Saturday 30 August 2008

The good life


14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, it`s easy to believe by looking at this picture, but where is this place :) Perhaps I could rent it - it`s raining here and the temperature is 7 degrees Celsius!

Have a happy weekend over there!

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Julie said...

Somehow I do not equate palm trees with northern Italy. Surely they are not native - are they?

This and the previous post show off the area around the lake so delightfully.

Meead said...

Wow, so beautiful! You live in the Heaven indeed.

Diederick Wijmans said...

Thanks for visiting, Leenam!!
Unfortunately it is not for rent, because it is part of a private home. I have heard that you have bad weather. Also my relatives in Holland inform me that summer has been very bad there. We have been lucky here, because August has been wonderful and summer is still continuing.

Hello Julie!!
I can assure you that there are many (too many) palm trees of this kind over here. Birds are responsible for this. I have even small palm leafs coming out of some of the vases I have on my terrace and it is so hard to get the roots out!

Thanks, Meead!! Arona and its surroundings with this soft micro-climate are indeed very beautiful and I appreciate and experience its beauty every single day.

Unknown said...

Palmtrees (of all kinds) are among my favourite trees! I'm lucky to live in an area at Oeiras called 'Quinta das Palmeiras'; that means 'Palmtree Farm', so you can imagine how lucky I am... :-)
Your photo is beautiful (as usual!).

Jilly said...

Utterly beautiful. The good life indeed! Love this shot.

Dina said...

Good, and getting better all the time!
I wasn't expecting what you commented about palm trees. ha
Those are really tall.

Virginia said...

Oh my. The green with envy thing is resurfacing. That is one gorgeous site. Am I correct.. this is not your home but it is in your cityy of Arona??

Diederick Wijmans said...

Thanks, JM!!

Thank you too, Jilly!!

Thank you, Dina!!

It is unfortunately not in my home, Virginia, but in a Mansion just outside Arona along the lake.

Unknown said...

Far more green than California, but it does remind me of the scenery I saw while I was there last week. I love tall palms!

Petrea Burchard said...

Meead's right! Arona looks like heaven.

USelaine said...

It's the squirrels here that cause trouble. They bury walnuts from the tree down the street. It's just a compulsion for them - they don't know a walnut tree won't grow in a flower pot.

Rob said...

Ah, at an enjoyable scene to take a siesta on that hammock. Lovely scenery!

Danial Bigham said...

It's beatiful tree.