October pic(k)s
This shot, another of the front of Slovenia’s Parliament, is a fitting one for today, the kick-off of St. Martin’s Day festivities.
St. Martin? From one St. Martin’s Day fiesta a few years ago:
St. Martin –-specifically, St. Martin of Tours–- is the Catholic Church’s patron Saint of wine. Besides wine-growers, he is also said to look after beggars, soldiers and tailors. Quite a quartet to have under your wings. November 11 is an obligatory memorial in the Church, and, just a few months after the traditional grape harvest, a date that nicely corresponds with the year’s first wine releases. What is nouveau in Beaujolais, is simply mlado vino (young wine) here. And the day is set aside specifically with the Pope’s blessing. [More]
Or, if you prefer, a wine outing this weekend is another well-earned excuse to continue celebrating the end of the Bush Era, and the Dawning of the new.
The pic is also among a dozen or so of my personal faves shot in October; there are about a dozen more here, all, for a change, shot at home in Ljubljana.
Previous pic(k)s of the month: [Sep 08] [Aug 08] [July 08] [June 08] [May 08] [March 08] [February 08] [January 08]
Ljubljana 103, originally uploaded by pirano.
