My beloved Venice …

{Blessed}: It was with great joy that I bought and took home this canvas, to remind me of the Venetian canals…

{Gift}: it was with great surprise that I’ve opened  this book, lots and lots of inspiration  followed…

A venetian Journal by Tessa Kiros

[Structured around the classic Italian meal: Antipasti, Primi, Secondi, Contorni, Dolci, A Venetian Journal features the photographer Manos Chatzikonstantis' personal selection of photographs from his frequent visits to Venice with Tessa and fragments from her own journals as she sought to imbibe the very essence of the world's most romantic city. Key points: lavish recipe journal using atmospheric food images from Venezia; a beautiful keepsake and gift; heavily embellished, with the addition of illustrations]. 

Photography copyright:  A Venetian Journal by Tessa Kiros

{Unexpected} : it was with a mix of emotions that I have unwrapped a Nove ceramic piece that has been with our family for many years, from the old flat - by the Liberty style credenza in the living room - to the new house hidden in  attic; to find new life by the kitchen window in the tiny studio flat in London …

Photography: Me for Mandarine d’Italie