A Visit to Altavilla

This is from our last little visit to Alta Villa, where we stayed the night, did drawing, dancing, running, playing, had supper, watched the moon, and Mauri worked in the fields!

Here are the pictures with some little stories:

This is one view from the house, showing the mountains and the sea.. beautiful!

Babacino decided to have a rare little sleep in the day, perhaps the fresh air of the countryside is sleep inducing! and so we decided to do some little drawings, using the chair made of recycled things, by Mauri. And of course we have our personal body guard, Frida!

and here are the 3 little drawings I did just quickly while Babacino was sleeping. My hands are a bit rusty, but at least we have started again! One day Babacino will have LOTS of crayons, and things for his hands to  play and make things with and because he will be in a sunny beautiful colorful country, then I hope he might like to make very colorful bright things. That's my theory, coming from Africa and England.

This is the first one I did... it doesn't look like him as such, but when he is sleeping his eyes look very big, so here you can see the big sleeping eyes of Babacino!

and here is a picture of the mountains and the sea at sunset with Babacino's hands, sort of, in a bit of a rush before he wakes up.

This one I actually did inside a bit later when he had ANOTHER short little sleep. he looks so peaceful and cute and small when he sleeps. Sometimes he wriggles and both is legs go up into the sky while he sleeps! 

While we were doing operation DRAW-SLEEP, Mauri was working in the fields, here you can see him building a wall, and burning things on his fire.

during the day we went to visit Mauri and have some tea in the fields, and here is Babacino saying hello to Papi!

Now it is night time, and Mauri is returning home from the fields. The fire will just burn and by the morning it will be little wisps of smoke. Working in the fields is very hard work and so Mauri will be VERY hungry, just like Babacino after 3 or 4 hours of growing! 

And now it is supper time, and the Chef of Tarling Street has made some delicious yummy pasta, and we also had some 'sfincione' I think, which is one of the most divine things you can eat in Sicily. One day soon I will write a blog about the culinary delights of Sicily, where you can find the best best food in the world!!

After supper it is lovely to walk out into the moon light and to be able to stand with your feet on the land. Babacino loves being in the moonlight and luckily the evenings are not yet cold so Babacino can come outside.

And here he is with Papi!

Of course, there are always lots of hugs and kisses for Babacino, even under the moonlight!

Babacino also likes to think about his day and reflect, he looks like quite a grown up boy here

And the next day it is time for more sunshine and playing. Here is Babacino all ready to rock and roll!

And finally, whilst I was out running in the morning, Babacino and Mauri were playing. Playing, Dancing, Singing, and even working in the fields. This is a picture of dancing and singing!

then later it was home time.... soon we'll be writing another story of a day in the life of Babacino, Mauri and Me!!  Grazie Raggazzie!