Friday, July 13, 2012

Una Bella Sorpresa... A Beautiful Surprise...

While  vacationing in Italy several years ago,  Jim wanted to bring something special home to remember the trip.  We visited lots of wonderful places including my home town.  One of our favorite places was Positano on the Amalfi Coast.  The handmade pottery there is spectacular and that is where we found that special item.  This gorgeous urn.  It is a large piece so we had it shipped.  We were assured that it would packaged very carefully,  so as to arrive in one piece,  guaranteed...  Well it did not arrive in  one piece.  Both handles had broken.  We sent  pictures of the broken handles,  and,  as promised,  they promptly refunded our money.  Jim glued the handles back together,   and now we have this lovely piece,  which was rather expensive,  for free.  I call that a beautiful surprise!











6 comments:

  1. Oh Mary, it has been 20 years since my last vacation to Italy. I want to go back so badly. The urn is beautiful, and even more so because of the two birds. I would have wanted this urn, too. I also have a Pinocchio wooden statue. I bought several as gifts for friends' children. xo

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  2. Ciao Mary! Che piacere trovare te e grazie per la tua visita! Capisco quanto possa significare un vaso così bello proveniente dalla tua terra d'origine! Io sono stata in America due volte, l'ultima lo scorso anno in California e mi è piaciuta immensamente! Ho imparato a fare i pancakes e qui in Svizzera vado più spesso da Starbucks!! Hai un bellissimo blog e anche una splendida mamma in gambissima!! Tornerò a trovarti!!
    Hugs, Claudia

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  3. Ciao Mary, che piacere una visita al mio blog da Oltre Oceano!
    Tu pensa che io invece non sono mai stata sulla Costiera Amalfitana, spero di andarci presto! Un saluto alla tua dolce mamma!
    A presto. Simo

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  4. Ciao Mary, che piacere una visita al mio blog da Oltre Oceano!
    Pensa che io invece non sono mai stata sulla Costiera Amalfitana, spero di andarci presto!
    Un saluto alla tua dolce mamma!
    A presto. Simo

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  5. You have a great blog. I gave you the Versatile Blog award!

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