The Romans marked each new year by hammering a nail into the door post of the temple of Jupiter. We prefer to photograph the sunset on the first day of the year, hoping it holds a clue for what the year will bring.
Today, the sun slept all day behind clouds. But at the last moment, it spread its rays and lit the sky, as if to reassure us that there will be many beautiful sunsets in the New Year. We hope you’ll come to Portugal to share some of these sunsets with us. Happy New Year!
Salt of Portugal 
I surely will! Happy 2016 to you 🙂
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Reblogged this on The Portugal Years and commented:
An ancient tradition.
Great Photo! Happy New Year!
Thanks!
Lovely blog. Just started to follow you. I trave to Portugal very regularly – the country inspires my artwork enormously and I love to learn about new places to visit.
Thank you so much for following. Your paintings are beautiful!