w is for wine & wishes

 ☀ ABC Wednesday  ☀ PhotoHunt  ☀ reflections

 Sparkling wine, because it's the season.  And this one is crafted from the classic blend of 

indigenous white grapes Macabeo, Parellada, and Xarel.lo in Catalonia, Spain.

Wishing you all  a very merry Christmas and  a  happy New Year!

This blog will hibernate for several weeks. Cheers!

sunset

A beautiful sunset after heavy rains earlier this month. The small stripe in the middle is the Mediterranean Sea, the lake up front is due to the rain.  Linking to   PhotoHunt  ~  weekend reflections.

V is for volcano

 ABC Wednesday 

*neu: Blick Dienstag

A wonderful view from the (active) Osorno Volcano   (2,652-meter /8,701 ft high) in Southern Chile by my  sister (thank you, dear sis!)  We were both there last February, she hat the right seat to capture this magnificent summer view.

candle

I had no candle for today's photohunt and had a busy Saturday morning. But I came home to a nice luncheon prepared by my husband, who surprised me with this centerpiece to lighten up this gray, rainy day. Right on time for PhotoHunt !

And I even found a little reflection for weekend reflections.

T is for tower and triangle

Detail of the Belem Tower near Lisbon, Portugal, the triangles are way on top of the tower (see picture below). " It is  a fortified tower built in the early 16th century and located in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (...) because of the significant role it played in the Portuguese maritime discoveries (...) The tower was commissioned by King John II to be part of a defense system at the mouth of the Tagus river and a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon" . Source. From my archives for ABC Wednesday

 

feather

    An unexpected guest, some time ago. Love the colorful feathers. Posted for  the Saturday PhotoHunt after several weeks of absence...  Happy weekend!... 

Q is for quadrate (square)

The people who built our present home in the early 1960's had a mouth-blown glass factory, that explains  this hand-painted  quadrate tile in one of the walls at the entrance.  ABC Wednesday 

P is for pretty petals

 ABC Wednesday ~ Today's flowers ~ Wordless Wednesday

O is for oysters

   
ABC Wednesday

Oh, two months without blogging! summer was very busy and I didn't seem to find time for posting. And therefore I missed this blog's 9th anniversary in late September. Let's celebrate now with some oysters, one of my husband's favorite treats, I must add that I am not crazy about them. 

E is for egg

Not edible, but still an egg...
  ABC Wednesday

This egg is made out of combarbalita, a Chilean semiprecious stone that presents a great range of colours which depends on  the predominance of some minerals or mineralogical associations within the rock. So there. Happy Wednesday!

photohunt: lacy

Nothing like rococo lace, featuring the Electoral Palace of Trier in Germany (some vacations ago), considered one of the loveliest rococo  palaces in the world. Today, the Electoral Palace is the seat of the District Supervisory Authorities. Originally posted here. And stretching it in order to post for  the Saturday PhotoHunt  after several weeks.

rest ~ pasta

    rest   ☀  pasta 

Barcelona at Christmas time.  The giant noodles are part of the city's Christmas lights: a soup with this particular type of noodle  pasta (galet) is part of the Catalonian   tradition, and it is served on Christmas Eve.  As you can see, the galets rest on the street...

Y is for yeast

Brewing yeast,  that is. There are many varieties of brewing yeast to complement the beverage of choice. Each variety of yeast has advantages, such as champagne yeast, a variety of wine yeast, which will yield more bubbles than other types of wine yeast. Source. Cheers,  ABC Wednesday.

dusk and round

                                                         dusk   ☀  round 

Wonderful  dusk  in Istanbul, showing  a round church dome, but please don't ask me names. A picture from my archives (the sky was pink and the water purple, no editing! it was the light), great memories of a fantastic visit.

and the blogger is out! Back soon.

T is for ... tea time

                                                  ABC Wednesday ~~  Wordless Wednesday

yellow ~ mirror

                                                 yellow   ☀  mirror 

Since I didn't have any picture in my archives to fit both themes  I had to act quickly, balancing my camera in one hand and a mirror in the other. But I still couldn't do my beautiful amaryllis justice.

S is for ... street lamps

The peculiar street lamps designed in 1906 by Pere Falqués i Urpí  found in central Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona. For   ABC Wednesday

water ~ abstract

                         
                                           water   ☀ abstract ☀  NF abstract on Wed

I remembered this picture from my archives for the themes, I added a  bit of editing  just for fun. This picture was taken at a marina, sailing boats are missing from the shot but their masts are reflected on the water.

R is for rose

This is a tiny rose glued to the card of a very special gift shop I once encountered. I no longer have the beautiful card but this picture from my archives to remember it.  

                                                Ruby  Tuesday  ~   ABC Wednesday