My birthday

On the 22 October it was one of my girl's birthday, as I posted before, and on the 24 was mine.

I wanted to post here a picture of the cake and all but I couldn't find a way of transfering the pictues to my computer because I have a new camera!

Yes, my husband gave me as one of the presents. The other one is perfectly good but he wanted to give me one more advanced. The problem is I was so used to the other one that now I don't know, yet, to do some things as putting all the photos in the computer.

Never mind. I will show you the ones taken with the old one.

That's hubby's hand here.

I don't dare to show my face. When I see me in the mirror, I don't dislike it and accept very well the signs of the time but when somebody takes a picture of me it's so depressing. I was looking at some my husband took and I couldn't stop thinking to myself: who is this old woman? And I felt a bit sorry for my husband who married a pretty girl and now have this fat and old thing.

Well, I must say to myself that the image in the mirror is the true one, not the ones in the pictures.

Don't think now that I have a low self estime. I quite like me , with all my good and bed things - in my own opinion, more good than bed. It's just I have a very bad relationship with the camera when it comes to my face. I think I'm never well enough.

Sorry about this, I just needed to talk. Maybe someone who reads my blog can feel the same and understand.

Now, here they are some presents I had, given by my mother: a rose plant, a nightie ( it's so pretty, isn't it?)

a big birthay cake, my favorite, here still inside the box, and a Christmas towel.

My mother knows how I'm crazy for Christmas.

15 !

In my house ther is always someone's birthday.
Now it was the time of girl nº 2. She is 15 years old.

Slow Autumn

Here, in this corner of the world, the Autumn is coming slowly. We have flowers everywhere

as it was spring or summer

but we can see the fallen leaves everywhere.

The temperature has been quite high. Now is going a bit better and pleasent.
We were dreaming with the rain and it came.

Now, in this moment, we are having strong clouds and a bit of sun. Yesterday it rained so much that today we are waiting for more.
Most people dont'l like the rain but I like it so much.
So, I'm happy in this departement.

For Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer.

21 years

Today is our aniversary.
Thanks be to God.

Solo Dios basta

As I am in a music mood, this one from Taizé and with words of St. Teresa de Ávila.
It gives me always a sense of peace.
Praise the Lord.

And what about this one?

Are you dreaming already about Christmas as I am?

Erik Satie

I have a passion for this music.

It's so autumnal, almost mystic. Gives me a sence of peace and well being. At the same time makes me feel alive.

For you all.

Have a good weekend.

Arriving autumn

Here we are now feeling the Autumn arriving and, if it's not as obvious as in other countries more at the North, even so we can see the sins.

For instance, this tree of diospiros at Monserrate.

First of all, I must say that, translating on google, the answer for diospiros was kakis. I don't know if it's true. I must ask my husband.



Anyway, previous saturday, we went to the garden of Monserrate - more pictures in my blog Sintra, Glorious Eden - and again, this saturday we went there.

First most leaves of that tree were green, now most of them are brown.

Amazing how they changed in a week.

It's time to be cozy in the sofa with a throw - ah, I like that - and eat apple pie, which my husband already made.

I quite prefer the apple crumble and I'm planning to make it soon.

That amazing how, in all the blogosphere, people are feeling the same need of baking.

More news about it soon.

Almost there

I'm still quite computerless. Almost there.
Maybe in a day or two everything will be allright.

She rises when is still night

Today I woke up at 5.30 AM. Also my big girl.

It was not like this image yet. It was a deep and dark night with a sky ful of stars.

The reason for that is that today was first day of school for her, first day at university.

Here, parents don't dump their children at the university in the first day and leave them alone and forgoten until next holidays. People go to classes everyday in the morning and come back at the end of the day to their homes.

So, I took her to the train station at 6 A.M. and at 7.40 she was calling me to say she was already at the university. She only begins classes at 8 but went early because it was first day.

Happily, mondays are the only days she has to go so early, usualy she will begin at 10.

I remember when it was me, I would arrange my schedule in a fashion I could stay there for the less time I could and come back home quickly.

I always prefered home and family to outside and strangers.