These dainty flowers were a gift from a next-door neighbor. She lives in the most atrociously electric house in Codiponte. Well, there IS that Commie construction on the opposite hill. Hers is on the bump next to mine, just on the other-side of the sentiero... or, stone pathway... leading-up to the borgo del castello... or, the village around the defunct & falling-down castle. HER HOUSE IS BRILLIANT YELLOW!!! It glows 24/7. I mustn't complain. I receive lots of gifts from her. Plants that I try not to K-I-L-L. So far, I have been unable to exterminate these. So, they are now in new terra-cotta pots. I suppose, in honor of the sagra, which starts on Saturday afternoon. She also lets me water with her private well-water. That is very, very nice of her. Water is nearly as important as God, in these parts!!!
Boy... do these flowering-things ever need water!!! If not, in the space of... say... 8 hours of unrequited thirst, they droop something terrible. Yet, all it takes is a brief & reinvigorating spray of O2 and... ecco!!!... they perk-up immediately.
For some unexplained reason, these flowers are called fiori di vetro... or, flowers of glass. Might it be they are named so, because their stalks are translucent? Or is it that when you snap them in two, they make a breaking noise like glass. Chissa? Gads.
Water is as nearly important as god. That must be tough. We live in a really dry place. But have excellent water sources, although we have to organise and move it. I don't know how to handle the idea of not having it. http://thefieldofgold.blogspot.com/2011/04/living-in-rain-shadow.html?utm_source=BP_recent
ReplyDeleteActually, our little valley is rife with natural springs, streams and a couple of rivers. The problem is institutionalizing the water and having needs beyond what the Summer season can provide.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, giving the management of a natural resource, such as water, to a semi-public monopoly IS NOT "the way to go"!!! Prices are hiked... drastically... thanks to the "profit motive" and it promotes inefficiency... massive waste of water... due to centralization of the entity's direction and reluctance to invest in appropriate infrastructure.
The locals are in synch with the reduction of water during the Summer. The all have cisterns to save water when it is abundant to water their gardens when the water "ain't".
Another item on the water we use here in Codiponte is the managing company dumps huge quantities of chemicals to simplify meeting health standards. The chlorine kills plants!!! And, I don't drink the stuff after several bouts of stomach pains... the water is supposed to be potable.