A dear friend came back last week from a quick trip to Sicily and being both generous and well brought up had gifts for us all. Mine was a heavenly lemon-scented bar of soap which joined the stash in my underwear drawer but not before I noticed the warning on the back of its pretty label
"Prodotto Cosmetico Tenere lontano della portata dei bambini. "
Yes, that's right . Keep out of the reach of children. In case they melt? Anyway no worries, my stash of gorgeous soap is only for me and children just get scrubbed with the ordinary stuff
Autumn seems to be beginning,
There are hardly any big boats going past any more
The municipal flower beds are getting a bit scruffy
and it rains every day.
But there's an upside : stalls full of corn cobs and pumpkins at the Friday market, curly kale's back in the shops and lots of apples and pears. The house smells of cinnamon again… It's time to fatten myself up for Christmas...
8 comments:
It's a good season. Cool days, cold nights, bright colors.
I bet the warning on the lemon soap is to keep kids from eating it because it smells so good!
oooh, I love smelly soap!
Husband is currently using a squirty thing to spray under his tongue. It says, 'Do not inhale'.
Anything that smells like food might entice children to eat it? Lemon soap, mmmmmm...
I can't imagine why a bar of soap should be kept away from children. Because they'll try to eat it? Because they'll throw it out of the window? Inespicabile!
I thought I hadn’t seen you for a long time. Mind you I’ve rather neglected blogging for the last three years but I believe I have got my second or third wind and might enjoy it again. we’ll see. I have always enjoyed writing, maybe blogging will be the way in again.
Are you well? Still a European? I am a settled status-er now.
I hope you had a good Christmas. How is life for both of you? I thought you hadn't popped up in my reading list in blogger for a while xx
Hope your enjoying your Sicilian soap...
"Lu rispettu รจ misuratu, cu lu porta l’avi purtato"....
"Respect is measured:- Whoever pays it to others,
will be respected"
(Old Sicilian proverb)
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