Small pleasures in life - Winter walk & Hot cup of tea
Do you want to join this walk??
Today we had a typical winter day in Portugal: cold, windy and rainy day, but I still had the chance to go for a short walk in the "Lagoa da Ervideira".
This pine tree may it look like a paradisiac place, doesn't it??
We have a walkway around the lagoon...
These are some of the plants we have found today...do you recognize any of them?
I go to the beach every time I can, and this Saturday I also had that chance!!
Vieira's beach
São Pedro de Moel lighthouse
...and to finish the day, a nice cup of hot tea!!
We bought this cake (mil-folhas) in a local pastry store before coming home. It's not the most traditional in Portugal, but it's really good!!
I think we all should take some time for ourselves, to be with beloved ones and do something together!
That's what I've done today, a nice walk with my mother and a hot cup of tea after dinner!!
After all...it's those small pleasures of life that are really meaningful!
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Green tea? Nice photos - how good to live near the beach! :)
No, this is was chamomile tea as it's time to sleep ;) Unfortunately, I don't live close to the beach!! But when visiting my family it's relatively close, a couple of kilometers by car (about 20-30 minutes). :)
So it is spring for you already? Wow! Here's my guess on the row of plants. 1 = some kind of acacia tree, 2 and 3 = some Portulaca, 4 = a Gorse of some kind. Enjoy your spring and I hope you can get outdoors a lot as the spring moves forward!
It's still winter, we don't have snow only cold and rain! You are right with two of the plants, thanks for giving it a try! 1 - Acacia longifolia, 2 - Corema album, 3 - Halimium calycinum and 4 - Ulex minor (gorse, like you said)!! Spring is much better than this and we have much more flowers :)
I'll take that success rate for a quiz on plants in Portugal, lol. I will look into the Corema and Halimium species. I see that the
CoremaHalimium is recommended for the US Pacific Northwest as a great shrub in our Mediterranean climate. And I see theHalimiumCorema berries are supposed to be edible. I'll do more research on it, of course, but it's always fun to find another food plant! Thanks! Happy "still winter"!Note: Comment edited because I mixed up the names that I meant in each sentence.
Yes, south Portugal has Mediterranean climate. Corema berries are edible, very sweet. I don't know about Halimium. I should not advice plant introductions...because they can be harmful there. I know of Ammophila arenaria that is native here in our sand dunes and one of the most problematic invasive weeds of coastal California.
My mistake -- it's the Corema berries that I meant in my comment about having edible berries -- that's how misinformation starts , isn't it! I'll add an edit to that comment so there's not any chance for someone to get a wrong impression.
I do check whether a plant is on any invasive plant lists before I plant it. And I prefer seeds or bareroot planting, because so many troubles can tag along in the soil from nurseries. The last thing our natural lands need are more invasives! =8O
Que lugar lindo, eu iria tirar umas milhares de fotos e o chá...delícia :)
Eu tirei mais fotos, mas para um post diferente! ;) Obrigada!!
Ok..ótimo. Obrigado.
Wonderful sceneries, beautiful flowers and nice tea! The cake looks delicious. I wish I could join this walk! Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome! Thanks for the support!!
Beautiful places and very nice pics! ^_^
Thanks for your kind words, much appreciated :)
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