Another Micro Meetup in Portugal with @maique, along with my wife, Melissa.
Waiting for a meet up.
🥵 very hot today. Peaking at 35C (95F). We are on the search for cooler temperatures.
Alcácer do Sal by night.
I’ve no idea what was happening in Alcácer do Sal this evening, but some people were enjoying themselves. The drummers and those following, were all dressed in a white uniform.
Finished reading Getting Your Important Work Done by Michael Nobbs. A collection of essays on being sustainably creative, using “whatever energy you have available, however limited it may be, to maintain a creative life (or even livelihood).”
I don’t know when I came across Michael’s work, but I have always appreciated his quiet and gentle advice. 📚
I installed Thwip on my iPhone, and watch, just because…🔈
🧙🏻 A second test of a Drafts action
🧪 Testing a Drafts action.
We went out to Arrábida Natural Park yesterday, and what a beautiful park it is. While walking along Praia do Creiro, one of the handful of beaches in the park, I saw a huge jellyfish and washed up at the shoreline. Its body was as large as a head. I’ve never seen one so large. I didn’t have a camera with me while on the walk, and so no picture, though I did capture some from the upper reaches of the park.
Captures from a walk through Alcácer do Sal this morning.
With the temperature in the low 30s, and cloudless skies, this character was overdressed yesterday.
I had a restless sleep last night. First I was too hot, then too cold, then the pillow felt too hard, then too soft. I gave up and moved to the couch, and sort of slept, waking up cold….and so went back into bed at dawn, finally getting up late.
I wonder what the day will bring, as I’ll be operating on a half tank?
🇵🇹 Boa tarde Portugal
Sitting by the harbour in the small Danish town of Havnebyen. Friends from Maui have moved here and we are stopping by to visit them on our way to Portugal.
My stay here in Denmark will be no longer than a long weekend, but I’m pleased that I am here. Not just to see my friends, but to experience Denmark. I was last here in the mid 1990s to listen to a series of lectures given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. We visited in the middle of summer, and time was available for us to explore Copenhagen. Many details elude me of that time, but I remember a boat tour, a walk in a beautiful park, and walking around Christiania.
I chose to spend just one night in Copenhagen on this visit, instead spending the time with my mother in England. My wife flew on to Denmark to take advantage of a house swap that we had done with a Danish family, and to fulfill her love of design. For her, Copenhagen’s architectural and design aesthetic are a place to immerse oneself in.
I finish writing this on a very wet morning in a summer house owned by the family which we are visiting, just down the road from Havnebyen. Our friends are in the middle of converting an old building into their new home, and so we were kindly lent the summer house to stay in. It feels snug and cozy, even more so as the rain falls outside.
I’ve enjoyed my short stay here in Denmark. The flora and fauna is so similar to Britain that I am feeling very at home in the rural landscape where we find ourselves. The autumnal changes happening around us, the light, the damp smells all take me back to memories that comfort me.
The Danish people have been friendly and welcoming in our meetings with them, and the built environment feels like one in which I could be very at home.
As we move onto our home in Portugal, I look back on these few days fondly, hope to return soon, not least to see the progress on our friends’ home.
Day 30 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Treasure, suggested by @agilelisa
From an art exhibition in Florida in 2018.
Day 29 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Contrast, suggested by @gregmoore
Light and dark.
Thursday, September 28, 2023 →
Day 28 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Workout, suggested by @rom
Always worth it, but quite a workout. Haleakala crater.
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 →
Day 27 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Embrace, suggested by @mroutley
Returning to the UK, I always feel the embrace of the British landscape.
Day 26 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Belt, suggested by @annie
Taken in a small restaurant/bar in Kyoto in October 2016. A few beverages in view.
