Back On the Terrace At Ospedale

I've been trying to write something (anything) for several days now and whenever I start, I get a few lines and then manage to convince myself that it sounds like rubbish and I stop writing. Sometimes inspiration can be such a fleeting thing. Like even with this entry, I feel like stopping. For some reason I am feeling ancy, not sure why. Haven't done much work today. Richard has left for Florence last night and won't be back until this evening. I cleared the piles of Rosemary prunings and restained the doors to the kitchen, did some reading and listening to music, had a shower....I've had a bit of a headache all today, and I was thinking as I listen to the sky exploding with thunder in the distance that it's most likely due to the change in atomospheric pressure. Dang storms wreaking havoc on my sinuses. Oddly enough it appears to have missed this house entirely (for the time being). There is supposed to be isolated showers and storms until midnight but all the storms seem to be sliding passed here due south.

My plans for the coming weeks remain nothing but a skeleton. I've contacted at least 8 couchsurfers with requests to crash on their couches for the 3 days I will be in Milan but none have responded. Quite odd. I am also still without a ride to Munich from Milan and I am still without an address for Ralph. So things are pretty much just in limbo X10 right now. The one thing that is concrete is my Ireland plans. I have found a family willing to host me for two weeks in July. I am quite excited about that; online I looked up the area and apparently it's where people go "to get away from it all." I have also been presented with an opportunity to photograph someone's garden and earn a bit of cash. I'm a bit worried though because the woman has said she would like 20 quality shots. Seeing as though I've never done paid work, let alone photograph a garden, AND that I was recommended by a friend, the pressure is building. We'll see how it goes. It may work out or it may not. I suppose I should just have confidence in my photographic skills and go with it.

I can't help but feel like if I were to go around to the other side of this house I'd be met with some kind of ominous looking wall of dark gray cloud ready to spew loads of rain. The air has that calm before the storm feeling and my danged sinuses are killing me. There is still sun and blue sky to the north and west however. Guess we'll see where the next few weeks take me. There's sure to be more adventure headed my way. Until next time....



Zach