I have a number of photographs from our trip to Portugal last year which never saw the light of day because of me catching pneumonia and becoming so unwell. So I am revisiting a Sunday day trip to the town of Beja. During our walk around town we came across some interesting graffiti. Here is a selection of it.
We are really getting a cornucopia of weather conditions at the moment. Days of still weather, clear skies and sun, were replaced with two days of howling winds, though clear skies as well. Now the clouds have come in so thick that all views are obscured and it has just started raining.
Well that is week two of the Watch to 5K completed. This week was harder than the second, though I am also seeing progress. I am running a little further than the previous week. At the moment I am finding it hard to imagine that I’ll be running 5K by the end of the program. However, there are still seven weeks to go, and it is a gradual build up each week. Onwards and upwards 🏃🏼
The dawn chorus yesterday morning.
Dawn this morning, a couple of hours ago.
Monday, January 22, 2024
The original of this image was a slide. I projected it onto a wall and took this photo. I initially posted this photo on September 3, 2023, but offered no context for it. Following the reception to my story about a photograph that I took of Mt.Everest at sunset and encouragement of Miraz and Maique, I have decided to revisit other photos that I have posted of my travels, as well as ones yet posted, and share their story.
Good morning ☕️. What will this week bring?
Photographs from a walk along the cliffs near to Ho’okipa Beach, Maui last Friday evening.
The island in the distance is Moloka’i.
The sun is setting behind the West Maui Mountains.
That was not easy, but a good challenge. A 500 piece jigsaw puzzle of rocks, a Christmas present that I have slowly worked on, a few pieces each day. 🧩
The summit of Mt Everest, peeking out from behind surrounding mountains, coloured orange as it catches the last rays of sunlight at the end of the day. This image was captured during a month long trek to the Solo/Khumbu region of Nepal around September 1989. Photo of slide projected onto a wall.
This morning’s rainbow 🌈
This place is called the Fun Factory and is a favorite of my grandson’s. I’m not in agreement with him on this. I call it soul destroying and a money burner. I wouldn’t tell him this and such, of course, is lost on him anyway.
As Boxing Day comes to an end, celebrated in my mind if not in the country where I now live, I look back on the beginning and end of yesterday.
That time of year when I go searching for the ghosts of Christmas past, the good ghosts.
As Christmas night falls here in Hawaii, I wish all those who celebrate, in whatever shape or form, blessings, peace and all good wishes.
Joining in the current online fun. I experimented with a few descriptions and think that this one resulted in the best likeness.
My favourite coffee shop, and my local one when we lived in Portland was Sterling Coffee Roasters. I still order from them - only three days from Portland, and free postage. A great service. These arrived yesterday, including their Holiday Blend for the Christmas/New Year period.
Two sides of this evening.
From a walk at Ho’okipa cliffs just over a week ago.
Inspired by the sticker posts of @maique. I spotted these while waiting to cross the road with my grandson.
This morning’s rainbow 🌈
Grilling this evening.
Sunday speed.
I felt as though this faint rainbow was kissing the sky this morning.
This weekend the north shore of Maui has seen a large swell visiting its shores. The photo below does no justice to the size of the size of the waves that were arriving here. Official figures say that at their largest they were between 18ft and 24ft. Zoom in to the far distance to see some monsters just breaking.
The roar of the water, the continual arrival of more waves, all made for quite the spectacle of the force and power of the ocean.
Incredible and beautiful.
Somewhere in Copenhagen.
Baldwin beech, Maui, this morning.
Silhouettes
A spiral staircase in a Lisbon hotel.
