Chapter 4
At home
Home is the pack: Fides and Verbena, two Czechoslovakian wolfdogs, my cat Becky and… have I forgotten someone? Oh yes! Federica, my partner of 13 years. Together we walk, we travel and, when I get the chance, I go back to getting my hands dirty in the soil.
4.1
The pack
Two Czechoslovakian wolfdogs, mother and daughter, a cat, two hens and two cockatiels. And Eppan, who left us far too soon. [One line on what life at home with them is like.]
Czechoslovakian wolfdog
Fides
The first to join the pack.
Czechoslovakian wolfdog
Verbena
Fides's daughter. [One line about her.]
The cat
Becky
My girl, the cat.
Forever in the pack
Eppan
“Panino” to his friends.
- Italian beauty champion
- International beauty champion
He left us far too soon, but he's still part of the pack. [A memory of him.]
Queens of the garden
Lady Danbury e Rossella
Our two hens. The garden is theirs; we're just guests. [One line about them.]
From the balcony
AAAAAH! AAAAAAH!Boris e Papagalogialo
Two cockatiels that have been wrecking our eardrums for a few years now, straight from the balcony.
4.2
Out and about
Walks with the dogs and trips with Federica: whenever we can, the whole pack moves together.
Walks
With Fides and Verbena
[Two lines on the walks: where you go, how far you walk.]
Trips
With Federica
[Two lines on your trips: favourite places, whether the dogs come along.]
Postcard from [place]
Postcard from [place]
Postcard from [place]
4.3 · Hands in the soil
The garden
I was born in Calcinate, a small country village. I grew up carrying watering cans for my grandfather, back and forth between the rows. I haven't had a garden of my own for years, but the passion never left.
[Other things I do with my hands these days.]