I love mornings in Tuscany. . . well, and the afternoons and nights too.

I kept thinking I wanted to see a gentle rain with a light wind blowing the long dark green grasses in flight across the rolling hills, but after a few days in April I was glad to see mist and dew complete their tasks. to irrigate Tuscany. Eden’s garden.

We had a window in our room at The Castello di Pastine (www.pastine.it/), which looked out over the hills, so each day began and ended with the perfect watercolor world of the countryside.

There is a large gallery or deck (15 x 45 feet) just to the right of our window. The view is similar to that of our bedroom, but much wider. Looking to our left, I could see San Gimignano with its many towers and to the right there is a church tower, which rings at half an hour and hours. It is partially hidden by the trees at the top of the hill a mile or two away, but the gongs caught up with us easily.

Between the left and right view are vineyards, plowed fields, olive groves, pastures, houses and buildings gathered near other hills, villages, farms and cypress trees. Connecting all of these features is a tree snake, which curls around entire ravines and sometimes swallows entire hills as it swirls around farms forming variegated edges.

In our castello, I could see how the work is done, but in the other farms I had no idea. Everyone in our village worked (except us, of course) from thousands of bees to maids and gardeners. Huge black and orange bees pollinate flowers and trees, as well as grasses.

Although we never saw any deer, signs along the roads warn of their proliferation. I have seen hawks and many birds. Two friends noticed hearing cuckoos and another friend and I heard pheasants during a morning walk. And of course, every morning I was greeted by the crowing of the local roosters, but then what could be a better sound to accompany the rural landscape?

Watching the sunset was always a time to stop and contemplate the beauty. Of course, the best place to watch the sunset was the terrace, where you could enjoy one hundred and eighty degrees of joy and wonder.