RENOVATING A RUIN: Dancing Date in Florence, Finally Resuming Chicken Coop Cottage Renovation (Ep56)
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The baby birds won't die. Just leave them be, and when they grow old enough they will fly off. It will be wonderful watching them grow.
I agree and once the nest is empty you can remove the nest.
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Agreed regarding the birds nest .. the best thing to do would be just to leave them alone as much as possible. And remove the nest when the chicks have flown away. Any of your guests might have to be relocated .
I agree. We had a shelf on a patio where a nest was found. We just cleaned it up after the birds flew off. It was so amazing to watch them grow. ❤
We had pigeons nesting on our window sill in London and after the chicks left the nest we just cleaned it up and put a pice of angled metal to stop future nests.. Leave them to get on with it as the more you disturb them the more likely they will abandon the nest.
Guido swearing while driving was the most Italian moment of this video... 🤣 Italians do know how to party, what a dream, that palazzo!!
Guido's comment "I can't breathe, but it's fine" cracked me up. You both looked wonderful! I'm glad you could enjoy a night out together.
🎶The lady in red🎶 🎶Is dancing with me🎶 🎶Cheek to cheek🎶 🎶There's nobody here🎶 🎶It's just you and me🎶 You look great in all those dresses! 👍
Gianfranco is very advanced for his age! What a cutie!
The first time my son slept through the night was 19 months old. Every child is different. Parenting is not easy.
Once a mourning dove built a nest 3 feet from our back door and the mom & pop took turns sitting on the birds til they hatched and spent the two weeks developing before they left home. It was so wonderful to see it and I photographed and videoed it all. Every time I opened the door to photograph they didn’t move. They watched me but didn’t leave. As the babies were leaving the nest for good it was a little emotional. Almost felt like they were my babies. If it’s anything like my experience it won’t last that long. And I was told if you touch the nest or move it, the mom and pop will abandon it. Your eggs look like the ones we had.
The trombonist is incredible Kylie - what an incredible venue for a party. The Italians always do things with such style. Can’t wait to see the development of the chicken coop.
You seem equally at home wearing an apron and at a posh venue wearing a silk gown and spikes! Ever since you mentioned, what seems a long time ago, that you have many long dresses that you wear to parties in Florence, I've been longing to see that part of your life. Thank you for sharing it!
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My son slept until 11am two weeks after he was born, on my birthday. Most unusual and welcome present at the time
I can imagine how beautiful the little chicken coop house will be! Someone will be extremely lucky to live there!
lmao at Guido yelling about the lorry driver. You go Guido!🤣
I love the rock walls. They would look softened with some plants in between them. Your property looks lovely in the spring.
Oh yes! Plants some ornamental oregano in there. It will drape down and look beautiful and is perennial.
You look so smitten when dancing with Guido! I can feel the love
Gianfranco trying to smell the sage is just so precious!
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Kylie - no way should you think of moving that nest! Just keep the inside shutter closed, and the pigeons will rear their chicks - just like you have with Gianfranco . . . they won't die - just fly, when they are ready. Much love to you both, Michael x
I laughed so hard when Guido said he couldn’t breath and you said, yes, the pregnancy was hard on both of us!😂❤😊
ohhh so good to see you! i absolutely loved every minute of this video, since the first seconds of Gianfranco in the sun, felt like a million little hearts burst on my screen:)) you’re glowing and beautiful and it makes me happy to see you like this
You’re so sweet! Thank you! 💕💕💕💕💕
I had falcons come to nest in my terrace garden for a few years in a row, and miss them this Spring because we moved away from that apartment. Just leave the nest and enjoy observing the process. Actually, there is a law in Italy against disturbing any nests of birds or interfering with nature's process.😊
Loved! Loved! The first dress stunning vintage dress that suited you perfectly! Its so nice to be a couple again on your own just having fun! So important for your relationship to have fun and a break from the little one. He will be fine& won't remember. We did this quite a bit when our children were small..it just recharged our batteries..
That party looks incredible!! Oh the sophistication of Italy over America. 😂 I love how happy and joyful you look dancing. Bellissma. 😍
Yay!! Back to the pollaio! You've come full circle and so much more! So glad you and Guido escaped to kick up your heels! Gianfranco is an adorable little helper! Like Guido says, "Bene, bene, bene!" 😍😍😍
Do not move the bird nest. keep an eye on it in the very unlikely event the eggs pose a problem for you (as you mentioned) Consider it good luck and i would not be concerned re any issues, just monitor. Each year we get multiple robin and wren nests near and next to our home. never had a problem. Good lesson for GF.
I love how you dropped into Italian during that bit of scary moment in the car. Congrats! It’s been amazing to see how you have progressed in life over all the years I have been peeking in on you. Bravo! 🙏🏽❤️
I just love the way your discussing having more sleep and a new phase of Gianfranco’s life! …and Guido is yawning! Just delightful!
