Bowes Family Pictures

First signs of Thanksgiving

2009-11-25T15:35:00.000-05:00

Just because we live in Sicily it doesn't mean I can make my pecan pie!

All Soul's Day

2009-11-02T16:15:00.000-05:00

I took my first day off today since arriving in Sicily in June.
Incidently, so did all of the Italians.
As Elizabeth and I drove around this morning we noticed the schools were out of session.
There were more people mulling around.
As we drove by the ornate, typically empty, cemetary in the little town of Motta we noticed a commotion.
The road was filled with cars. The police were directing traffic. People were streaming in and out of the cemetary.
It was as if it were the American fairgrounds or the Italian market day.
It is All Soul's Day.

Unlike in the US, it is an Italian holiday.
The cemetary was filled with people. A priest was saying Mass outside.
There were flowers EVERYWHERE.
It is all above ground and most of the plots were mausoleums that were like small chapels for each family.
People live there whole lives in one place here. Everyone stops to pay respects to their whole family which they can visit.
They also pay respect to their whole neighborhood whose previous inhabitants are laid to rest right in the middle of town.
What a wonderful celebration. A whole different look at life.
What a perfect day to have my first day off.
What a wonderful experience.

(in memory of Adele, my mom and Evelyn, my daughter)

School pictures - Timothy 4th grade, Julian 2nd grade.

2009-11-01T16:16:00.000-05:00

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-31T15:47:00.000-04:00

2009-10-31T15:45:00.000-04:00

Getting ready for Halloween!

2009-10-31T15:43:00.000-04:00

Lilly

2009-10-30T16:48:00.000-04:00

No school photos - so here are very recent photos.

Elias

2009-10-30T16:43:00.000-04:00

No school photos - so here are very recent photos.

New posts and pictures coming soon!

2009-10-27T18:24:00.001-04:00

After 15 years of no hard drive failures, since the last posting I lost my laptop hard drive, my desktop hard drive and my desktop backup hard drive.
On the mend, new pictures coming soon.

October is for Olives

2009-10-17T16:26:00.000-04:00

October is olive time and Sicily and all hands are needed to help pick and take to the local press.

Julian and Lillian admiring the olives.

A rare photo of the photographer (cholesterol increasing by proximity)

Olives getting sorted from the debris.

Local folks getting the 'fruit' of their labor.
100kg of olives = 15-20 liters of olive oil.

2009-10-17T16:21:00.000-04:00

Timothy's First Triathalon

2009-09-12T05:25:00.000-04:00

Found this old photo and I still really like it.

2009-09-02T05:28:00.000-04:00

My boys.

First Day of School - 2 & 4th grade - check out the bus!

2009-08-31T02:06:00.007-04:00

2009-08-31T02:02:00.004-04:00

Julian's first production

2009-08-30T16:41:00.000-04:00

2009-08-30T13:58:00.000-04:00

See where we are with Google Latitude!

2009-08-30T10:24:00.001-04:00

A typical Saturday morning - hangout of neighborhood kids.

2009-08-22T10:42:00.000-04:00

2009-08-22T09:14:00.000-04:00

Winery tour

2009-08-21T10:30:00.001-04:00

My Picasa is down, apologies for unedited photos, just wanted to get something up.

Vacation Bible School

2009-08-20T13:03:00.000-04:00

Location of our house

2009-08-15T07:36:00.003-04:00

Click here to see our house.

Snack time fun!

2009-08-04T16:38:00.000-04:00

Household goods came!

2009-08-04T16:24:00.002-04:00

If you click to zoom on this one, you can read the door that has stenciled in our info.

15 crates plus motorcycle.
Hopefully the van will show up soon.