Wallpapers

Gravilea Trees Wallpaper

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As mentioned before the Gravilea trees are planted next to coffee bushes to provide the necessary shade for the coffee plants. Once every two years normally, the coffee plantation workers trim the gravilea trees to keep the proper balance between sun and shade. I hope you enjoy this muted wallpaper of the gravilea trees against … Read more

Jardín Antigüeño: Bugambileas

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La Antigua Guatemala is known as the Ciudad de las perpetuas rosas, the city of the perpetual roses. Well, surely you can find roses everywhere in and around Antigua Guatemala; there are even rose farms near La Antigua that grow roses for exportation to the U.S. and Canada. However, I believe the name should actually … Read more

Jardín Antigüeño: Geranios

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Geranio is the Guatemalan name for Geranium, which is also known in Spanish as Pelargonio. Geranios or Pelargonios can be found with flowers in red, pink, purple, white and orange. Geraniums need a lot of water and in Guatemala they blossom year round. Pelargonios also need a lot of sun. You can download the Guatemalan … Read more

Jardín Antigüeño: Camarón Amarillo

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Oh life, you blink and it’s gone. A while back I read in the New York Times Sunday edition of the Prensa Libre about the passing away of a man 87 years old that for 55 years had no short-term memory. It turns out that he underwent brain surgery when he was 27 and even … Read more

Jardín Antigüeño: Pentas Rosadas

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Pentas are among the most beautiful and prolific flowers in jardín antigüeño. In the gardens of La Antigua Guatemala you can be sure to find flowers year round, but not all the flowers blossom all year or at the same time. Pentas are a delightful execption since they have many live bouquets all year round … Read more

Jardín Antigüeño: Julias

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Julias are flowers that blossom all year long. Julias scientific name is Salvias spendens and normally can be found dress in salmon, red, purple, white and red & white. Once again you can download the Guatemalan flowers wallpaper from here: Julias Salmon and Julias Purple wallpapers. Source: Guate Flora: Plantas ornamentales más utilizadas en jardínes … Read more

Jardín Antigüeño: Nazareno

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Throughout the archives of AntiguaDailyPhoto.com you can find many of the plants and flowers available in and around the Antigua Guatemala gardens. In fact, I even created the Guateflora category to host some of the findings. This week we will feed the Guateflora and Wallpaper categories with flowers commonly found in the jardín antigüeño, the … Read more

Yellow Guatemalan Poinsettias Wallpaper

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First wallpaper download for 2009 from La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo (LAGDP). You can browse the wallpaper category to get the other 23 Guatemalan wallpapers for your computer available from LAGDP. Just two weeks ago I shared with you a photo red and yellow pascuas (poinsettias) and I mentioned that poinsettias were native to Guatemala … Read more

Theme Day: Circles/Spheres

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“I miss playing tenta, el botecito, escondite, kick-ball, cincos, trompos and all the good old games kids play…” —MO It was only last week that Claudia and MO brought back those sweet memories from their childhood in Guatemala and as a good fellow I have to fulfill with images, let’s hope, that ease the nostalgic … Read more

Reuniting the Living with the Dead

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Ignacio Ochoa has published a recent article about the history of kite making in Santiago Sacatepéquez under the name of Messenges in the Wind. Below the first paragraph of this wonderful article: On November 1 and 2, a powerful force stirs in all the towns of Guatemala. Traditional markets are filled with flowers of sempa … Read more

Capturing Sunshine at the Mermaids Fountain

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September has been one of the rainiest month thus far, but you would not know it by looking at the recent daily photos, right? Well, around Guatemala’s Independence Day on September 15th, we were lucky to have a few dry days or with very little rain. Today’s capture was taken at the heart of La … Read more

Traditional Guatemalan Cuisine Sampler

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First of all, click the play button below. It’s the sound track for this entry. It’s been a while since I presented you with a Guatemalan cuisine sampler, right? To be exact, it was February 19th, 2007 (go check it out). We will have a little fun with this Guatemalan food sampler photo. ONE: Tell … Read more

Libre al viento tu hermosa bandera…

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Here is gift for those of you who like to collect the desktop wallpapers for your computer (18 so far). From here you can download the Guatemalan Flag wallpaper to help you get in the mood for the Guatemalan Independence Day celebrations. Don’t ever say I don’t give you presents! 😉 Okay Rudy, I don’t … Read more