Our cherry trees are filled with ripe cherries that we can almost reach from the window in the hallway, but because of the steepness of the mountain terrain here, are at least 50 feet above the ground and, therefore, completely unreachable.

Everyone in lovely Capriglia-by-the-Sea has been working in their yards during this sun-filled weekend so the air outside smells of fresh-cut grass and pine trees and jasmine.