Warm sunshine and feeling good promoted outing and abouting in this Santa Rosa neighborhood. The scenes were good for the soul.

I've been silent due to the fact I've been under the weather. I awoke on Wednesday with a fever after a night of chills. Normally the flu isn't such a big deal but when one thinks "if I could get the flu, I could totally get the coronavirus." It is frightening.

My first course of action was to book a COVID test. The second, and wisest, was to call TELEMED. After describing my symptoms, the doctor mainly advised me to get tested.

The result of your COVID-19 Nasal RT-PCR test that was administered on 11/18/2020 is Negative. Your Public Health Department has been notified of this result as required by law. If you feel well and do not have a fever or cough, you may go about your normal activity abiding by your state and local health department recommendations.

Here's to more handwashing and hopefully staying healthier from here on out.

Wanting an explore, and a history lesson, before the rains come, we headed to the pastoral town of Bodega, an interesting place not only to visit, but to lie in eternal rest it turns out.

Nicholas Green is also here. If you recall, he was the seven year old American boy (from Bodega) on holiday in Italy who was shot during an attempted robbery in 1994. The killing became a worldwide news event when his parents donated their son's organs to seven very sick Italians, four of them teenagers. This incredible act of forgiveness, and generosity, changed the way organ donations were viewed in Italy. So interesting, all of it.

As we ventured to meet up with our younger son and his family at his in laws', we traversed the road-less-traveled (for us) and delighted in the sights we encountered.

Lazy days of family, good food and lots of love. Who could ask for anything more?

When we created this site, it was in 2010 and we were embarking on a Year in Italy. Leaving behind family and friends, we realized a blog was the perfect format for keeping everyone in our La Dolce Vita. I never anticipated the connections to strangers it would forge. The most recent is because of this image. So fun!

Evans Fam has left a new comment on your post "Our Snow Day...":

You have a gorgeous photo of Vikingsholm in the winter in one of your Tahoe posts. Our family loves this place and I wanted to get a large poster print. I haven't found a more beautiful photo of it. If it's your original photo can I buy a digital download from you?

Of course I would send her the image free of charge! This was her response:

Evans Fam said...

Yay! I have never posted a comment before, kind of amazing to get a response. Yes the gorgeous photo of Vikingsholm castle with the snow and the sun peeking through the trees. I will email you my address. Thank you so much, our family will treasure this!

Jenny joined Steve and me as we embarked on our final Sierra stroll before migrating south. It could not have been more spectacular.

Fall is doing its best to hold on, but arrival of winter is in the air. What an idyllic time to be in Tahoe... we're truly getting all it has to offer.