Photographs

A reflection of Alcácer do Sal’s pedestrian bridge in the River Sado.

A reflection of a bridge in a muddy river. White buildings are in the right river bank. Blue and cloudy sky above.

Looking across some of the newly flooded rice fields in Alcácer do Sal, this morning.

A flooded rice field looking like a small lake. In the distance is a small town of white houses. Above a dark cloud hangs ominously.

Thankfully this little guy was not for real.

A model rabbit in a small cadge hanging outside with a wall behind and foliage visible.

Dreaming of Wales. Back to an image that I took a couple of weeks ago while I was in Bristol, England. This is taken from Seawalls, looking down the River Avon towards the Bristol Channel. In the distance are the hills of Wales. I lived in South East Wales for almost 20 years, and a part of my heart is still there.

Looking from above and down the River Avon winding through lush green hills on one side and a road and hillside on the other. In the distance are hill, under a partly cloudy sky.

It’s been a week since I have posted anything here, and I am probably behind with a few stories and images. So here is a photo from yesterday in Lisbon. This character greeted us after lunch.

A drawing on a wall in black ink or pen of a character with a large head, wearing a hat with unreadable text and displaying an exaggerated grin, is depicted on a wall. A short shirt reveals his belly button.

A rainbow, or should I say a double rainbow that showed itself while I was in Britain. My wife sent me the photograph, so photo credit to her. 🌈

A vibrant double rainbow arches over a lush garden landscape with a clear blue sky and scattered clouds. Long shadows extend across the lawn.

A visit back home to Bristol is not complete without a walk across the Downs.

An oak tree with a thick trunk and multiple sprawling branches is set against a blue sky with green foliage and grass in the background.

Beech tree branches with a dense canopy of green and copper coloured leaves create a natural ceiling, allowing specks of sunlight to filter through.

Cricket on The Close.

A large open field features a cricket game in progress, in the background are the buildings of Clifton College, a private school in Bristol, England. To the right is a large tent. All under a clear blue sky.

This morning’s view. The TWA hotel at JFK.

A corridor on an incline with a red carpet on the floor, curved white walls and a sand colored ceiling. At the far end a faint blue room is visible.

This morning there were four rainbows over the space of a couple of hours. One was too big to capture in one photo. Because of the number and size, I have made two collages of this morning’s rainbows 🌈

A collage of two photos of a rainbow against a grey cloudy sky over a hill of vegetation and a lawn.

A collage of three photos of rainbows against a cloudy sky over vegetation and a lawn.

These two were out for a stroll this morning.

Another snail I saw making its way across the driveway. An hour later it was almost across. Oh to live such an unhurried life.

Two snails crawling through the grass. A sunny hillside is seen in the distance.

This evening’s double rainbow 🌈

A partial double rainbow disappearing into thick dark cloud. Below is a thick hedge and lawn with a green propane tank in the middle of the hedge.

Yesterday’s trip to the Green Waste dump here on Maui was like visiting a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie set.

A cloudy sky with patches of blue showing. Below a very large pile of green waste sits on dry dirt with coconut husks and pallets lying beside it. Debris blows through the air.

The trade winds were blowing strong and a machine was turning over the pile of composting waste, sending debris blowing everywhere. As I got out of the truck, waste blew into the truck before I could get the door closed. It blew into my face and under my sun glasses as I tried to get my green waste out of the back of the truck. I sort of adopted a sideways stance to counter what was blowing so violently through the air.

Opening the truck door again blew more waste in. I put the air conditioning full on to clear the air as I drove away.

A truck sits dwarfed by two huge piles of compost sitting on dry earth. A machine turns the compost over, sending debris flying through the air. Above is a cloudy sky.

I scraped this mud wasp nest off the floor, under a chair while moving furniture over the weekend. It had long since been vacated, but still was well and truly stuck to the floor.

A mud wasp nest after being scraped off the floor. Three holes show the entrances for the lava.

Changing it up a bit. This morning’s in house rainbow 🌈

Refracted sun light causing a spectrum of light, a rainbow, to be displayed on the wall. In front of it is a metal mesh shelf and some poles.

This morning’s rainbow 🌈

A partial rainbow is seen against a big white cloud in a blue sky. This is above a lot of vegetation and lawn.

This evening’s double rainbow, seen over a hedge and through the Betel Nut and Lychee trees.

A double rainbow against a cloudy sky with patches of blue, over a green hedge partially lit by the sun.

A rainbow seen behind tall Betel Nut trees and a Lychee Tree with fruit.

Current events informed our movie watching choice last night, though my wife did not make it to the end. 🍿

A review of the movie Conclave where the reviewer appreciated the attention to detail in the film, and through the movie’s staging felt sequestered along with the Cardinals. He liked the film.

This morning’s rainbow, and a shadow of me. 🌈

A vibrant rainbow arcs over a lush green field with dense shrubs and a partly cloudy sky.

A faint rainbow arches across a partly cloudy sky with a hint of blue.

Two shots of yesterday evening’s rainbow 🌈

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I forgot to post this rainbow from yesterday evening 🌈

Against a grey cloudy sky, a rainbow arches over a green vegetation made up of a lawn, trees and bushes.

Two views of this morning’s Easter double rainbow 🌈

A vibrant double rainbow arcs over a lush garden with various plants and a clear sky.

A beautiful double rainbow arches over a lush green landscape with a partly cloudy blue sky.

Looking over a wall from Kihei in South Maui towards the West Maui Mountains as Kona storm crept in on Thursday of this last week. There was thunder,lightning and heavy rain.

Looking over rocks built into a cement wall, towards some mountains and the ocean. Grey storm clouds overhead.

A beautiful view this afternoon from the cliffs near to Ho’okipa Beach Park. The island of Moloka’i is in the distance.

The blue sky with patchy cloud stretches to the horizon over a blue ocean. In the distance to the left is the island of Moloka’i. In the foreground is grass and a pathway. The sun shines down on the scene.

Adolescence covered a difficult and concerning subject, and did it so well. Well worth your time…

A review of the Netflix series Adolescence. The review felt that the series was excellent even if the material was concerning.

I’ve just added to new page to my website, Rainbows.

Given that I post so many photos of rainbows on this site, I decided to collect them all together using Micro.blog’s Photo Collections feature. As of today there are 89 photographs of rainbows here. The page will update as I add more…as I’m sure that I will!

Evening rainbow 🌈

Faint rainbow in a cloudy sky with a glimpse of a roof top in the bottom right of the photograph.

This morning’s rainbow 🌈

A faint rainbow rises up out of shrubbery over a tree with a blue sky and scattered cloud behind.

This morning’s rainbow 🌈

A lush green lawn is bordered by a variety of plants, with a faint rainbow visible against a partly cloudy sky in the distance

I watched season 3 of The White Lotus because I had seen the previous two seasons, but…

A review of season 3 of the mini series The White Lotus. The reviewer did not think much of the series. A poster of the series is to the left of the review.