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Wonderful video. It was lovely to see you both dancing and celebrating a night out. Kylie, you have the best parents and sister. Hopefully, one day we will meet Guido's family. Gian Franco is growing up so quickly. He is so smart and has a great sense of order. I'm looking forward to seeing Brian and hearing all your laughter. Sending loving and peace-filled thoughts to everyone.
You are such a delightful couple. Your love shines through in everything you do, and it is so refreshing. I smile the whole time I watch your video. Enjoy your time in Florence and don't worry about Gianfranco. He is in the best hands next to yours. ❤Florence
Congratulations to you, I have enjoyed watching your journey. It’s an amazing journey these lives of ours… I have witnessed your struggle and settling into being newly married and becoming parents. It’s so much joy mixed with some difficult times and you are handling it so well. I can tell you that 30 years ago I was in a similar situation except I married my husband 7 months after we began dating and on our second wedding anniversary we had 2 boys 11 months apart. Our first child was a sick kid and has been riddled with medical issues and our second didn’t sleep through the night until he was 8…. We all survived… and some of the times have been horrifically hard….. keep loving each other and making your relationship a priority, that’s the secret 💕
I'm glad you're putting effort into your marriage, especially for your children. I do hope you're not struggling too much though. You're still a relatively young couple, so I'm hopeful you can continue to work through your difficulties. Embrace the good times❤
My husband and I have been married happily for 35 years.. we both agree that those baby days when ours sons were babies were the most challenging. The bittersweet part is that these days will pass way to fast.....
I heard the hazyness was from a dust storm from Africa. And now we have cool weather again here in Umbria! 50's. UGH rain coming too.
It's such a good idea to make your new apartment available for long term rental. There are so many areas around Italy (EU) where short term rentals have overwhelmed communities to the extent that local residents can no longer find homes (either rental or to own). Communities become ghost towns for half the year and lose their character when dominated by short term rentals. Well done to you both we hope the project proceeds well. BW R&M
Yipppeee ! Nearly 300,000!🥳👏🙏💫. I am so pleased you had a night out together, I feel it is so important to indulge one another by dancing ,laughing and time for each other. I hope you had a wonderful night. Well done for managing the last 18 months too. Gian Franco is a very lucky little chap. Xxx
The rail on your Chicken coup is stunning! Id love to be that Italian long term renter
Thank you, dear Kylie. Seeing the notification of your video made my day! 🙋🏼♀️🇨🇭
I’m so glad! ♥️♥️
Me too ❤
Me too ❤
Maybe you have already thought about it or I missed it but the new stone wall could be turned into a stone garden by planting some native shrubs or small flowering plants. Might be especially nice if there is a door that opens from the kitchen to that area. I think herbs would like that place as well. Would also help to keep the soil behind the stones in place. While I don’t know about nest relocation I know that a lot of pigeons lay their eggs in the same place every year so you might get some return visits. Regards from Germany (and very envious of the great weather)
Yes I had to close off birds nesting on my house here in Australia because they do return every year.❤😊
Actually, if theres a little soil inbetween the rocks, it makes the ideal strawberry patch, especially for the small wild strawberry hybrids! That's exactly how they want to grow. And why strawberry pots are shaped like urns with little side pockets everywhere ❤ there are very tasty small varieties that are perennial and spread out over the years.
Please don't move the nest or mama bird will abandon her nest. It is such gift to watch the eggs hatch and the mother bird will start feeding her babies. They will not die and will be gone before you know it. I have nest in my hanging baskets every year, and I have never had a dead bird. Thank you for sharing.
As for the eggs in the nest, let nature be, Gianfranco will love to watch the little chicklets and they will fly away in due time and you can remove the nest at that point, just my advice from some of my experiences.
Still can't get over how stunning g your property is ❤❤
As your biggest gay guy/followers that remember your making cake in Positono. So happy to see you so in love with a family. I still think you are the most beautiful and accomplished woman on earth! Guido is the LUCKEST man on earth! Not to mention Jean Franko growing up to have the most loveliest Mummy on earth! Love you guy's! ❤ 27:25
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So glad you had a date night! What a stunning couple! Kylie, you are so beautiful. Things continue to look more and more lovely on the homestead.
I'm just in love with your videos and Gianfranco the way he uses the hose, knows just what to do. Great job
Hi Kylie, you can get mite spray for birds at a pet store or online if something unfavorable goes on with the nest, but I'm sure it will be fine. It would be amazing if you got footage of the babies hatching. It's so special to have such a view
Beautiful, and the party was lovely to see! I am so happy that baby is sleeping and you both are also sleeping a lot better as well.
