Medici Villa La Ferdinanda, built in 1596 at the behest of Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici.
"I was today at Artimino and believe me Your Highness that I have found for you a Spring", he wrote to his wife Christine of Lorraine on January 1596.
Nowadays
I have a love/hate relationship with ❄️❄️❄️. This weekend, I'm not too happy with it -- it's canceled Christmas parties and our moving truck ????. BUT! I'm making the best of it with cookies, hot cocoa, a fire and slice after slice of this Rosemary Cornme