A wonderful end of summer and flowers on my window

We had a wonderful second half of August here in Vienna this year,
warm, hot, sunny, temperatures inviting you to swim in the Old and the New Danube.

Today the sky was as blue as the morning glories in the Pawlatsche, the arcade, leading to the doors of our apartments on our floor.

On my window, the flowers celebrate the end of summer.

I spent the whole day at the the New Danube today, swimming, dozing in the sun, walking along the beach, my doggy trying to catch fish in the shallow water. Now she is satisfied and sleepy! So am I!

Have a pleasant week ahead!

Sky Watch Friday - Eveing skies

The Vienna Skywalkers meet once a week at 7 pm for a 1 1/2 hours walk.
That's Me and my friend Brigitte.
This is the first time after the winter that wewalked at sunset.

A pleasant warm evening in Spring, still water, and a red sunset behind the soft hills of the Vienna Woods.

Today's flowers - "Sommerflieder"

Purple Buddleja davidii flowers,
growing wild at the bank of the Danube

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http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/

A lazy Sunday afternoon at last

Some days ago I crossed the Danube at Reichsbrücke, when the ship with the red roses (A'Rosa Riva) I had seen recently passed by.
I had enough time to take pictures from above.

Maybe some day I will travel along the Danube on a ship heading for the Black Sea?

And today:

Clouds in the sky like Wiener Schnitzeln...

but we had lunch at Flanagan's Irish pub at Schwarzenberg Straße.

We enjoyed the sun and the wind under the large green parasols on the square in front of the pub.

The food was excellent,
chicken salad and fish and chips and roast beef "with all the goodies"!

Tim drank his first Guinness beer in order to prepare for his trip to Ireland next month.

The dog under the table liked the roast beef, too :>

On our way home we passed by strange dogs in shop windows,

but our D'Ora was more impressed by what her canine friends had left on the street...

We went home through the sun-drenched streets of Vienna,

not without buying some sweets at Café-Konditorei Aida on our way home.
(Erdbeertörtchen, Kardinalschnitten, Cremeschnitten... )

Have a nice week ahead!
My vacation is over now, I'm back at work tomorrow morning :[

Evening walk along the river Danube

Above: Skilful crane driver in his cabine :)))

My friend Brigitte and I took an evening walk along the river Danube today,
starting at Donaukraftwerk Freudenauand walking along the Southern bank of the Danube to Praterbrücke,
passing by Vienna's container harbour,
and a crane driver showing off with his skills on the huge machine when he saw two ladies walking by (together at least 100 years on four legs plus a 5 year old dog:)))
which made us smile a lot, very refreshing, hehehe :)))
and with the white swans escorting us!

And these tulips are my hubby's birthday flowers and I think they were grown in Holland,

or maybe in Skagit Valley where my friend MaryBeth lives?
Well, will we ever know ????

Tired D'Ora