Fall’s First Day in Antigua Guatemala

Fall's First Day in Antigua Guatemala by Rudy Giron

Sunday was Fall’s first day in Antigua Guatemala and to celebrate that we’re very fortunate to have amazing comfortable weather most of the time in the land of the eternal Spring aka Guatemala, we’re sharing this wallpaper with you. This bougainvillea wallpaper is proportion with a 16:9 aspect ratio to fit most wide screens. Enjoy!

In The Christmas Mood

Poinsettias or Flor de Pascua are in full bloom in The Land of the Eternal Spring for the Christmas season. The most common color is red, but now you can find yellow, white, pink and mixed at your local nursery and shops. Pascuas are an integral part of the Guatemalan decoration for the Christmas season … Read more

Gravilea Trees Wallpaper

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: Nazareno

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

Traditional Guatemalan Cuisine Sampler

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

Doña Gavi Store Wallpaper 2

I could spend a good hour photographing all aspects of La Tienda de Doña Gavi and perhaps bring you a series… but I won’t; I promise I will only post two more wallpapers. Today’s wallpaper, like yesterday’s, is take from the broken up wall at Doña Gavi Store. You can download the 1200×900 wallpaper from … Read more

Volcán de Agua Wallpaper

Volcán de Agua Wallpaper

Here’s another wallpaper for your desktop as an appreciation for a donation someone made today towards the hosting bills. Thanks! I know who you are.

Anyway, if you would like to download this simple wallpaper of Volcán de Agua (Water Volcano) taken from one of the balconies of my house, please, just follow the white rabbit and click here.

Would you like to know more about this impressive volcano towering over the south flank of La Antigua Guatemala at 3,760 meters (12,336 feet)?

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Bougainvillea Desktop Wallpaper from Antigua Guatemala

Tomorrow the La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo (LAGDP) will be two years old. About 744 consecutive daily photographs and descriptive narratives of a Spanish Colonial Town embedded between coffee plantations, flower farms and volcanoes. As a pre-celebration party, I am making available another desktop wallpaper for you computer (1600×1200 pixels) of a set of bougainvilleas … Read more

Happy Earth Day! Desktop Wallpaper

Today’s is Earth Day and to celebrate it, I am posting a desktop wallpaper photo for your computer which shows the harmony between the human habitat and nature. Wow, what a pompous description for an old-looking wall and the bougainvilleas and jacaranda trees that crown it. Today’s entry is the desktop wallpaper number 9 which … Read more