Even though it has been very cold in Europe, the weather is warming up now and I am excited to return to Florence. Chia has her bag packed and a new haircut. We arrive next Thursday and have our first shopping tour a few days later.

Last year, the goldsmith helped me design these earrings from a drawing I saw of extinct marine amoeba. I am thinking about a pendant now!

We are getting shopping requests daily now, but I am cutting back on the number of tours I will do. I want to save time for travel to more of the Italian towns on my wish list!