You two are the Cutest couple EVER! 🥰
Your contractor appears to be worth the wait. Kyle, your video quality is continually superb. Thanks for sharing your journey.
Your baby must be cute as his parents❤️ those stones look beautiful 😊I love your terra-cotta color silk dating dress❤️ Guido looks handsome😊
Kylie, Guido looks handsome even without a suit. ❤ Appreciated you bringing Guido on this Episode where he shows us the finer points of harvesting some of the things you two grow. Love the interaction you two have and Guido's references to the life as a vehicle maintenance approach as an analogy. Love his thought pattern. He always has a very thoughtful approach to various scenarios. 🤗 Family is definitely important. I agree! Beautiful venue and loved the jazz/music. You two dancing brought up memories and lovely emotions of my late spouse and friend. Thanks for the memories. ❤️🩹 Thanks for this update, your time and resources Kylie. Appreciate you sharing. Sounds like you have spring allergies. Stay well. Take care, stay safe, God bless and love you 3. 🖖🏼🤟🏼
What a lovely video post ❤ Your new vegetable garden is coming along nicely....great to see the chicken coop renovations have recommenced... l was so pleased to see you and Guido had some very special time together...the venue...wow!😊
So happy to see you are back on with the project 😃I love following a long and dreaming of my own adventures to come in Italy. I forgot if you got your drivers license? I just remember you were practicing... I started taking mine because I want to go to Italy (from Denmark) but I want to bring my dog and not be dependent on my husband. Tomorrow I have my second test (last time I was too nervous and made mistakes I've never made before) so today I'm watching your video for motivation to do my very best, so that I can start getting comfortable driving and we can soon be on our way to our Italian fairytale 🥰 So THANK YOU for sharing yours, it's such a great inspiration! ❤
I am so happy for you and Guido that the work is started again on the chicken coop. I was sad to hear that you only intend to rent to Italians as I had dreamed of renting it for three months when it was completed. I figured I would be retired by the time it was completed. Looks like you both had fun dancing at the party. Thanks for sharing. I love to see everything in bloom. Beautiful. Take care.
The Italians really know how to do beef! I’ve never seen such luscious beef as I have in Italy.
Lovely video full of Spring Life. Beautiful child growing up in a loving environment. ❤
Guido looks like a great dancer! I loved you in the russet silk dress; it was so flattering on your svelte figure. Isn't Life great?
Beautiful vintage dress Kylie, glad you two get to get out with your hubby and have a hot date! ❤ The project is looking fantastic
Oooo a party!!! I’m so glad you got away to a different vibe. Hopefully it reset some stuff. You looked gorgeous! But doesn’t that make coming home even better? It does for me 💃💐💞
Yes, it really does!
Little beautiful boy has grown out of keeping you awake all night. I knew he would. Now you can get some decent sleep Kyle. 👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍
Dearest Kylie, my parents have a new black bird nest in front of their house door every season. Just leave them alone. They'll fledge in a few weeks. Your garden looks amazing. Everything does, and im envious of your weather, as its still cold and wet in Germany where im visiting my family. It was funy to watch an italian driver in action. I can imagine what part of the hand Guido waved to the Lori driver with🤭. You two looked so beautiful at the party. Can you two get any cuter!? I was wondering how you want to build the walls. Are you planning on creating a dry stacked look, or exposed stone at the pollaio? That would look so beautiful like in the bathroom. Greetings to your whole family❤
You both looked so happy and beautiful at the party and wow! what a place that was.
Beautiful vlog! The landscape of Italy is so mesmerizing. It inspires me to travel and visit your beautiful countryside. Beautiful party! You’re sweet to share your drive, talk and Florence getaway with us. You and Guido look smashing in your suit and dress. For what it is worth, one needs this time away as a mother to be a wife to her husband.
Hi Kylie, For the nest you can put diatomaceous earth inside the nest. It won’t harm the chicks 🐥 or your family. Good luck with it. Sending you lots of love.
Beautiful place in Florence!
After watching your beautiful video, I always feel like I better get started on a project. Thank you Kylie and Guido for a breath of springtime..
Amazing renovations as always. How elegant you look in your gown ❤ I hope you don’t mind me saying, regarding sleep. I work with mums who have had a traumatic birth and cleared energy from both herself and bubba, then the sleep begins. There is so much energy held around the birth. Xx
What a beautiful and inspiring video. I love living vicariously through you. Don’t worry about the baby birds. They should be fine and will fly away when it’s time. You have a perfect way of checking on them with that little window. If anything goes wrong or they get sickly or die you can remove them before a problem develops.
