FELIZ NATAL * MERRY CHRISTMAS * FELIZ NAVIDAD * JOYEUX NOEL

THERE’S MUCH MORE TO CHRISTMAS

THAN CANDLE LIGHT AND XMAS CHEER

                IT’S THE SPIRIT OF SWEET FRIENDSHIP                 

THAT BRIGHTENS ALL YEAR THROUGH…

ITS THOUGHTFULLNESS AND KINDNESS,

ITS HOPE REBORN AGAIN, FOR PEACE

FOR UNDERSTANDING AND FOR GOODWILL TO MEN!

 

 

GEZUR KRISLINJDEN

FROHE WEIHNACHT

NEDELEG LAOUEN

BON NADALCHUK SUNG TAN

CESTIT BOZIC

FELIZ NAVIDAD

GAJAN KRISTNASKON

HYVÄÄ JOULUA

JOYEUX NOËL

KALA CHRISTOUGENA

KELLEMES KARÁCSONYT

MERRY CHRISTMAS

BUON NATALE

MERII KURISUMASU

KUNG HIS HSIN NIEN

GOD JUL

BUON NADAL

WESOLYCH SWIAT BOZEGO NARODZENIA

FELIZ NATAL

SARBATORI FERICITE

SPRAZDNIKOM ROZDESTVA HRISTOVA

KLIDNÉ PROZITÍ VANOC

GOD JUL

SROZHDESTVOM KRISTOVYM

Painting

 

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

~ Plutarch

LOVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

... ANY DAY WITHOUT IT

IS INCOMPLETE !!

 

 

Earth..

 

 

 

 

“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.”
― John Lubbock

Let it snow!!

"Once we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences,

we can enjoy the best things in life."

FOLHAS

 

 

 

 

O VENTO SOPRA

DOCE E SERENO

NUM VOO RASANTE,

TOCANDO O DIA,

QUE SE ENCHE

DE DOURADO

NAS FOLHAS

...  QUE BAILAM

PELO CHÃO!

SURGE O OUTONO

DEIXANDO A SAUDADE

... DO CALOR DO VERÃO

 

Re..Elisabeth

La Alberca

For a more subtle and authentic glimpse into the heart of Spain, there is no better place to begin with than La Alberca, a town that still holds traditions and customs that date back to the 14th Century, located in the province of Salamanca, at 1084 meters above sea level and nestled on the slopes of an outstanding natural landscape of La Sierra de Francia where the isolation and the conflux  of granite, slate and quartzite create a breeding ground for a variety of wild vegetation and beckoning forests.

This charming town was founded in the 1300s and was the first village to be declared a National Historical Monument by the Spanish government, followed by others on the same area like Mogarraz, San Martin del Castañar, Miranda del Castañar, Madroñal, Cepeda, Herguijuela de la Sierra, Sequeros and more.

The Parish Church of Our Lady of the Assumption dates from the 18th century.

Very well preserved, the new buildings are made in the same manner and style as the old ones, with its fabulous medieval architecture, narrow cobblestone roads and thatched roofs.

The houses are made of stone and granite quarried from the surrounding environs and supported with wooden beams.

The Plaza Major

  

In La Alberca there is a tradition of having a pig loose in the streets that is fed by the neighbours. The pig, named “San Anton”, is blessed on July 13, and released onto the town’s streets. On January17, the feast day of San antonio (Saint Anthony), the pig is raffled off at the doors of the church. The funds are raised for the Brothers of St. Anthony.