleteThank you for your wishes and hoping you had a Merry Christmas yourself, together with your loved ones.
We just got our Internet restored back after five days without...
Hugs,
Mariette
Merry Christmas to you both, Mariette. Wishing you good health, peace and joy. ❤️ 🙏
ReplyDeleteDearest Kim,
DeleteThank you and only now, having just had our Internet restored on Sunday morning, I can reply to this. Too late obviously for wishing you a Merry Christmas. But the festivities continue...
Hugs,
Mariette
Hello Mariette, A merry Christmas to you and Pieter! It is cold and damp now in Taiwan, so not very comfortable, but if I get going and start doing things, I should warm up quickly enough.
ReplyDelete--Jim
Dearest Jim,
DeleteThank you for the Merry Christmas and only now on Sunday morning our Internet got restored back after five days out...
Oh, we know exactly how that feels as we've lived at an altitude of 1,400 m in Java, Indonesia and without any heat or even worse, ability to de-humidify the air, it is not pleasant indoors. Those are moments you really miss the comfort of living in the U.S.A.
Hope it has changed meanwhile. We have had some more frost and for the rest bright sunny weather.
Hugs,
Mariette
Te deseo que pases una ¡FELIZ NAVIDAD!
ReplyDeleteSaludos desde Salamanca.
Querida Villa,
DeleteGracias por los deseos de una Feliz Navidad. Demasiado tarde para responderte, debido a haber estado desconectado de Internet durante 5 días. Acabamos de restaurarlo este domingo por la mañana...
Abrazos,
Mariette
Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteDearest Anne,
DeleteThank you and the same to you, even if this reaches you too late...
We had no Internet for 5 days. Feels so good for having a technician come to our home on Sunday morning for restoring it.
Hugs,
Mariette
Merry Merry And Happy Happy
ReplyDeleteLove & Light
Dearest Travis,
DeleteThank you and it was a weird Christmas...
Being cut off from the Internet was also devastating for not being able to do any video calls with loved ones abroad.
But it got restored on a Sunday morning by a Spectrum technician!
Hugs,
Mariette
Lovely video! You are very kind to feed there critters. They look so excited to see you :-)
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and your husband Pieter, and your sweet kitties!
Dearest Tamago,
DeleteThank you and yes, we did so very frequently, on our way to work and even making a special trip. Their owner was a very old lady... maybe too frail for doing it all.
Once we saw her pulling the curtain back and nodding and smiling through the window. She approved of us loving her critters!
Hugs,
Mariette
Those poor critters looked very hungry! They were lucky to have you feed them!
ReplyDeleteI wish you and Pieter a very merry Christmas, dearest Mariette!
Many hugs!!!
Dearest Marie-Anne,
DeleteThank you and we both wondered if aside from the old and ailing woman we saw once behind the window, there would be anyone looking after her critters.
Too late for a Merry Christmas your way but just this morning we got our Internet restored back after 5 days being without.
Hugs,
Mariette
Mariette wesołych świąt Bożego Narodzenia 🎄🎄🎄
ReplyDeleteNajdroższa Małgorzata,
DeleteDziękuję i cieszę się, że mamy nasz Internet z powrotem dziś rano po 5 dniach. Życzę Wesołych Świąt.
Uściski,
Mariette