culture
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More than One way to Dye in Italy
This afternoon we went to the home of Lucia Nesi in Colle di Compito. Lucia is a member of the Antiche Tessiture Lucchesi (Antique Textiles of Lucca). After a quick introduction, we started to collect fern leaves and different plants, etc to naturally dye wool. Those of you that know me know I have no…
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Opera Concert in Lucca
Dinner quickly approached and we made our way to a restaurant where we were met by one of Heathers colleagues Debra, who writes the bagni di lucca and beyond blog, and her husband Jim. After dinner we walked to ‘I Concert degli Angeli Custodi’ (Concert of the Guardian Angels) which featured opera singers Giancarlo Monsalve…