This is another post showcasing my mom's work, and this one is super special because it's tied in with so many memories, as you'll see. My mom's really becoming an incredibly fast stitcher! Ladies and gentlemen, here is her latest finish:
I don't know the designer, but it depicts one of Spain's most beautiful heritage sites: the beautiful Alhambra in Granada, with the mountain range Sierra Nevada behind it.
The Alhambra is one of the world's best preserved Moorish palaces from medieval times, a real jewel of Moorish architecture. It's a couple of hours from where we live so it's a weekend getaway place for us and I can tell you, the sunset looks exactly like that when it hits the palace walls. In fact, the name "Al-hambra" means "the red" in Arabic, probably because its walls were built of reddish rammed earth.
Here is a picture I took on one of our last visits... apologies for the blurry quality:
I've been going to the Alhambra since my first school field trip when I was seven. Then, in my early twenties, the city of Granada itself became a place to hang out with friends, chilling at the tea shops and eating the traditional sweets made with nuts and honey. I still love this city, because it has a very strong sense of history and an active student culture.
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| The Courtyard of Lions |
Granada was so special to me that when a certain Irish boy came to visit Spain for the first time some years ago, I took him to visit it, and this is where he asked me to date! Much later, the same boy took me to the Alhambra and asked me to marry him in its lush gardens.
So you see, a lot of memories surround this place. Here are some more pictures that will hopefully give you a feeling for the place:
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| Moorish windows looking into a courtyard garden |
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| Peeping through an arch |
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| Detailed wall carvings |
Until next time, happy stitching :)
