Gallery
Nanie and Vicky ready to board plane for italy 1972
Nanie and Vicky 1972 Venice, Italy
Nanie in Agnone with her cousin in Agnone,Italy
Michael with my Dad during the olive harvest
Colarossi Coat of Arms
Bonbonieri for Baptism
Dick & Uncle Charles at Market in Chiusi
Michael’s BBQ area at Noceto before
Michele the Sausage Maker
Italy's National Women's Lacrosse Team Anna Maria Center
Anna Maria playing for Team Italia
Michael, Anna Maria & Vicky at the Women’s World Lacrosse Championships in Guildford, England
Workers hand chiseling rock for walls for Noceto
Noceto almost complete
Anna Maria & Enzo at baptism reception
Contrade at Denis’ Baptism
Vicky & Vince in front of Grandpa Colarossi’s front door in Rocca di Mezzo
Michael, Vince & Vicky after the first quad ride
Vicky passing out baseball caps to those that rebuilt Noceto
Vince feeling the wind in his face on his first quad ride
Team Italy hat
Aunties Zina & Josie cooking
Johnny, Vicky & Richard in the olive grove
Olives crated and ready for pressing
Tori & Julie Pitruzzello with baskets for the olive harvest
Brothers Johnny & Richard dumping olives at the olive mill
Mia hugging Vicky’s leg at the frantoio
Bruschetta being made with just pressed olive oil
Quick lunch while waiting for the olives to be made into oil. L–R: Brenda, my mom Tina, Richard, Dad Dick, me, Michael, and Mia
Vicky Enzo & Anna Maria 2009
First family trip with the Allens Easter 2004
My daughters Cristina & Anna Maria
Painting of Santa Giulia
Enzo’s first gift of white truffles
Rocca di Mezzo Colarossi Cousins
Searching for a villa in Tuscany summer 2003
Santa Giulia olives washed before pressing
Olive Paste Stacked Between Hemp Disks,for the Centrifuge
pressed into paste and put onto hemp disks
Oil goes into cans
Colarossi Coat of Arms
Enzo Frosone & Bruno Biseo - We bought Santa Guilia from Bruno & Noceto from Enzo
Original sign at Santa Giulia gate
Olives ready to be picked
Michael being taught by Enzo to prune the olive trees
Getting rid of leaves using a slide and leaf blower
Crated olives awaiting delivery to the olive press
Lunch at the Frantoio
First Festa della Raccolta in the Olive Grove
Discarded Wine Bottles During Festa
Brother Richard, Mia, Tina & Dick
Michael's wood pile
Men Grilling for Baptism Feast
Bonbonieri for Baptism
Baptism dessert
Polizia at front entrance with Vicky for her residency
Taking the census for Sarteano
Santa Giulia front gates
Cans go into boxes
Michael's big boy quad
Noceto before side view
Noceto original pig stall
Noceto construction
Michael & Flavio deciding where to put walls at Noceto
Paolo electrician measuring Vince's bedroom at Noceto
New entry gates at Noceto
Noceto during remodel
Michael's bbq at Noceto
Michael's bbq at Noceto
Tunnel created from La Grotta to wine cellar
Building the stairs between Santa Giulia & Noceto
Vincent's son David & Allison annouce they are pregnant at Noceto
La Grotta after construction 2014
Workers in kitchen at the Ben Finito party
Vince & Flavio sharing glass of wine in La Grotta
Bocce game at Noceto
Nicola collecting rocks left by Flavio
The Agricultural Hole
Enjoying the new pool
Seeing the interior of Santa Giulia for the first time
We're going to buy this place!
Anna Maria & Cristina chatting in the piazza in Sarteano
Anna Maria enjoying the Tuscan view
Anna Maria telling her boys about the farmhouse
Anna Maria's first trip back to Sarteano with Jordan, Callum & Hunter
Aperitivo Hour (L–R): Jordan, Cristina, Fabio, Vicky, Michael & Anna Maria
Callum & Hunter's 1st flight to Italy
First Easter walk through the daffodils in the olive grove with cousin Joyce & Lydia
Cristina, Callum, Jordan, Hunter & Anna Maria at lunch
Hunter (almost 2) Michael and Callum (almost 4)
Hunter loving park life in Sarteano
Callum inspects the olive grove
Callum running naked below Santa Giulia
Contrade di San Lorenzo flags
Cousins (L–R): Hunter, Callum, and Vince’s grandchildren—Lino and Enzo (holding Zander)—at Vince’s memorial.
Michael takes a plunge in the small lake at Noceto
Paying bills for two properties - it's not all fun!
Hunter taking a bath in an old stone sink
Jordan lifts Anna Maria for the perfect persimmon
Lunch at Noceto with Italian cousins meeting Jordan Hunter and Callum
Michael giving Callum, Jordan & Hunter tractor ride
Michael giving driving lessons to two year old Callum
Tuscan meal at Santa Giulia
Vicky walking through the olive groves
Santa Giulia is painted on the ceiling map of Sarteano in Zanzebur's Pub
Santa Giulia Olive Grove
Santa Giulia olive oil
Santa Giulia sits on a large stone rock
Store front in Sarteano