Green square, white square

It was a relief to walk into the courtyard yesterday. Not because there was grass growing, but because the grass offered relief from the relentless white, which during the summer had been blinding. Now, although the grass seems to make the clapboards whiter than ever, the white walls in turn make the grass look stunningly green. And the grass will, for other than visual reasons, make Lucca and Marco pleased with their new home.