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Sorry girls !!! We landed (I, Matteo and Tobia) one week ago in Milano, so we are in Italy for our summer holidays!!!! We have had a lot to do in these last days, but the reason I didn't write any post yet is due to the apparent death of my laptop..... Not nice!!! I'm waiting for good news from the technician who is handling my computer, as I'm desperate to share the wrist warmers photo tutorial!!! Please  be patient and take care !!! xxxx Alessandra 6

At the beginning of March, I received an email from Elena (aka Midsommarflicka), designer and DIYer , blogger at  It was weekend  and contributor at  Dream a little bigger  !!!! In the nice email Elena sent to me, there was a kind request to take part in an interview …. just a few questions to answer…. I mean, why not???? I can do that, right? …. If you are curious to know a little more about myself (the crafter behind all that crocheting!), well I invite you to have a nice read at the  interview  and let me know what your impressions are !!!! Thank you a lot!!!!! xxxx Alessandra

So, we start again with BEAUTY IS WHERE YOU FIND IT photo challenge!!!! This is my little photo participation …. … a bright dandelion picked for me by Tobia …. kept safe in my scarf ….. If you desire to join or to see more amazing pics, just visit  luzia pimpinella  right  HERE  !!! Thank you! xxxx, Alessandra

I've been there once in my twenties…. So,  a couple of days before New Year's Eve, Matteo Tobia and I decided to pay a visit to the animals of the  London Zoo …. We took our first tube train of the holiday and we reached Camden Town. From there we had a 15 minutes walk to the gates of the zoo. It was a cold morning (what else?) with blue blue skies and I had a  new warmer jacket on my shoulders (and my chunky scarf  + my  lovely hat  !!!!) : we were all covered up for the occasion!!! I don't love zoos, but I love animals a lot and so do my boys. Zoos have their limits, but I love their animals' conservation projects, so I hope our money will be used for a good cause! We had a lot of encounters (I loved the tigers and the giraffe, deeply!) but I didn't take pics of them all (such as reptiles! bleah), but we did see all of them! The boys had the map in their hands and I had to follow their decisions…. We had even an unexpected meeting …. ...