Ugh. The weather has been horrible for what seems weeks. Last week we had howling winds for two full days. And then the deluge. The Tiber river is in flood. I went for a short walk yesterday before I visited the market. It wasn’t raining when I started but it had begun to sprinkle by the time I got back.
![](https://nancygoestoitaly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/0C71D7F5-0496-4864-BA8D-0C48E5C879F6-1024x768.jpeg)
It had receded a bit when I took this picture. You can see the water has covered the path recently.
![](https://nancygoestoitaly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/8ADAEA72-F440-4E47-9617-EE97B74DE7AD-1024x768.jpeg)
River, heading for the town. The walls keep the water away from our streets.
![](https://nancygoestoitaly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CB64C1CC-D234-4308-B860-59DAF54012A7-1024x768.jpeg)
Near the bridge the logs that wash down from the north get stuck and pile up into a dam. They will eventually be broken up by heavy equipment.
![](https://nancygoestoitaly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/01F573D7-6FCC-4A8F-A9D6-EDC5BFDFE010-768x1024.jpeg)
Look at this handsome cat. She gave me quite the stare but didn’t run away. She’s part of a new feral colony.
![](https://nancygoestoitaly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FA495C8C-743D-4F20-8002-224A538C43DC-768x1024.jpeg)
Someone has built the colony a shelter and brought a little house. You can see people are feeding them too. People don’t embrace spay neuter much here. It isn’t a “thing” so we have batches of kittens seasonally a few times a year. People obviously care about them. They get fed, but they don’t get any medical care. I wish they could be neutered. I would gladly donate money for this cause.
~~~~~~~
Also this week I asked my friend Quintino to bring a load of firewood for me. He is a lovely Romanian gentleman and he seems to take care of all the foreign (and maybe other) ladies. I know him through my friend Angela. She tells him I’m looking to get wood and he bring big bags full all the way up to my apartment. I pay him well so he will come back next time! Nice man.
![](https://nancygoestoitaly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/6B809DDD-5068-4A8D-B71A-412E0EEE609F-768x1024.jpeg)
I’m anxious to start stacking the wood in the wood rack. But the damn weather won’t let me! I see tomorrow is supposed to be sunny. Crossing my fingers.
~~~~~~
Stay safe everyone! 🌈
That handsome feral cat looks exactly like my Leonardo di Cattio!