Hello everyone! This is not exactly 'Alchemy' related, but in a way I guess it could be! My wife and I just got back from a weekend trip to southern Italy (we live up north in the Tuscany region) where we visited a tenuta (farm) that specializes in producing some of the BEST Buffalo mozzarella cheese in the country. !00% organic, this herd of over 600 buffalo are kept completely clean and healthy and most importantly - HAPPY! They sleep on memory foam mattresses, listen to Mozart, and have massages all day at their leisure. It was SO interesting. The milking machines are completely automated, so typically twice a day they let themselves in through gates, and sidle up to the machine where they are automatically milked and then washed. The milk is then computer analyzed to verify its purity and cleanliness. Seeing the buffalo live like this was truly wonderful! They have become extremely civilized, even patiently waiting in a queue to get milked, or to use one of the massage machines. Fun to watch! They only limit their production to 400 kilograms per day which is about 20% of a similar sized corporate ranch would produce. They only sell their cheese in small quantities to the local families in limited amounts. They also make wonderful gelato and yogurts, butter and have a fantastic bakery on the property as well. Like i said, not exactly Tai Chi related, but just wanted to share some pics if anyone cares to see. I find the videos I took simply mesmerizing, and I keep catching myself watching with a dumb grin on my face - lol. Thanks - and sorry for the long post! ☮️

Just finished my Day 2 of the 7 day challenge, and I’m loving it! This is all new to me…seems like a lot of terminology and poses to remember, but I’m not going to get bogged down in that! I’m thinking that will all come with time.

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