This from writer and historian Heather Cox-Richardson,

The nights I post a picture are often harder for me than the nights I write. I am not a visual artist, and so I struggle for way too long over what picture to post and then struggle even longer over how to caption the image I choose.

I can take many photos, but never post them, or take an age to do so, as I fuss over which one to pick and whether it needs to be edited.

🥱 8:30am and I am just getting up. I never do that, this late in the morning, until I have just done so. I was tired...still feel that way. A slow Sunday ahead?

🥱 8:30am and I am just getting up. I never do that, this late in the morning, until I have just done so. I was tired...still feel that way. A slow Sunday ahead?

😮‍💨 Feeling tired at the far end of a day moving around Lisbon. But getting things done, enjoying ourselves, and meeting with friends

😮‍💨 Feeling tired at the far end of a day moving around Lisbon. But getting things done, enjoying ourselves, and meeting with friends

Another Micro Meetup in Portugal with @maique, along with my wife, Melissa.

Two men and a woman in Lisbon.

Waiting for a meet up. Espresso cup and empty plate sitting on a tray on a table outside, a busy street behind

🥵 very hot today. Peaking at 35C (95F). We are on the search for cooler temperatures.

Alcácer do Sal by night.

The town of Alcácer do Sal in Portugal at night time, taken from by the river looking up the hill, all lit up

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

🧙🏻 A second test of a Drafts action

🧪 Testing 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.

Arrábida Natural Park in Portugal, looking out to sea from the the tree covered hills

Arrábida Natural Park in Portugal looking from the upper hills across the sea to the Long Beach running past Comporta

Captures from a walk through Alcácer do Sal this morning. Drawing on an outside cabinet of a man sleeping under a tree Archway, painted blue trim with white as the main color, on a town footpath Chairs lined up outside on a tiled street Painting of half a stylized sad face on an outside cabinet

With the temperature in the low 30s, and cloudless skies, this character was overdressed yesterday.

A mannequin of a fisherman, over dressed for the very hot weather

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?