Sunday, 7 November 2010

Autumn roses and more


Today we walked through Vienna
which is pleasantly deserted on a typical late Autumn Sunday morning like this,
and with a wonderful a gray layer of fog high above.



Of course we visited the Rosegarden in Voksgarten,
and I took some nice pictures of the last autumn roses.


Many rosebushes were already prepared for the winter season with branches cut,
but not yet wrapped up in their warm winter bags.


Oh, the fountain, dark and cool,
and some rose heads drifting on the dark surface.



And my favourite rose, still blooming nice and bright!


What did hubby see outside the garden?


*lol* Some more flowers!


This could be Vienna's most whimsically decorated construction site :)


Look for flowers from all around our good old globe below:

Tuesday, 26 October 2010

An afternoon walk through Vienna


Nach dem Essen sollst du ruhn, oder 1000 Schritte tun!
After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile!

That's what hubby, doggy and I did this afternoon,
and we came to some stiller corners of the city.




























That's my entry for this week's:

Sunday, 24 October 2010

Today's flowers - A farewell to autumn



The wild growing Camomile, Anthemis_nobilis, is one of the last flowers you can find on our fields in a period of the year when it has already been quite chilly in the mornings.

A farewell to autumn!


Did you know that the lawns of Buckingham Palace use camomile instead of grass? At least, Wikipedia says so :).
Further, Chamomile is used cosmetically, primarily to make a rinse for blonde hair, and is popular in aromatherapy, whose practitioners believe it to be a calming agent to end stress and aid in sleep.


And this is the place where I found the lovely little flower!




Look for flowers all around the globe!


Thursday, 21 October 2010

Sky Watch Friday - Imperial Sky

My theme for this week's SWF picture is: Imperial sky!
The sky over the Imperial Palace,
Michaelerplatz, Vienna.
Wonderful! What's more thrilling than a relaxing stroll through the city, sightseeing...


But what's that?
There are so many dark spots over the imperial roofs!




Right! The Russian crows, Vienna's winter guests, are looking for a sleeping place,
which they usually find in the woods of the Vienna Prater!


Watch the sky all over the world and see if there is a place where it is roughly as exciting as it is in Vienna... ;)