Easter Greetings!

La mia ragazza and I wish everydoggie, kitteh, hammie and hooman

Buona Pasqua (Happy Easter)!

Tanti baci!

Lucia

If Music be the Food of Love, Click "Play"

Ciao, miei amici!

Call it fate, or kismet or -- my favorite -- destino (destiny) but sometimes, it just seems certain things are meant to be! This is a molto speciale (very special) post dedicated to il mio dolce azzurro ragazzo (my sweet blue boy), theBUSTER. Sigh ... he is un sogno! (a dream!)

(I'll let you in on a little secret: you'll have to read Buster's Sunday post to figure out what my post for today means...!!)

Tanti baci!

Lucia

PeeEss: Santa vacca (holy cow), la mia ragazza almost lost all of her remaining marbles trying to follow the PhotoShop directions, can you tell!?!? Giggle...!!!

Monday Morning Thoughts

Ciao, miei amici,

These fiori (flowers) are for the people of Italia Centrale

Stiamo pregando per tutti voi. (We are praying for all of you.)

Abbracci di conforto,

(Hugs of comfort)

Lucia

Troppo Occupato!

She’s been busy, I’ve been bored … that spells t-r-o-u-b-l-e
Un italiano lezione in una storia
(An Italian Lesson in a Story)

Ciao miei amici!

You know those days when you want your umana (hooman) to AGGIORNA (update) YOUR BLOGGIE, ALREADY and to giocare (play) but no matter how long you sit nicely and stare at her sweetly,

she just won’t stop working to pay much attention to you? And you know how you stubbornly refuse to give up because you just know that if she’d take a short break and lanciare la palla (throw the ball) with you, she’d really like it? And you know how you bark a little to remind her of this, but nothing happens, so then you bark louder and a lot more …

… until she gets up from her scrivania (desk) and says, “Let’s go outside,” and you’re really happy? And you know how you both walk outside and she clips on your lead and then goes back inside so you instantly realize that “let’s go outside,” really means, “you’re going outside” and you get a little … irritati (irritated)? And you know how you look around your yard, feeling frustrated, until you spot the dirt in the giardino fiorito (flower garden) and trot over to check it out, and even though you KNOW you’re going to catch the dickens later for doing it, you don’t care and so you start to … dig? And then you know how, before you realize it, your viso e zampe (face and paws) are all dirty and there’s un grande buco (a big hole) in the flower garden and lots of mud everywhere? And then you know how you hear la porta (the door) open and you think, wuh-ohhhh and then you hear something like this:

“LUCIASTOPRIGHTTHISMINUTEISWEARYOUAREADEVILDOG!!”

Well, that happened to me today. Sigh. Or maybe giggle … I don’t know which, really!! BTW, mia ragazza is testing out a new photo editing program that she found on the Internets – can you tell!!?!? She thinks drawing those red horns on my noggin is realllllly funny. Hmmph.

Importante!
And now, under the heading of, “Not Related to the Original Bloggie Topic but Very, Very Important,” here’s a molto speciale (very special) ode to Principe Azzurro. The literal translation of Principe Azzurro is “Blue Prince,” but it’s also an Italian idiom for “Prince Charming.” How perfetto (perfect) for mia dolce Busterigo (my sweet Buster!) the Kerry Blue Terrier!

Yes, I know it’s a little silly and not at all on the level of Busterigo’s magnifico (magnificent) haiku, but I had to come up with something quickly when mia ragazza pulled the rug out from under THIS, which I WAS going to write to Principe Azzurro:

“Who knows? Perhaps the same bird echoed through both of us yesterday, separate, in the evening...”

Sigh ... such belle, romantice parole (beautiful, romantic words)! But mia ragazza said someone named Rilke already wrote them
and if I pretended that I wrote them, it would be plagiarism. Oh, le complicazioni di romanticismo! (Oh, the complications of romance!)


Tanti baci!
Lucia

Some Sweet Nothings

Ciao miei amici!

Pssst!

Have you heard?!? Petey is organizing a molto romantico (very romantic) evening of dinner and dancing this weekend at New York's famous Rainbow Room! Naturally, I'm a little biased, but if you ask me, nothing speaks of romance quite like speaking in Italian. So, for all of you amore uccelli (lovebirds) who'll be at the Rainbow Room this weekend, I'm offering a short course in how to say romantic things in Italian to your sweet little biscotti (cookies).

La Lingua d'Amore!

(The Language of Love!)

Mia cara (my dear)

Amore mio (my love)

Dolcezza! (Honey!)

