living vicariously

My internet family is flung far and wide.
We have Australians we love, people we care about in the UK, pals in Japan and Canadians who are dear to us.
Last week I got vacation photos from Paola. (I was going to write: poor blogless Paola but these pictures will have you envying her as opposed to pitying her for her lack of a blog.) I thought I'd share them as she invited me to post them for her friends (though, sadly, it will do NOTHING to spur her to start blogging).
In any event, I thought you should see some of them...and have my commentary OF COURSE.



Vacationing in the Dolomites looks romantic. And cold.



But there are still birds there. Vacationing birds.



Our friend Fabio takes beautiful photos.



He has an artist's eye...



and a wonderful appetite for food and life.



Brizio is our little pal - and translator.



Paola is our snow-bunny.



But Fabio is our eyes - at least I THINK he took all these shots.



Even though he speaks no English and we speak no Italian, we have been able to communicate. We see things as he does.



It's possible that Paola took some of these pictures - I'm not sure.



It doesn't matter.
The point is: our Italian family went on vacation last month and we were "there" with them.