Etruscan retaining wall. They are smiling at your projects, your family and your lovely natural way of life.
beauty from th eopening shot to the last - postcard views from shot to shot to shot and then!... van gogh and his iris's right there next to the ruin. your life is becoming the masterpiece you couldnt possibly have fully envisaged . thank you for sharing it all.
I remember in 2020 when you were thinking about renovating the chicken coop! I enjoy each week watching and listening to your videos and today to the clarinette. Beautiful place you went for your party 🎉
What a beautiful party you went to! And you both looked great!
It was wonderful that you and Guido had a romantic evening together! I remember when my son was about to transition from a crib to a bed. We made it very special by building it into the time when he will become a big boy and not a baby anymore. It worked. The transition was seamless and we never had a problem. In fact, reading something together before bed became a tradition that has lasted into adulthood. Of course, we’ve gone from Thomas the Tank Engine to the ancient histories of China, Japan, Iceland, and biographies of those who have changed their world. Blessings to all of you and thank you for a fun video!
So excited to see you working once again on the chicken coop!! The lucky person that gets to live there will experience peacefulness and serenity for sure. I loved that vintage silk dress and you wore it well. Too bad it was going to rain and had to change however both you and Guido looked marvelous 😍
You and Guido are raising that boy right! Well done!😁
Leave the nest and try to sneek peaks until they grow and fly off. If she abandons the next you will notice soon enough to remove it.
What a beautiful life you get to live!
I LOVE your choice of music for the video. The Good Ole Days,for sure. Your videos,remind of the Past. That way i live in a 1910 house in Florida. With OLD growth trees,and an Orchard. You are welcome to visit.
I love the silk dress! So beautiful! Silk is so luscious! 💕 You both look so wonderful and happy! Such a beautiful location of the party, fantastic building✨
Gorgeous! Your videos always brighten my day! So very grateful for your talent!❤️
Thank you so much! 🥰🥰🥰
Sooo beautiful. Enjoy your wonderful life. The sun, view, food, environment..and your little one.. blessings. ❤❤
It was so nice to see you both enjoying a night out. Enjoy life!
Kylie, during the pandemic, I heard several people talk how horrible it was in the hospital for the women giving birth. IN Italy as well in the United States The whole treatment was just awful from the medical system. I thought it had to do with all the stress that the medical profession was going through due to Covid. But still, there is no excuse for the treatment that you and other people received in the hospital! So sad about what happened to the women’s newborn. 😢 I work in your house is coming along very nicely. Continue enjoying a beautiful life.
Was thinking the same thing re lettuces - perfection. No bugs chomped on them at all. Little GianFranco ... always, always involved enjoying himself. So much learning going on there. Wonderful parents & grandparents.
I wholeheartedly believe that the experiences children have helps create who they are / will be - even if they will never remember them. ❤I’m so happy he is now sleeping peacefully for you! What a venue and amazing musicians for that party! You both looked so happy!
Are some of those yellow flowers "meneshia" spelling? My Sicilian grandparents used to pick it before the plant flowers. In English it is called mustard greens. They used to sautéed them with olive oil, garlic, bell peppers, squash flower, and a cracked egg then served in a Vastedda. (Sorry again spelling) aka fried bread. As a kid I got mine with butter inside amd sugar sprinkled on the outside. 😊
Another great one Kylie.
Lovely evening with your husband. Spending that first night away is so very challenging for a devoted mamma, i think mine happened when ours was 2. I'm glad all went well, and you now have that skill in your parenting tool box. Cheers to you and your love on a glorious night together. Thank you for sharing dear. ❤
Such a beautiful and positive video! After the storms there is always the caim and joyful times!
❤❤❤❤Your 'car' is in wonderful shape. Baby sweetheart boy is absolutely adorable Love you all 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤
Maybe some blue periwinkle on that slope at the chicken house to hold in the dirt and there's lots of nooks and crannies to tuck succulents into those beautiful stones, what do you think?
You all have done such a great job raising your baby. He seems very smart and advanced.
I say this every vlog, but….the baby! He’s precious! 🥰 Girl you look great in both dresses! Lovely party as well! ❤
Yes hahaha John Fanco is just like my son who is now 30! heavens! i remember spending hours on road sides/near road works or construction sites watching trucks & such haha. He then became a car person like his grandfather. YES! first time is strange leaving them regardless
Such a beautiful video. Mahalo!
lovely to see you all !! love from Alberta 🍁
how wonderful to see you both so happy xxxx
What a beautiful setting for a party ❤❤❤❤❤Glad you were able to have a date night. Your property is beautiful in the spring and love the rock wall. Looking forward to seeing the process for the chicken coop however long it takes. Thanks for sharing 😍😘
What a gorgeous part of the world live in!
Excellent video!
Mesmerizing!❤
Those artichokes look beautiful in the opening scene!
A very beautiful video. Loved it.