Against grayness

Today is a very gray day here: gray sky, damp and humid with some rain. Horrible. So against this weather, today I'm posting a picture of beautiful blossoms and a happy blue sky: lets hope tomorrow will be beautiful!

Flowers, finally

I keep posting about the Spring Flower Market but I never showed you flowers! Here is a first picture of flowers: the man that sold these (do you know what there are? I don't) had only this kind and it was a very pleasant view ... a big green and orange spot in the market.

Fancy birdhouse

At the Spring Flower Market, a man was selling fancy birdhouses, this was one of the cutest. On the backside, the hole to let the birds in, on the front side this very realistic decoration. I wonder if birds would appreciate!

Again, mamma????

To start out with the pictures I shot yesterday at the Concordia Spring Flower Market, I'll show you ... myself!

This is how I usually stroll and walk around: wind jacket, pockets full with things my children could need (a small bottle of water, paper tissues, chapstick, some times band-aids ... plus of course keys, some coins, my ID card) and my camera hanging around my neck!

The pink spot at the right side is my 4 and a half year old daughter. I told her "can we stop one moment? I'd like to take a picture" .. and of course she said "AGAIN MAMMA????????"

Preparing the Spring Festival

Today (Sunday 6th April) in Concordia there will be the Spring Festival: basically a flower market but also a moment to gather and chat with school's teachers and friends. All the shops downtown started the preparation alredy many days ago and the prettiest thing I saw was this decoration made with thin sticks and flowers above every shop.

A(sort of) winter tree

Doesn't it look like a tree in winter, all folded on itself and naked?

Actually this is a big sort of tent that in summer gets opened for shadow and where you can sit and eat an ice cream or so on... When will it open???

Pretty windows, again

Another nice window: happy flowers and pretty curtains. I see many pretty windows here and they are really a pleasant view.
I tried hard to do the same thing at home (I mean in my house) but you know what I found out? That it takes a lot of effort and passion to keep up with all of this! I'm not that good with plants, so up to now ... I just admire other people's windows!

Mulberry tree

This mulberry tree grows in the middle of two twin houses. I like this spot very much (I also lived there for a couple of months and it was a very happy period of my life). Right now the tree has been pruned but soon it will be full of leaves and later on full of delicious mulberries: have you ever tried them?

By the way: my father puts mulberries in alcohol and makes a wonderful liquor!

Under the Cathedral

How does it look like under the Cathedral and its square? This picture is taken underneath the main church. Here you can literaly walk on mosaics and take a look at the old Basilica.

It's impressive if you think that above your head there is a Church, people walking, bicycles coming along and so on!

Here are some more pictures shot the same day.

A Sunday afternoon walk in ...

Not really a picture of Concordia today, but a picture of something you can easily do if you live in Concordia: take a walk in Venezia, one of the most beautiful places in the world! About one-hour ride by train, and there you are. We go to Venezia two or three times a year and each time I feel as if it was the first time: so many things to look at!

Want more pictures of our Sunday afternoon walk in Venezia? here