ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER WALK...

I like living by the foot of a mountain. It gives me many opportunities to walk to different locations while I breathe unpolluted atmosphere and get acquainted with rural people who always show me that by having a simple life they can feel happy.

Under the current circumstances and though confinement is implemented all over the country, the measures in a small town like the one I have been living, are not so austere as if I had been in Lisbon. This fact, along with a co-operative weather, allows me to go for a longer walk. This happened some days ago.

As I saw a dog that was quietly resting and didn't bark at me, I walked a few meters farther and reached a multi-purpose structure that was half a henhouse and a pigeon one. The farmer was very proud of his pigeons, particularly of the French Mondain breed ones.  

I was shy to ask what those letters on the left side stood for... Perhaps the initials of the farmer's full name... 

I left the place, the air of which was a blend of lavender and pine flavours...

I went ahead with my walk and was glad to see old-style extraction of resin, something that I hadn't seen for ages...

On the way back home, I walked through a village that in the past was well-known for the activity of its villagers.

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CAN YOU GUESS??? #116 : CORRECT ANSWER

It's with a great pleasure that I congratulate the 

three ex-aequo winners

DANETTE

FATOS

MICHIKO

who guessed ... CYLINDER CANDLES!!!

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Danette, Fatos and Michiko, please accept these little tokens of my appreciation. Considering that Danette has been the WINNER OF THE YEAR, she's awarded with 'Siamese twin' candles. I presume you all agree with my decision.

I take this opportunity to thank you all for the support you have given over this year to this weekly FUN. 

Without you, CYG??? wouldn't have been kept alive. 

I hope I can continue to count on your support throughout the coming year. 

It would have been hard to do Xmas shopping to each of you (I don't know everyone's tastes) so, I've prepared assorted Xmas gifts to every player, being he/she more regular or not. 

You are kindly requested to make your choice out of the gifts below. 

No need to guess the contents, LOL!

NEXT ROUND: MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2014

~~ MAY YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL END OF THE YEAR ~~

CAN YOU GUESS??? #115: CORRECT ANSWER

I wonder why for several weeks in a row, there hasn't been a winner... 

The correct answer should have been .... A PIG!!!

NEXT AND LAST ROUND OF THE YEAR: Monday, Dec. 16, 2013

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CAN YOU GUESS??? #114 : CORRECT ANSWER

When I checked all the choices dropped by the players, hardly could I believe none of them was correct.

 I had never expected any of you might not have chosen... MISS!!!

Next round: Monday, December 9, 2013

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CAN YOU GUESS??? #113 ~ CORRECT ANSWER

Another week, another round and... no winner!!!

I had thought this one wouldn't be that difficult, but it turned out being not easy. Sorry, I really would like to congratulate one of you, at least.

The correct answer should have been .... A SHEEP'S HEAD!!!

This house was seen in Modra, a small town famous for its majolica pottery industry. Its blue-and-white porcelain is well-known throughout Slovakia. It is also known as one of the most important viticulture centres in the Little Carpathians region. The video-clip below shows you not only the typical majolica of Modra but also the building pictured in the photo above (1' 21" after the clip starts). According to my Google searching, the  XIX century building was originally a hostel.

NEXT ROUND: MONDAY, DEC. 2, 2013

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CAN YOU GUESS??? #112 : CORRECT ANSWER

Unfortunately, there is no winner, this week....

The correct answer should have been ... A LANTERN!!!

NEXT ROUND: Monday, Nov. 25, 2013

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CAN YOU GUESS??? #111 ~ CORRECT ANSWER

Regretfully,  this week there is no winner...

The correct answer should have been ... A PLUSH TOY BIRD!!!

NEXT ROUND:  Monday, November 18, 2014

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CAN YOU GUESS??? #110 : CORRECT ANSWER

CONGRATULATIONS

TO

MONICA

WHO GUESSED... A PIGEON!!!

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Monica, please accept my little token of appreciation.I could not find pigeons other than alive but I hope you accept this Portuguese-made bowl.

NEXT ROUND: MONDAY, NOV. 11, 2013

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CAN YOU GUESS??? #109: CORRECT ANSWER

Regretfully, this week I can't congratulate any of the 'players'.

The correct answer should have been... 2009!!!

NEXT ROUND: Monday, Nov. 5, 2013

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CAN YOU GUESS??? #107 : CORRECT ANSWER

I'm very much pleased to announce and congratulate the four ex-aequo winners, though Marianne had commented how the FUN is getting more difficult week after week. 

Irony of fate...

MARIANNE is one of the four ex-aequo winners of this week.

Who are the three others???

DANETTE, BILL and MITCH

who also guessed... a bronze sculpture!!!

The sculpture of the late French artist Germaine Richier (1902-1959), which can be seen in the garden of the Museum of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon)  is named 'La Grande Sauterelle' (The Big Grasshopper).

Richier's early work was fantastic, combining classical forms with human-animal hybrids and depicting creatures such as the spider, the hydra, the grasshopper. Her style became less figurative after the World War II. The bodily deformations which she favored as subjects were more accentuated in an attempt to convey a greater sense of anguish (source: Wikipedia)

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Danette, Marianne, Bill and Mitch, please accept these little, yet heavy, tokens of my appreciation.

 They are all made out of Portuguese marble, the elephant excluded.

 My choice of the sculptures took into account the little I know about your likes.

   Marianne, I think the elephant will feel happy in your garden. 

Next round: Monday, October 21, 2013

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CAN YOU GUESS??? #106 : CORRECT ANSWER

I'm very glad to congratulate the three ex-aequo winners

LEONOR

LINDA

SOPHIE

who guessed... AN ELEPHANT!!!

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Leonor, Linda and Sophie, please accept these little (actually large in size) tokens of my appreciation.

NEXT ROUND: MONDAY, OCT. 14, 2013

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CAN YOU GUESS??? #105 : CORRECT ANSWER

Congratulations

to

BILL

whose guess was ... AN ADULT WITH A BACKPACK!!!

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Bill, I sincerely hope you like the little token of my appreciation...

NEXT ROUND: Monday, October 7, 2013

(I do promise it will be a much easier one)

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CAN YOU GUESS #104 : CORRECT ANSWER

Oh, Dears, another week without congratulating a winner..

The correct answer should have been... a four-legged animal!!!

Next round: Monday, September 30, 2013

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CAN YOU GUESS??? #103: CORRECT ANSWER

Regretfully, this week I don't congratulate any of you. 

The correct answer???... GRAY!!!

As I saw the bride wearing no other gray-coloured accessory, her shoes looked a bit weird... 
Perhaps, I am out of today's fashion!

NEXT ROUND: Monday, Sept. 23, 2013

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CAN YOU GUESS #102 : CORRECT ANSWER

Congratulations

to

the two ex-aequo winners.... Danette and Mitch

who guessed ... A SALT PANTRY BOX!!!

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Danette and Mitch, pls accept my little tokens of appreciation.

 I could not find two salt pantry boxes in my folders but knowing that Mitch likes coffee, I hope he doesn't mind getting a German coffee canister, instead. 

NEXT ROUND: Monday, Sept. 16, 2013

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