A blessed New Year

I was out in blogosphere for a while but now I'm back!:)

We had a long holiday break in my husband's hometown.

The pictures below  are some I took. Actually, I have lots of photos taken

during the holiday but I don't want to consume this whole page here

with much pictures, just the most relevant for the Holiday season. (heheh)

This church is just a walking distance from their house. It was snowing

there for two days, during our two-week stay , so the pavements were all crystal white.

Found this little bethlehem inside the little chapel near this same church. It may seem simple but the details are meaningful to me.

 This last one was taken during the New Year's Eve outside while there were fireworks in the air. I like how the moving fireworks here created this colors.

I hope everybody  has a beautiful start of the year! God bless us all!

Walk and "fall" in love...

Had my walk the other day and this is how nature welcomed me...

a shower of yellow leaves on a November fall.

I just felt like walking down the aisle in the church while my groom

is waiting on the other end. :=)

 Spottted this car and I couldn't help but took picture. I hope the owner pick this soon

before it's too late and can no longer recognize his/her car...heheh!

 A short walk in the nearby park and I just love how the kingdom of leaves

reign all around.

Oh!How can I complain from a life that may not be perfect but closed to, because of the beauty and feelings that are simply priceless. I can only be thankful everyday.

Have a blessed weekend! :)

Magical nature

I consider this experience as one of my bests, being a naturelover.

And I am beyond thankful to God and my husband, as a living instrument,

 for he never fails to spoil me with trips like this one.

So I can say that it's not luck but a blessing to be able to see such beauty in reality.

Yes, we all are blessed in different ways, and I feel very honored

to be able to encounter nature in such magical way.

"Thank YOU, God! I can only be grateful all my life.

 In these pictures are my friend and I. We just feel like dreaming. And we can only stare at the calm lake like there's no tomorrow. My husband is our photographer, He's a camera-shy. :=)

Nature is God's most humble creation, yet we bow down on its natural beauty. It doesn't boast, it only accepts the changing season. I hope mother nature can teach me much of its calmness, esp. with the passing time, where not everyday is as beautiful and still.

Have a blessed week to all! Enjoy the view!;-)

October break

We went out of town, as we ended the month of October. We went to the mountainside in the Northern part of Italy, near the boundary of Austria. I enjoyed the view so much  that I just couldn't stop my camera from clicking.

Glad the weather was fine the whole time we stayed there. The temperature is still freezing in the mountain areas but the sun was up, so it helped a lot as we drove around the place. We had to cross this mountain to get to our rented apartment. There were tunnels, some only for few meters, but the ones that took few kms. drive, made me a bit scared. :)

As we came past by those tunnels and zigzag roads, these are views that we saw along the way. I just  love the farm life, seeng the animals calmly feeding grasses.

 I was little amazed that it still seemed springtime here, I couldn't help from admiring these lovely flowers in the terraces.

 The color of autumn is always a delight to our sight.

 We made a short stop on that bench and took pictures around while admiring the golden trees, surrounded by mountain rocks.

 As we headed on, these are views along the road. They are so beautiful! Such beauty of nature!

 This is the view from our rented apartment. I woke up for three nights seeng these colorful trees from our window.

Travel is already a part of life. We will have more realization about how grand and great are God's creations in travelling. There are challenges along the way, like dealing with the coldest weather ever, and scary roads, but we all are meant to conquer our fear and are winners in our own ways. Just be positive because God is ever and always present.

Have a wonderful November ahead! Buon Viaggio! :=)

October Fall

I wanted to start the habit of taking a long walk everyday. Yesterday was my first try.

October fall is such a delight to look at. While it has been raining here for days now,

and the sun being elusive, the fall colors seem to substitute the bright.

Luckily, I caught the clouds in blue yesterday during my walk

and got these beauties below. Thank God!

"Autumn is a second spring, when every leaf is a flower"- Albert Camus

Blessed days ahead everyone!:=)

Tuscany

One of the most beautiful regions in Italy is Tuscany( Toscana).

We made our half day road trip along green valleys of the Tuscans and

I brought with me this memory.

And so it's true that travelling will make us realize how much

gifts we actually have from heaven, as we look around mother nature.

It's simply priceless!

Have a wonderful road trip here! Until next stop..God bless!:-)

prize of mornings

Mornings are parts of our travel. We have become used to this routine everytime we go on little vacation or just a weekend getaway. So I take pride in being able to witness how the sun rises every time. There was a saying that goes, " If you want to be a great photographer, you don't need a very expensive camera, you only need to be ahead of sunrise, for there are moments within the day that will never come back for you to capture." And it's so true.

This one is taken in Roma while on our way to South Italy, where my husband's hometown is located.

This second one is located in Central Italy. This city, which is on the hilltop,  is surrounded with thick fog one early morning as we drove on. Looks like a castle, as you can see , but that grand structure is actually the cathedral of the main city.

Have a great ride in here, readers and friends! Enjoy!