FLOODED

The landscape around here today ... I hadn't seen this for several decades
Photos and video taken by my friend Tatiana

HERBARIUM SEEN & DREAMED

The exhibition Herbarium Seen & Dreamed explores the ways in which scientists, philosophers, writers, artists and filmmakers represent botanical specimens for scientific study or personal enjoyment, thereby creating herbaria of a scientific or poetic nature. The works represent multidisciplinary approaches (from the exhibition programme)... with some wonderful large cyanotypes ;)

FEBRUARY MORNINGS

Every sunny February morning I thought of Matisse' cut-outs and how difficult it is to catch moving shadows

Kitchen window. Lemon tree. Shadows. February mornings 2022

LEMON TREE

The moving shadows of the lemon tree from the kitchen window
Kitchen window. Lemon tree. Shadows. February mornings 2022

FADING

This late afternoon from my window
The cold wind, the blue golden sky
The motionless higher clouds
The traveling ones just below
A dream fading into memory

SUMMER

Looking for some beauty in these high Summer days ...
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À procura de alguma beleza nestes dias de Verão ...

THE PERSIMMON AND THE BIRDS

From the kitchen window this morning. A moment of contemplation on a rainy day

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Da janela da cozinha esta manhã. Um momento de contemplação num dia de chuva

❍ Celorico da Beira . kitchen window

TODAY

All day the wind howled from the mountains 

Way up the narrow streets, across the small town 

Releasing deep voices from the earth 

The birds wild, the trees wild, the sky wild

The cold rain scattered on the surface of the land 

The music inside trying to preserve the precious memories 

Desperately trying to grab hold of the moment 

Keep it safe for eternity

AUTUMN . THE SOUND OF WATER

Summer was long, depressing and hard

Autumn arrived. So late, yearning

Still the river thirsty but hope on the way

And the beautiful colours and running water

With minute details of fallen leaves

The scents of warm fruits and the light ... golden, peaceful, soothing

Just like the sound of rain

❍   Celorico da Beira - Santo António do Rio