@TheBluebellMoon2 it really was surreal. I couldn't believe that this man at the age of 90 was breaking up the clarinet in playing for us. What resiliency!
What amazing and beautiful views! On a side note…. Your hair is so long! It’s growing really fast! Clip a spring of rosemary, peel back or scrape a little of the bark with a knife all around the stem and place it in some soil on your windowsill. It looks like it will grow really well. ❤
Ooooo that is a fantastic idea. Unfortunately, I used the one pictured in the video up. I guess that just means I need to take another trip to the farm 😂
Such an enjoyable video. My Grandpa Porto’s brother’s descendants have or had an olive farm outside of Caccamo. Years ago, when some of my Aunts and Uncles here in the states visited Caccamo, they found the farm, and their Caccamo cousins were worried that my aunts and uncles were there to lay claim to part of the property! When they explained they were strictly here to visit and not lay claim to any property, they were then warmly welcomed! So funny. Thank you for sharing your journey!
@ my Mother’s father, Giovanni Porto, came here in 1907, according to him “with nothing but a handful of finnochio seeds in his pocket. He arrived in Louisiana, then migrated to Chicago Heights, Il. He met and married my Grandmother there. My father’s father came and moved around, but for a long time in Chicago Heights as well. His future wife came with her parents very young, to Chicago Heights. My Paternal grandparents moved to Lima, Ohio in the 30’s? Or so. Lima was a booming town. Some of the relatives followed, some stayed in Chicago Heights. My parents, born in the Heights, made their lives in Lima, where I was born and raised. Ironically, I went to college in the Chicago area, met my wife and made my life here. Suburbs of Chicago!
@ going back further, my second great grandfather, Guissepe Venturella, was one of many Italian men lynched in Hahnville Louisiana, late 1800’s. They didn’t like Italians so much back then in the South. Reparations were given to the families and his widow back in Sicily left with her children and came to the Heights. If you go to the Caccamo cemetery, you will see our family names. Porto Guagenti, Venturella, Zagone, among others. I’ve traced my family tree pretty far back. Because they lived up on a mountain, lol, there was some intermarriage. We discovered my parents were very distant cousins! Yikes. Where I grew up in Ohio there were mennonites, Amish.
Thankfully, after recording this video, Caccamo did get some rain. It still doesn't alleviate the drought. But I absolutely love Guiseppe!
I love the country side!
Absolutely. The farmland around Caccamo especially.
What a sweet man Guiseppe is☀️
@@cathleencrobons He absolutely is and what a resilient farmer.
He's still playing music too! Love that!
@@annettecinquemanifalbo17 I actually got together with him last night again. He said that music helps him keep dementia at BAY.
Carnevale di Venezia e poi O campagnola bella music
Lo è infatti. Ci ha fatto una serata anche un'altra volta quando io e mio marito lo abbiamo visitato.
Beautiful moments of Sicilian life captured forever. ❤️ xxxx
@TheBluebellMoon2 it really was surreal. I couldn't believe that this man at the age of 90 was breaking up the clarinet in playing for us. What resiliency!
Beautiful video. So informative of people’s lives. It is obviously not easy to make a living out of farming. Brave people. ❤❤❤
You are so right! So many farmers are tough as nails. I think Sicilian farmer's are especially so!
What amazing and beautiful views! On a side note…. Your hair is so long! It’s growing really fast! Clip a spring of rosemary, peel back or scrape a little of the bark with a knife all around the stem and place it in some soil on your windowsill. It looks like it will grow really well. ❤
Ooooo that is a fantastic idea. Unfortunately, I used the one pictured in the video up. I guess that just means I need to take another trip to the farm 😂
Such an enjoyable video. My Grandpa Porto’s brother’s descendants have or had an olive farm outside of Caccamo. Years ago, when some of my Aunts and Uncles here in the states visited Caccamo, they found the farm, and their Caccamo cousins were worried that my aunts and uncles were there to lay claim to part of the property! When they explained they were strictly here to visit and not lay claim to any property, they were then warmly welcomed! So funny. Thank you for sharing your journey!
That story is too funny. When your family left Caccamo, where did they move to? What area of the united states?
@ my Mother’s father, Giovanni Porto, came here in 1907, according to him “with nothing but a handful of finnochio seeds in his pocket. He arrived in Louisiana, then migrated to Chicago Heights, Il. He met and married my Grandmother there. My father’s father came and moved around, but for a long time in Chicago Heights as well. His future wife came with her parents very young, to Chicago Heights.
My Paternal grandparents moved to Lima, Ohio in the 30’s? Or so. Lima was a booming town. Some of the relatives followed, some stayed in Chicago Heights. My parents, born in the Heights, made their lives in Lima, where I was born and raised.
Ironically, I went to college in the Chicago area, met my wife and made my life here. Suburbs of Chicago!
@ going back further, my second great grandfather, Guissepe Venturella, was one of many Italian men lynched in Hahnville Louisiana, late 1800’s. They didn’t like Italians so much back then in the South. Reparations were given to the families and his widow back in Sicily left with her children and came to the Heights.
If you go to the Caccamo cemetery, you will see our family names. Porto Guagenti, Venturella, Zagone, among others. I’ve traced my family tree pretty far back. Because they lived up on a mountain, lol, there was some intermarriage. We discovered my parents were very distant cousins! Yikes.
Where I grew up in Ohio there were mennonites, Amish.
@@anywherewithkristen If I ever made a second trip to Sicily, my entire visit would focus on Caccamo.
@@anywherewithkristen my wife and I were binge watching more of your videos last night! I kept saying things like, “I stood right in that spot!”
I want to be Guiseppe when I grow up.
My husband would like to be as well.