Rainy days

Today it's going to be a bit hot.

We had some very nice rainy and fresh days, the ones I like. But Spring is going to its end and it's time for days to go hotter, which I don't like.

I took these pictures from on of my windows.

For Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer.

Pink Saturday

I'm in impatient mode. Not that I'm impatient with something, it's just, as I'm crazy for impatiens and mine are blooming everywhere, I can't stop talking about them and showing it to everybody.

Now go to How Sweet the Sound, at Kimberly's, to Pink Saturday. She's hosting a party with a lot of "pink ladies".

Hooked on Impatiens

Didn't I told you before that I'm hooked on impatiens? I can't help it.

See how nice they are. They are growing so well.

Such pretty things.

For Hooked on Fridays at Hooked on Houses.

Outdoor Wednesday

The days here are quite hot but looks like today won't be be as dry and hot as yesterday, thanks God.
Feels good to be outside.

These pictures show a graden we have in Sintra, a private one that my husband restored and mantains. It's going more and more beautiful. It's very big. In our town we have some big private gardens, all of them very nice.

For Outdoor Wednesday at Southern Daydreamer.

Blue Monday

Today is Blue Monday at Sally's on Smiling Sally.

I took this picture last Summer when we were on holiday. It was from a monastery, now a museum, in the North of Portugal.

Make me feel I want to go back to those wonderful places.

Pink Saturday

I must say, at my house the most predominant colour is pink. As a house of five girls - me included - there's no way of lacking of pink.

This bowl here belongs to my baby, five years old already, but the mug is mine.



For Pink Saturday at How Sweet The Sound.

Hooked on Impatiens and geraniums

Time for another Hooked on Fridays at Hooked on Houses.

Today I'll show you something I'm hooked on: impatiens and geraniums.

I remember, when I was a little girl, my grandmother planting lots of impatiens that grew bigger and bigger. For me they are a sombol of joy. They make me feel good.

Another thing are geraniums.

My grandmother, who was a very good garden, always had them so I, that follow my grandmother as an example for most things, always have geraniums too.

Today I leave you with only some examples but I will post more on due time.

Outdoor Wednesday

Is Outdoor Wednesday time.
Knowing that some of you like when I post pictures that show Sintra, here they are some more.
They are not all new but even so I'll show them to you.

These pictures show a park we have. It's like a small forest in a garden.





And now some houses.





Mind you, mine is not as big as the above ones!



See you next week.





For more go to A Southern Daydreamer.

Thanks Susan

Susan, from A Southern Daydreamer, gave me this Award. I'm so happy.

I'm suposed to give it to some people but this is a big problem as I have too many to choose from.

Thank you so much Susan.

Go to her blog and see for yourselves how beautiful is her blog, always with nice posts.

I go there everyday!

18 !

Today is Smallest Blessings Day at Her Southern Charm.

I hesitated on posting this here because I'm not sure if it is a small blessing, for us is a big one.

Birthdays.

We have this kind of blessings six times a year because we are six.

This time it was my big girl: she turned 18! - on April, 21.

She is becoming a woman of worth and I believe she will be a proper prov. 31 woman.

She is a strong catholic, faithfull to God and His Church.

She is already the salt of earth.

Here is she all happy with the present my husband gave her.