Olive picking in Tuscany and a bottle of Olive Oil, thereby
It is said the Chinese have a saying “May you live in interesting times”…which is meant as a curse when one is saying ‘Goodbye’ to someone one does not like. Right now, I think we are living in ‘Promising’ times. Two Events recently have taken place which support my thesis.
- The first Event is: It has been ‘Olive Picking’ time here… Friends getting together, helping out, picking the olives from one’s, or another’s trees. The usual compensation for which is a bottle of the olive oil, yielded from the pickings. It is ‘Good Times’
- The second Event: The Blue Wave. Why would I bring this up in my ‘Tuscan Blog’? …because the day after ‘The Vote’ – on my daily walk in our Piazza – I counted six ‘Locals’ …some of whom I barely know…who congratulated ME on the news. Every day since, at least two people; the mayors’ wife, two baristas, a baker lady…and so forth, have congratulated me – as if I had something to do with it. Even the Irishman who has been saying to me for the past year – in his thick brogue – “Ya get whatchya desarve!” – gave me a ‘Thumbs up” this very morning. Fascinating times. (I’m beginning to wonder what they thought of me before ‘the Vote’.)
Now what does Paragraphs 1 & 2 have to do with each other? To me, it goes to show if you take care of your Garden and pick and choose with care…you can come up with the goods.
