🛸 Up, up and away.

🛸 Up, up and away.

I’m starting the flights back home. It’ll take me a couple of days to get there. I’ll miss Portugal. I missed it last time that I left and I’ll miss it this time. See you again soon.

There was a haze of dust from North Africa (sand from the Sahara?) hanging over Lisbon this evening, as I crossed the Vasco da Gama Bridge.

😶‍🌫️ The morning cloud and mist is burning off. It feels as though it will be a warm afternoon.

😶‍🌫️ The morning cloud and mist is burning off. It feels as though it will be a warm afternoon.

🥱 It’s tomorrow. I’d better go to bed.

🥱 It’s tomorrow. I’d better go to bed.

Town, boat, night…from the far bank.

Alcacer do Sal at night, taken from the far bank of the River Sado, with a boat in the foreground

🐰 Where do dust bunnies come from? My current thinking is from “thin air,” and that they are very prolific!

🐰 Where do dust bunnies come from? My current thinking is from “thin air,” and that they are very prolific!

🗒️ Making lists for things I have to do in the next 24 hours before leaving.

🗒️ Making lists for things I have to do in the next 24 hours before leaving.

Catching up.

Sunset from the beach at Comporta a few nights ago

Sunset over the Atlantic Ocean from the beach at Comporta Portugal

And Alcácer do Sal from over the River Sado yesterday evening,

Alcácer do Sal, Portugal, from over the River Sado. The river is so still that the town is reflected in the river.

And tonight.

Council building and Castle lit up at night in Alcácer do Sal

I have just had lunch and still haven’t been outside yet today. I got up late and just started doing odd jobs around the house. The grey sky outside wasn’t an encouragement to venture out, and I just didn’t think about doing so. I’ll head out before the day is over, but have appreciated the pace of the day so far.

🫠 Another ssslllooowww start to the day. Not often for me, but sometimes they just feel right…and nourishing.

🫠 Another ssslllooowww start to the day. Not often for me, but sometimes they just feel right…and nourishing.

🍺 Sitting outside on a mild February evening in Alcácer, enjoying listening to the sounds of the local crowd and relaxing after a busy week.

🍺 Sitting outside on a mild February evening in Alcácer, enjoying listening to the sounds of the local crowd and relaxing after a busy week.

An American Buddhist monk, Ajhan Sumedho, once said,

“Suffering is wanting things other than they are.”

My suffering today is having to return something that I bought yesterday and is not working properly.

I hope that I can make myself understood.