Summer Solstice!

Santa Barbara's Annual Summer Solstice!  Including our pre-parade and after party!  Enjoy the photos - xo Rhoda

Horseback Riding Tuscany

If anyone is interested in the location we stayed in Tuscany, it was the Rendola Riding Center.  Our wonderful host Jenny Bawtree and her horse, Silver, guided us through the beautiful countryside.  See below for address, website and Facebook info!

AGRITURISMO RENDOLA RIDING
Centro di equitazione di campagna

affiliato ENGEA

Country guest house and riding centre

Via della Fonte 45
Rendola Valdarno

52025 Montevarchi (Ar)
tel +39 055 9707045
http://www.rendolariding.it

BLOG AND FACEBOOK

https://ridingintuscany.wordpress.com/

http://www.facebook.com/ridingintuscany

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cooking-in-Tuscany/180489875358160

Caught in the act!

Look what Bootsie was doing while Momma was on vacation!  Naughty girl!

Florence, Tuscany, and Rome

Giddy Up!!  I just returned from an amazing trip in Italy!  This time I brought my husband and my travel husband!  We mixed horseback riding and touring, visiting Florence, went all over Tuscany, and finished off in Rome. We ate pasta, pasta, and more pasta!  The food and people were amazing.  I wore a different Single Silk Scarf every day on the horse - it was such a great travel piece!  They all washed and ironed out great. Here are some photos of the trip.  Hope you enjoy!

 Picnic in the park overlooking Florence

 View in Florence

 How do you like my new glasses? Lime green of course!

 Doug & I in Florence

 Cowboy Bill Otto & I

 My secret to mounting a horse!

 Tuscan Villa where we stayed

Our beautiful Tuscan Villa

 My horse Neroni and I

 Beautiful Tuscan town with a waterfall running through it

 Letting my horse be naughty!

 Doug & I in Rome

My fabulous Italy purchases!

Summer Cover-Up

We LOVE this new way to wear the 1/2 Moon Shape T-Knit Wrap!  Sent to us by our store, From the Gecko, in St. Croix, Virgin Islands.  They sell tons of 1/2 moon wraps to skirt around bathing suits, stole around the shoulders, and now this cute cover top:

Available in tons of colors and 2 different fabrics, check them all out on the website: www.caronmiller.com

Napa!

We took a great trip to Napa wine country for our friend Lola's birthday where we had lots of wine, delicious food, good friends, and stayed in a house on the Robert Mondavi Vineyard - A fabulous getaway! Here are some pics:

Birthday Scarf!

Product sighting from Lola Tinney wearing her new birthday scarf - a single panel silk in the aqua dot print!  It looks beautiful!