April Photoblogging Challenge, Bonus Prompt 1: Bubble suggested by @paulrobertlloyd
😬 Those times when you need a gas (petrol) station, but just cannot find one.
🏁 Yeh! I crossed the finishing line of the April Photoblogging Challenge.
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 30: Hometown suggested by @mattypenny
Monday April 29, 2024 Newsletter letter
Monday, April 29, 2024
Monday April 29, 2024 Dear Friends, I have an early start tomorrow (today), driving to just west of Lisbon, and so I’m writing this letter late at night. This first week in Portugal has seen the temperatures drop from the high 20°C when I arrived, to topping out now in the high teens. Though the wind has been cold, the sun has been shining for which I am grateful. There is a quality to the light here that we do not get in Hawaii.
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 29: Drift suggested by @SimonWoods
The first thirty seconds of the fireworks display last Wednesday night at midnight, in celebration of the Carnation Revolution here in Portugal. With the holiday weekend coming to an end, I wanted to post as much of this as I could. There was another six minutes of the display after this.
The Story Behind the Photograph: The Details
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Close up of a beach. This is a short story. As I go back through the slides of my travels, I am interested in what caught my eye. What I was seeing while I was on the road. One way I look at this is what my heart was drawn to, what interested me, what moved me. This slide could be from anywhere, at least from any beach in the world.
I just came from a supermarket. I was looking at all the seafood that was available. Not just the fresh catches, but also the frozen food. Large containers full of prawns of all sizes. Containers full of shell fish. Containers full of parts of other sea animals. I found it really quite something to behold. What a rich variety of species live in our oceans.
I was looking at this display in a fairly average sized supermarket in a small town. My mind then started extrapolating that quantity of sea food in food stores across the world. How does the natural world keep up with that kind of demand? I guess that current environmental measurements suggest that it isn’t, or at best is struggling.
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 28: Community suggested by @stupendousman
Looking for that symbol? Sam Rose has created the website to find it. So useful.
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 27: Surprise suggested by @Sdevore
We took a drive today out into the Alentejo countryside south and west of Alcácer do Sal. What with the time of year and the recent rains, the land was very green and the spring flowers were out in abundance. Once the summer sun arrives this land will become golden and parched.
Evening in Alentejo.
Listening to the night time concert.
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 26: Critter suggested by @7robots
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 25: Spine suggested by @thedimpause
🥱 I woke up late this morning, for me. I went out late to listen to music and watch fireworks (after having already fallen asleep). It was a pleasure to see families out and about enjoying themselves. And the fireworks were good.
Just home from an evening walk along the Sado River. Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution here in Portugal. In Alcácer do Sal tonight Rui Veloso will be on stage beside the Sado at 10:00pm with fireworks at midnight…and then the party goes on until the early hours.
I don’t know how much I will manage to see tonight, but we were treated to a sound check by Rui on our walk. The first time that I have heard his music, and I liked it.
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 24: Light suggested by @eumrz
