Am slightly anxious as lots of times in my experience things do not go according to plan. And very often in Pisticci. I would prepare for what I thought was every eventuality , but something I had never considered would happen .

So I’ll need to just try and stay open minded about getting my stove fixed. It might be thought that I am complicating matters…..but we’ll see.

However there is more to life than a stove and today I had what I am describing as my 3d Christmas lunch.

It was a lovely morning and I forgot to take a photo of the temperature outside the farmacia which said 19C.

It was great to sit outside in the sunshine and chat and eat.

While sitting there I saw 2 big paintings I did a few years ago related to the ” pittore di Pisticci ” being carried into a building. It seems there is to be an exhibition relating to this at the weekend. Lots of artists were part of this project

It was fun taking photos on the way home.

I spent a lot of the afternoon with the door open…..had to shut it using a hammer as it seems to have changed shape.

Fluffy came in to have a sleep.

I experimented a little with Mastodon incase Twitter disappears. I don’t really understand how it works, but I can post things and have found a few people to follow.

@bellabasilicata@mastodon.world

At least that’s who I am until I know better.

Hopefully Elon Musk will get tired of playing with twitter and sell it again.

I would miss twitter and all the virtual friends I’ve made over the years.

The stoveman should be arriving any minute so I’d better stop now.

Cheers 🍷🍷

I was not wrong about the unexpected happening. The stoveman arrived and said he’d been before. I was surprised as the ” person” I’ve been communicating with had a name I definitely didn’t recognise. After he went ( coming back Monday) I checked and he is in fact the person I was going to contact if the unknown person I’ve been corresponding with didn’t respond. That would have been tricky!!!

So I am going to ask him on Monday why he has 2 names. I didn’t see that coming!!