Photographs
Last night by the rive Sado at sunset in Alcacer do Sal. A couple of these were contenders for my entry to Micro.blog’s A Day in the Life photo challenge.
The night before departure, it’s always an emotional time for me. Standing out on the balcony I look out over the city, breathing in the cold, moist autumn air. Night, I feel, gives me an anonymity and with that the comfort and space for reflection. It will be a few months before I am back here, but I look forward to the return.
A Sunday morning walk that took us past Brunel’s Clifton Suspension Bridge. The bridge opened in 1864, and I always find it quite something that the bridge can still carry modern vehicles (though nothing larger than cars).
Hot air balloons over Bristol yesterday evening. The weather was glorious for a week into October, but I imagine that it was cold up there. 🥶
Bath is a beautiful city which itself became a World Heritage Site in 1987. I’d forgotten how much so. I haven’t visited for many years. It is only fifteen minutes up the track from Bristol. By chance some friends from Maui were visiting there last night and so my wife jumped on a train to have dinner with them. Afterwards we wandered back through the city, a city of Roman remains and Georgian architecture, to the train station.
Bath Cathedral
Walking through the city
City center
Hot baths
Georgian columns
We spent the day in Bruton, Somerset, exploring the town, having a delicious lunch and visiting the Hauser & Wirth Museum with gardens designed by Piet Oudolf.
Catching up on some photographs from the last few days. We went down to visit Windmill Hill City Farm a few days ago. Set on four acres in the center of the city of Bristol, it has grown so much over the decades that I didn’t recognize it. An inspiring venture and the first of its kind in Bristol.
I never feel as though I have arrived in Bristol until I have taken a walk across and am standing on The Downs.
Haleakala on Maui with Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawai’i visible while flying out of Honolulu. You might have to zoom in for a better look.
We went for a late morning walk in Waihou Spring Forest Reserve in Olinda. Being up country, the air was fresh and cooler. A short but very pleasant walk.
And this little character was waiting for us when we got back to the car.
