I did not have many blooms from my cacti this year. Overtime, I lost some that bloomed every year. Some suffer a bit. Others have maybe one flower here and there. I do enjoy every single one of them, but it's nothing spectacular this year.

Nothing like a lazy Sunday accompanied by the perfect weather to stay home with a book under the blanket. Love those days... from time to time :) And especially after a busy week. Other times I would prefer no rain so I could take the camera for a walk. The photos here were taken on one of those nicer autumn days. Though cold and a bit foggy, it was calm and quite pleasant. I went to one of my favourite sunset spots to enjoy the setting sun. But I did not expect to see so many spiderwebs! All the dry weeds that grew along the pats were covered with it. All the twigs, dead leaves and spent flowers were connected with each other with the delicate, shiny silk. The sun behind was helping a lot catching the delicate web and gave one of the most beautiful, warm, orange light.

It's early spring, the weather is just warming up, and nature is slowly waking up. Very slowly... though some flowers like to be first. The forests are still pretty empty and that includes mushrooms. At least the forest, I know. I am pretty sure there are other types with different trees that are more attractive to spring shroomsies.

And so we are back to the Alcobaça Monastery. It will take me a while to show you all the amazing rooms one by one. They all deserve the attention and with the amount of photos it is impossible to throw them all into one post.

Visiting Alcobaça Monastery, you cannot miss the majestic church. Stunning on the outside, but when I entered (I will still show photos of that another time) I was stunned by the size of it. Big space, giant columns, almost no decorations... Just space and light.

They are always first! And they scream "Yo, spring is here!" :)The tiny, little snowdrops Very often they would grow when there is still snow on the ground. The leaves would pierce through it and little flowers would open despite the cold and they'd be the first flowers to bloom in very early spring/end of winter. They just need some sun and higher temperatures during the day.