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Royal Blue Tee-shirt With A Joke from Ivigneri Winery, near Etna in Sicily. Dress of the Day 803 from Angela Lansbury.

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I love the colour of this tee-shirt. Royal blue. Also the humorous message. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.   At the Island Wines Summit in Tenerife, the Canary Islands, I saw several dormant and active volcanoes. I met a young man from, Italy, second generation of a vineyard family. He had the word ETNA tattooed on his wrist. I asked him, 'is it an active volcano?' ''Yes.' I gasped, 'Aren't you afraid of an active volcano?' He shook his head and smiled. 'No, I am not afraid of an active volcano. I'm more afraid of people.' His family winery is in my husband's book about island wines, Isle Drink, by Trevor Sharot. Which you can buy online from Amazon. His name is Andrea Foti, and the winery is I Vigneri. Website  www.ivigneri.it He is one of the up and coming new generation of winemakers. He was a panellist who spoke at the conference. He gave me a tee-shirt in lovely blue. The message is minus arrogante, Italian for arrogance, meani...
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Disintegrating Soles On Sandals - Caused By Age or heat? Dress of the Day 802 from Angela Lansbury.

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  My shoe soles melted in the heat. Black sticky mess on the floor. June in London 2026 has a heatwave, predicted to last long or get worse. With global warming, is this bad news for shoes? But is it the heat? Or their age? Or a combination, mean ing that elderly shoes, like elderly people, are more vulnerable to heat?  This problem is not unique to Padders, one of my favourite brands of good value shoes, but a general problem I had had with several brands. I have had the same from Marks & Spencer shoes.  Once, when my shoes disintegrated, and I tried to return them, or at least register a complain about the composition of the sole, the staff asked me how long ago I had bought the footwear.  Buying New Shoes I also had a pair of shoes disintegrate although I had never worn them. I didn't wear them because they were a size too small, my feet are different sizes so one shoe was too small, and my weight and ankles had increased. I kept them lovingly because they wer...
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Dress and jacket brand Aïno. Dress of the Day 801 from Angela Lansbury.

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 Aino outfit worn by Josefine, to the wine summit in Tenerife, Canary Island, bought in Grootegast area of the Netherlands. Aino is a brand from Finland. Featuring colourful clothes. From a family firm. Useful Websites https://saharalondon.com/collections/aino https://www.deblaker-exclusief.nl/en/Aino-clothing
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Red outfit from Zara. Dress of the Day 800 from Angela Lansbury.

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 Fatima wearing red outfit from Zara in Meridiano, in Tenerife.
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Red and yellow ceramic jewellery. Dress of the Day 799 from Angela Lansbury.

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  From Bodegas Monje on Tenerife in the Canary Islands in the Atlàntic, former stopping place for steam ships to re-load with coal on their from Spain to the Americas and back. Now it is a very popular tourist resort collection of islands. Tenerife has many five star hotels and wineries with redtaurants, shops, tours and entertainment.
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Your shirt, your shout. Dress of the Day 798 from Angela Lansbury.

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  You can have a shirt printed with your own message. Vistaprint and many other companies allow you to print just one.
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Dress from Germany - label Bodyflirt from Bonprix. Dress of the Day 797 from Angela Lansbury.

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 Dress worn by Charlotte. Dress with cap sleeves. Large and loose, comfortable, easy to wear in summer. Brand Bodyflirt. From Bon Prix. I found several Bodyflirt dresses on ebay. It took me several attempts to find a link to the seller of the brand. The name bon prix is French for good price. Useful Websites For Bonprix And Bodyflirt https://www.bonprix.co.uk/web/main/ourbrands.asp https://www.incurvy.de/nach-hersteller/bodyflirt-boutique/ https://www.bonprix.co.uk/ Please share lînks to your favourite posts
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