Our magical wildflower haven. The perfect place to spend a late afternoon 😴😴😴☀️☀️☀️ #countrysidelife #istria #istrialife #terramagica #houseforsale #propertyforsaleinistria #istriareno *link in bio* 
Potreberro essere campioni 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 #Italia 
Sun’s out so power washer is out. Obviously 🙄 The beautiful pale-blue, *specialist concrete paint* turned out not to be as specialist as we wanted, and it was flaking in too many places. So, three days of pressure washing later & the patio is almost back to where we started. Concrete. Although, I have to say, looking very clean. And, we’re getting cracking tans being out in it all day. Silver linings, and all that! The paint on the steps and the platform in front of the door, seems to have survived as all that that’s needed, has been a blast to clean it up. Still haven’t got around to getting the garden tiles, which we’ll be putting down in two separate areas - I know the house is #forsale but they’ll be coming with us. So, in the meantime, new outdoor rugs are going down & finally, the new sunbeds will have their first outing. The ones, which we painted pale blue, are now joined together & a blow up double mattress, covered in a throw & cushions, makes for a very relaxing, early evening resting place 😴😴😴😴 Working hard to get the garden ship-shape, as tomorrow is an exciting day. We have our first physical viewing of the house!!! Wish us luck, please 🙏 #houseforsale #propertyforsaleinistria #newlifenewowners #wishusluck #istria #istrialife 
A pot of #sunshine outside the front door. The bulbs were planted way back, at the end of the winter, and I now have no idea what these flowers are. But they are just the cheeriest, most sunshiney blooms! Anyone know what they are called? #sunshineyellow #potsofcolour #frombulbstoblooms #sunshineatmydoor #summertime #istria #istrialife #istriareno #yellowpetals #ourcountrygarden #countrylife #istria #istrialife 
The #dahlias have been incubated & cared for & nourished & encouraged, like no other plants we’ve ever had. Hopefully our plant parenting is starting to pay off, as they are starting to bloom... #anistriangarden #istria #istrialife #dahliasofinstagram #abouttobloom #cornerofourgarden #summersunshine #istriareno #popsofcolour #loveourgarden #houseforsale #propertyforsaleinistria *website link in bio* 
Hello new week :) Beautiful Monday morning, with the hallway flooded with sunshine. Bedroom shutters still closed as the early morning sun hits these windows. Summer is here ☀️☀️☀️ #summermornings #summerinistria #june #mondaymonday #istria #istrialife #istriareno #tableofgold #goldensunshine #ranunculus 
Could be the 1940s. A different era. But this was not that long ago, outside the #Duomo in #Ortigia, #Sicily. Sometimes you just stumble across something very beautiful. I love that she (and I have no idea if she was just passing by as well) looks as if she is with him & supporting his performance. Like I say, from a different era... #siracusa #streetperformer #italy #bygonetimes #blackandwhitephotography #sepiaphotography #italy🇮🇹 #roadtrip #whenwecouldtravel 
Green #Istria... #greenistria #greenhills #retrogreen #sundaymorningsunshine #istria #summertime #ontheroad 
The morning after the night before. We found this beautiful restaurant in #Verona, away from the #Arena & #PiazzaErbe, down by the #riveradige. The arches were covered in twinkling lights & big pillar candles, in hurricane lamps, lit up the pathway. The menu was in Italian - no translations - and was just pinned up on the wall, on brown paper, with crossings out & the odd addition/change. Presumably to reflect the ingredients as they started to run out. We took a chance, looking at what other people were eating, and between a combination of pretty basic Italian & much pointing, we ended up with the most memorable, delicious meal. It was lovely to walk past the next morning, when all of the chatter & laughter & hustle & bustle had stopped. Just beautiful! It pays to get #offthebeatentrack... #italy #roadtrip #theroadlesstravelled #medievalcity #weloveitaly #veneto #lambertitower #romeoandjuliet 
Everything about #antipaxos is just perfection. The little speedboat you need to take from #Paxos, the colour of the water, the beaches, the fact that it is so under-developed. A couple of beach tavernas - our favourite, with the most amazing food & the the most gymnastic waiter! - and that’s about it. If you miss the last boat back at 5pm & haven’t secured one of the handful of rooms available on the tiny island, then you’re spending the night on the beach... #ionianislands #ioniansea #vrikabeach #paradiseisland #greece #whenwecouldtravel #takemeback #summerdays #islandsinthesun #tranquility 
They absolutely do. They really do... #newdirection #ideasthatcometoyouinthenight #lightbulbmoments #propertyforsaleinistria #madideabutgoodidea #goingforit 
Tomorrow is the day... 🇮🇹 #Italia #azzurri #forzaazzurri🇮🇹 #euro2020 
Unmistakably #Greece. The light, the colours of the shutters, the rambling #bougainvillea. An idyllic couple of days spent in this house just outside of #Fiskardo on #kefalonia. Not planned - we just decided to stay after visiting this pretty harbour town. Couldn’t have found somewhere better. Breakfast consisted of everything homemade - jams, bread, honey, juices or grown/produced on the land around the house - strawberries, honey, olive oil. Owned by a French woman, who’d moved from #Paris and was a classical pianist. Which she played from the top floor. Utter bliss 🌟 #ionianislands #cephalonia #wanttogoback #bluesandwhites #whenwecouldtravel #islandlife #greekislands #ioniansea #islandhopping #summerdays 
Night time market in #Cesena #emiliaromagna #forli #italy - packed full of wonderful stalls selling local produce. 
It’s all happening in the garden. The potted #ramblingrose has burst into beautiful pink blooms & is beginning to climb up the side of the door. The #virginiacreeper is getting thicker & greener by the day - hopefully it will cover the front wall very soon. Now that these two beauties are blooming, today might be the day to give the front door a lick of paint & get the platform, with the Istrian stone well, looking summer ready 🌷☀️🍃 #sunnydays #stormshavegone #prettypinks #zrenj #stridone #istria #istrialife #propertyforsaleinistria #housesforsaleinistria #renovatedhouse #mygardenmyblooms #istriareno 
The #Adriatic Highway on a trip down to #Zadar, #Tisno & #murterisland. The #jadranskamagistrala is a stunning road which hugs the coast all the way. In places, it as dramatic & beautiful as the #amalficoast road in #Italy. But with about one hundredth of the traffic. Absolutely stunning. #roadtrip #croatia #routee65 #coastaldrive #adriaticsea #andrelax 
We’re on #iriswatch. They are emerging through the #lavender. Summer garden is ON! #istria #zrenj #stridone #summertime 
Finally, the #wildflower colour is emerging 🌷🥀🌹🥀🌻 #ourgardeninzrenj #wildflowers #lavender #reclaimtheland #popsofcolour #summerinthegarden #summernights #houseforsale #istria #istrialife #stridone #croatia #croazia #istriareno