Quinta das Abelhas

moonflower, originally uploaded by pureportugal.

Our first moonflower bloomed on the balcony outside our bedroom last night. The smell is wonderful.

I couldn’t take a photo of our actual moonflower cos the camera is in the car which has been at the mechanics last week - something wrong with the starter motor methinks we were in carregal loaded up with 400 wine bottles when the car decided to give us the silent treatment every time I turned the ignition key. always an upside to everything though as we took the opportunity of not being able to go anywhere for a while to browse the 2nd hand & antique furniture shop we spotted opposite the wine bottling place. not exactly cheap but certainly good prices compared to other similar stuff we’ve seen. and a couple of great leather sofas that I am now determined to save up for well, that was last Friday and it’s now been one whole vehicle-free week. Good lesson for us in just how self-sufficient we are, as we were on our way to go shopping when the car decided it didn’t want to go anywhere, so we’ve had a week of eating (mostly) only what’s growing in the garden. Soon as I get the car back I’m going to buy something other than tomatoes, courgettes, carrots, aubergines, marrow, & eggs to eat. Chocolate! Yes! Chocolate! Wonder if it’ll grow in Portugal …..?

Anyway, lacking a photo of our very own moonflower, I did a google image search and found this great picture, at the same time discovering the fantastic website that it came from www.ericandleandra.com (hope they don’t mind me borrowing their photo).

Stumble it!

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