Cabin Fever...

I am on the tail-end of the flu. It laid me low. I have been stuck in the house here in Genoa since the disease decided to strike me in a double whammy of its intestinal AND respiratory chaos. I gulped antibiotics and I feel Good Health may be in sight. But enough of sickness. There is too much to do down at Il Poggiolo. Here's the List... not necessarily in the order of importance. I type as they come to me, in other words...

1. See the new re-inforced concrete & rock wall... taking beaucoup du photo...
2. Go & pick up the 30 odd plants I ordered two weeks ago for the kick-off of Spring planting...
3. Put to order the area above the new rock wall with new flora... and several kilos of universal potting soil too...
4. Trim the hedges all around our property, so the new growth will fill in the gaps rather than reaching for I don't know what...
5. Bind the rose bushes to the wire trellis I put up against L'Esseccatoio...
6. Build a dry rock wall... no mortar... on the ramp leading up to the upper terraces...
7. Repair the long rock wall in front of the Upstairs Apartment...
8. Call Our darn Geometra to find out when we might have the written estimate from Our Builder...
9. Finish painting the Bird-houses...
10. Finish painting the paint trials for the wall color in the Upstairs Apartment...
11. Finish the darn Electrical Plan and the schematics for the Laundry Room, Fireplace, Kitchen and, naturally, the Bathroom too...
12. Truck the outdoor chairs we bought at a flea market to have them restored... somewhat... you can sit in them but, the paint stays on your clothes...
13. Fertilize everything green, semi-green, budding, sprouting, etc.
14. Spray the Cortile with weed killer. I am slogging through a gardening book written by the Garden Critic... is that possible???... for the Financial Times. He is an effete snob. However, he thinks bio is all Well & Good if you have A Staff like HRH The Prince of Wales. Otherwise, he does composting & stuff and resorts to chemicals for dealing with fertilizing AND KILLING!!! I now feel entitled to do the same without The Guilt.
15. Build a work bench and something to get my equipment off the darn cement floor...
16. Catch up with my friends in Codiponte, drink wine, eat good food and go to bed Happy!!!

Gads.