Again today

Sintra is a wonderful place to the people who like fog and rain.
Yes, it's raining again today.

For Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer.

Not today

It has rained quite a lot here. By what the metereologists showed in television, it was the same rain that went to England. We could aee that big swirl of clouds going around up to England and down again. Ours was not so strong and didn't cause floods because it was only the outskirts of the storm.
But not today or yesterday. We are having some truce so the fields can drain all that water.

A storm brewing

Sintra by night.

For Sky Watch Friday.

A wet day

For a little moment, the rain stopped. But even so, everything was so wet, including the window.

For Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer.

Storm

Yesterday it rained so much, looked like all the sky and earth was going down.

I took this picture when I was taking one of my girls to school. Before I would take another one from school to take her home, I had to stop the car because it was tons of water falling down and we couldn't see a thing.

The day before it rained strongly too and we we expecting more for today but what happened was we woke up to a golden autumnal sun.

I like soooo much the rain but I was pleased with the sun because I was afraid of the result of that amount of water pouring down.

Let's see what tomoeow will bring to us.

Flowers of the Ramalhão

Some branches are already empty of leaves and, at the same time, we still have flowers.
Taken at the garden of Quinta do Ramalhão, a convent school belonging to the Dominican Order, where my older daughters studied and my little one still is.

For Today's Flowers.

The end of the day

Heavy sky. Looks like it will rain. That's ok, it's time to rain.

For Sky Watch Friday.

Outdoor Wednesday

Walking in Monserrate.

For Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer.

Blue Monday

Blue fog in Sintra.
For Blue Monday at Smiling Sally.

Jungle

The garden of Monserrate.

Falling down

Is the sky of Sintra falling down?

For Sky Watch Friday.

Autumn in Sintra

Turning colour leaves in Sintra mild Autumn.

Today's Flowers

Taken in Monserrate garden.
For Today's Flowers.

Monserrate

Monserrate is beautiful even with no sun.

Autumn sky

For Sky Watch Friday.

Houses of Sintra

In a gray and rainy day.

Hydrangeas

In Monserrate garden.

Monserrate

We can see signs of the Autumn on the floor.

Quinta da Capela

Near Monserrate.

Trees of Monserrate

On the lawn, viewed from the Palace.

Morning sun

Monserrate garden, in the morning.

Monserrate

Another beautiful view.

Sky of Sintra

For Sky Watch Friday.

Trees of Monserrate

In the morning, viewed from the Palace of Monserrate, near the fountain.

Sintra

Viewed from Monserrate, near the Palace, in the morning.

Palace of Monserrate

In the morning light.

Monserrate

The Palace between the trees.

Palace of Monserrate

In the morning sun.

Blue Day

At 7 am.
For Sky Watch Friday.

Rain at Monserrate

In Quinta de Monserrate.

Garden of Monserrate

Taken on a rainy day.
Even so, the garden had a lot of visitors.
Sometimes, the rain was so strong that we had to take shelter.

It's raining softly

Thanks be to God.

Still hot

Is Autumn but it's still hot. I don't like it.

On a foggy day

The "Serra" (mountain) of Sintra, viewed from the street that goes from Ramalhão to Cascais.

Rain in the making

I hope it rains.

Through the window

Looking to a rainy day through the window.

PS: Not today. Inspite of being already Autumn - wonderful word! - is too hot and not a cloud in the horizon. That's not fair!

To Heaven

In the garden of the park of Palácio Valenças.

Early morning

A lot of people rise very early, in Sintra, to go to work and to school.

The ladder of Jacob

Don't the clouds in the bottom look like angel's wings and the ones in the middle look like steps?


And he saw in his sleep a ladder standing upon the earth, and the top thereof touching heaven: the angels also of God ascending and descending by it.
Genesis, 28: 12