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3.5/5
Time isn't the same for Murano glassmakers, and so we travel through centuries with the same family, discovering their trade, their ordeals, and how the outside world influenced their glassmaking process.
Well-written, I enjoyed the parts about the glassmaking process, and the evolution of the trade.

Such beauty in this #26 of this series.
Beauty in Brunetti‘s acceptance of his need to take a leave from work to rest,recharge.The beauty of the largest island in the laguna,Sant‘Erasmo,where his wife‘s relative has a villa he can recuperate in.Here he spends his days rowing with the villa‘s caretaker, David.The soothing beauty in the rhythm of the oars in water quiets his mind.As David checks on his bees along the laguna,to his anguish,he ⬇️

#bookreport
Finished 6 books- many I started before this past week.
#sundaybuddyread #ChristieCapers #foodandlit #Greenland #Camplitsy25 #audiobook #readyourkindle
Currently reading 3 books: #CommissiarioGuidaBrunetti #DCIKirkNovel #audiobook

Traveling from Venice to the Island of Sant‘Erasmo ⭐️ with Commissario Guido Brunetti for a rest cure.
#14books14weeks #june1to7 #serieslove2025

Books 62-65 of the year.

That first sip of morning coffee…bliss.

A 15-year-old crime:a teenage girl fell into a canal & began to drown.An alcoholic man saw this & jumped in to save her.But lack of oxygen caused sprain damage.Now the age of 30 she is like a seven-year-old.As always,we see Venice through Brunetti‘s eyes,as well as his family & home life,including his family‘s meals & reading choices, described with exquisite attention to detail.The murder of the alcoholic man brings this 15 year old case ⬇️

#CommissarioGuidoBrunettiMystery
Flavia Petrelli,world renowned opera singer,has come to Venice to sing the lead in Tosca. Brunetti knows her from the past(Acqua Alta) & he & his wife Paola go to one of her performances.During thunderous applause,dozens & dozens of yellow rose flood the stage& fill up her dressing room. Flavia is frightened-who is behind this extravaganza? What does it mean? #serieove2025

Waiting for my son in PT so I treated myself to a Frappuccino. 🙂

Yay! We have SUN! I am having coffee on my porch while I wait for the Village‘s Memorial Day Parade to go by. Surrounded by a canopy of bird song: American Goldfinch, Mocking bird, House Wren, Gray Catbird, Northern Cardinal,Red -winged Blackbird, Robin, Mourning Dove, Eastern Towee to name of few (Merlin Bird ID). Other than the birds, it‘s quiet. #porchlife #serieslove2025