Vuoi uscire con me? (Do you want to go out with me?)

Sei bellissima! (You're beautiful!)

Vuoi ballari? (Do you want to dance?)

Sei qui da solo? (Are you here alone?)

Sei cosi figa! (You are so gorgeous!)

Mi sono proprio divertita stasera (I had a great evening)

Mi ami? (Do you love me?)

I'm in love with you! (Sono innamorata di te!)

Of course, miei cari amici, sometimes uno romanticismo (a romance) is just not meant to be, alas! If that happens, here's what to say:

Mi dispiace, non sei il mio tipo (I'm sorry, you're not my type)

Non credo che stia funzionado fra noi due (I don't think it's working out between us)

Sigh ... amore!!

Tanti baci!
Lucia

Friendly Blogger from a Blogger Friend!

Ciao miei amici!

La lezione di lingua italiana di oggi è:

(The Italian Language Lesson for Today is:)

Amici e Premi!
(Friends and Awards!)

I'm all bashful and a-blush over this little smiley-faced pal from mio caro amico (my dear friend), Dennis the Vizsla!

If you haven't yet stopped by to see Dennis and Dennis' Diary of Destruction, run right over there as fast as you can. Mia ragazza (My girl) falls on the floor laughing about a squijillion times each day over the utterly amusing musings of this molto divertente ragazzo (very funny boy) and his adventures with majik flying coasters, gophers and unusual methods of entrepreneurial financing.

I don't think there are many official rules for the Friendly Blogger Award except that the friendly thing to do (giggle!) would be to pass it along to some other amichevole (friendly) bloggers. So, without further ado, I am sending it along to alcuni di miei amici (a few of my friends):

Lilly, Carrleigh, Piper and Java , my new bloggie pals

Asta Urbanista because she's just so sweet and kind and always welcomes everyone

Tula Monstah, who makes me smile each time I visit her bloggie

Miei cari Italiani amici, Paco and Milo -- ti amo, ragazzi! (My dear Italian friends, Paco and Milo -- I love you, guys!)

Opy and Charlie -- and their mama and papa -- for all the hard work they do for DWB

I send this award along to all of you with plenty of Lunedi (Monday) mwah mwah mwahs!!!

Ok, now to other important Monday matters. I found this book in mia ragazza's tote

... and I immediately thought, santa vacca, lei sta scherzando!! (Holy cow, you must be kidding!) We are a uno cane casa (one-dog house) -- but could she be thinking of something, well, something MORE??

Tanti baci!

Lucia

At Last! (And I don’t mean the song!)

Ciao, miei amici!

Ho avuto abbastanza di inverno, ogni cane, gatto, criceto e umano amico,
(I have had enough winter, everydoggie, kitty, hamster and human friend,)
so I have been focusing my thoughts on spring for the past few weeks …

… and keeping my paws crossed that it would get here soon!

So ... la lezione di lingua italiana di oggi è:
(... the Italian lesson for today is:)
Segni di primavera!
(Signs of Spring!)

When I heard the birds singing this morning, I just knew: spring had arrived in mia citta! (my city!) I could sniff it in the air!
I ran outside like a blur to look for it.
This very stubborn tree STILL won't let go of last year’s leaves – santa vacca! (holy cow!) Talk about refusing to embrace change!! But I wasn’t fooled by it!
I noticed that lots of other plants in my yard seem to be getting ready for the season – like these bambini narcissi (baby daffodils). Awwww!
And here are some grande narcissi! (large daffodils!)

Mia ragazza says she thinks this is a flower called Arance e Limoni (Oranges and Lemons) that she planted last year. She is glad to see it survived our hard winter!

Affrettatevi, lillà!
(Hurry, lilacs!)


Mmmm! Ortensia canne da ultimo anno (hydrangea canes from last year).

Now, if I can just reach one …
Got it!

I hope spring shows up very soon for all of you, too!

Tanti baci!
Lucia

PeeEss: To Noah, Tess, Willow, Lucy, Opy, Charlie and all dear, sweet pals who are wayyyyyyyy down south, I hope your autumn is full of beautiful colors!

Oopsy, wait, another PeeEss: Per favore (please), go visit Lilly, Piper and Carrleigh, a trio of Scottish Terrier cutie pies who are new to our bloggiverse. Now ... you all know I'm a smidgey geloso (jealous) of mia sorella (my sister) of another decade, Scottish Terrier St. Jinks the Good, but I have to admit, THESE three doggies look like they're going to be great new pals -- and lots of fun! Benvenuto, nuovi favulosi amici! (Welcome, fabulous new friends!)