IRONWORK FLOWERPOT

Check out the flower pot on the railing ...I think it's so cool!  
Saw this while wandering around Militello.

PRICKLEY PEAR LIQUOR FROM MITELLO

These bottles of Prickly Pear Liquor (Fichi d' India) were at the Mitlello Prickly Pear Festival this year.  Looks like liquor can be made from just about anything ... not a clue how it tastes ... DH and I don't drink alcohol.

Pretty bottles though ... pretty colors ...

 I can easily picture one in my kitchen with a sunny window behind it.

MORE PLANT TOUPEES FROM MITELLO

           Some more of the plant toupees ....

PRICKLY PEAR FESTIVAL POSTER & OFFERINGS

This year's poster and the offerings from one of the small vendors ... something that Mitello does that I haven't noticed other towns doing, is that many of the vendors are set up in the doorways of their homes.

ADDRESS SIGN

A nice thing about small towns is not having a bazillion of different streets ... your home or business can be identified with just the unit number.  Many are decorated with flowers, fruits or designs just as this one is.

GARLIC ROPE

Garlic rope commonly found in homes and the markets ...

PLANT TOUPEE

Saw this balcony support while DH and I were wandering around a Prickly Pear Festival in Militello last weekend .. just had to laugh. 

 A plant toupee!

LA TROTA RESTAURANT (The Trout Restaurant)



Toward Siracusa is a wonderful place to eat ... The Trout Restaurant.  It is built into a series of caves and has fish ponds outside where you can wander around looking at the fish.  DH remembers going to there with his parents and sister when he was a kid (many, many years ago).  As you can guess, it features fish ... but non-fish meals are served as well.  

The main dining room ...



Fresh trout



Closing note ... freshly made ice cream

FALL'S HERE AND IT IS THE SEASON OF FESTIVALS

October seems to be the month of festivals here in Sicily ... last weekend DH and I went to both the Pistachio Festival in Bronte and also the Octobratta Festival in Zafferana Etnea.  Octobratta is held every Sunday in October and celebrates everything grown on Etna.  Each Sunday focuses on one specific item - last Sunday was grapes.  Other Sundays will feature honey, chestnuts, wine, apples and mushrooms.

Piggy heads in a Bronte butcher window ... just thought it a funny display

Another store display ... my thoughts were why waste pistaschios glueing them onto the boots and why ruin the boots?

Stand in Zafferana Etnea

CARMELA'S ROSE

This is one of Carmela's (our landlady) roses after the rain we had the other day.  She has more than a green thumb ... seems like she could make a dead stick grow again.