These images are a week old. Over the course of a day these rainbows greeted me on the day after my return to Maui. Hawaii is known for its rainbows. Last Wednesday the skies over our corner of the island excelled themselves. 🌈
Photographs
This morning’s rainbow 🌈
Heathrow airport on a gloomy afternoon…and a lot of aliens hovering above.
Changing tires.
Playing with the camera.
We are back in Alcácer do Sal after two nights in the Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in Portugal. I love the mountains and during a brief hike, looking out over these hills, I was reminded of The Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons in South Wales. I use to go hiking in those hills and lived for almost two decades looking out towards The Black Mountains. The mountains of the Serra da Estrela took me back to there.
I could sit and watch this movie all day.
I am thinking that it has been almost a decade since I have been amongst trees in autumn, and I am so appreciating it. The colours, the damp smell, the cool air. It all takes me back to what I grew up with and spent so many years around.
A calm River Sado hosts a flock of young seagulls on a Sunday morning.
I’ve now heard back from Hawaii Elections.
Your ballot has been accepted
This message is from your County Elections Division. Your 2024 General Election ballot has been received, validated, and accepted for counting. Mahalo for voting!
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A reading nook.
Capela de Arraiolos.
The weather was so grey this evening at sunset, that it almost looked as though it had been snowing over Alcácer. While cooler than yesterday, snow though was very definitely not in the air.
Pedro Nunes looking out over his Square in his birth place of Alcácer do Sal.
(Some of) the colours of Alcácer’s bridge by night.
The first rays of sunlight striking this morning.
The clean up, stage two. I noticed as the washing machines started turning, that another level of stress felt released from my body. Finally being able to clean the mop up towels.
Early dawn light this morning.
Caught in conversation.
Peppers for sale in Mercardo do Livramento, Setúbal.
Always worth a visit, though warmer days than today are better recommended. This was taken over the weekend.
Well we arrived in Alcácer do Sal late at night yesterday, and it turned out to be the last day of a weekend festival. Alcácer does festivals well.
Cars crawled to the venue, also on the route to our house.
The festival is the Feira Nova De Outubro 2024. I am not clear what it was celebrating, but there were markets, food stalls a plenty and music. Even well into the third and final night of the festival, it was busy.
What a difference a few thousand feet make. These photos were taken six days ago as we approached London Heathrow. The first was taken up above the clouds as the first light of dawn made an appearance.
As the plane descended into Heathrow we dropped into the cloud beneath us, and we stayed in it. The land did not come into view until a few hundred feet from touch down. It was pea soup fog until landing, and we arrived to a murky rainy day.
Thankfully the weather had brightened up since….though next week does not look so hopeful.
Sunrise over Bristol a couple of days ago.
I spotted this character just down the road from my mother’s apartment.
Thursday, September 26, 2024 →
I made mention that in an earlier post of the Pacific Golden Plover, or kōlea, which visits Hawaii for the winter. This morning I tried to capture some photos of a Plover feeding in our front garden. They are fairly tame, and there is still a limit as to how close that I can get to them. There is also a limit to the resolution of my iPhone 13 Mini zooming in. But here is an effort to share a visiting Plover with you.
Thursday, September 26, 2024 →
A crescent, waning moon high in the sky at dawn this morning as I stepped outside.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 →
This morning’s rainbow 🌈
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 →
Hello Kitty - I felt as though I was being followed today.
This morning’s rainbow 🌈
