| Ciao tutti! As Ray reported elsewhere, he's been here with us in Tuscany getting into mischief. And here's the proof.
Here he is, with someone who might pass for finbar, in what passes for a main street in the tiny town of Castiglion Fiorentino:
Now, for those of you with long memories, I kept myself busy over winter building a new vegie garden out at our friends' olive farm. I finally finished it:
And here's Ray planting some melons in the new garden:
And still at it:
Oh, and here's a crop of broad beans and a crop of peas in the new garden. First crops at the back, second crops closer to camera:
Later, Ray attended to the starting of pumpkin and squash seeds in the Italian version of jiffy pots:
Later in the week, we thought Ray was enjoying himself too much. Much too much. So we took him to a Sunday lunch with some expats living locally. Where he was earbashed for more hours than he cares to remember:
Tomorrow he heads off to France. He's threatening to return before he heads back to Australia. We're lining up the earbasher in case he does. | 
