Photographs

Highways in the sky.

Parallel Contrails against blue sky with the edge of roof tops on both sides of the image

Over the rooftops.

A rooftop scene in Lisbon

Taken in Sintra about a week ago. In the grounds of Biester Palace, a gem to visit to escape the crowds.

Steps coming down to the photographer, trees and shrubs all around, sunlight flickering through the trees

Late afternoon Lisbon light.

Sunlight coming in through an open door, with pink and red flowers outside, and rooftops of a pink building behind that.

April Photoblogging Challenge, Bonus Day 2: Unputdownable suggested by @jimmitchell

A black and brindle French Bulldog pulling on a frisbee being held by a human

An old church near to Comporta, Portugal.

A black and white photograph of the end of an old church, with a bell on top and a stalk’s nest on top of that.

Keeping an eye on you…or not.

A small street drawing showing three faces intertwined with some eyes closed and some shut

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 30: Hometown suggested by @mattypenny

A straight paved path across a field with a row of trees with no leaves in the distance and cars parked under them. It looks like a winters day

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 29: Drift suggested by @SimonWoods

Houses on the water front at Lake Como taken from a boat on the lake

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 28: Community suggested by @stupendousman

A crowd attending an outdoor concert at night

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 27: Surprise suggested by @Sdevore

A little boy pokes his head from amongst a pile of Christmas trees

Evening in Alentejo.

A nighttime scene in a house. A bench with books and a vase of flowers, alongside a low wall and railings. A shuttered window behind and light from the side.

Listening to the night time concert.

The leg and feet of someone standing outside at night and shadows cast by other people as the people listen to music at night.

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 26: Critter suggested by @7robots

A large plastic model of a swan on a trailer.

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 25: Spine suggested by @thedimpause

A row of book spines. All but one is blue and all the blue books are by Herbert Casson.

Just home from an evening walk along the Sado River. Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution here in Portugal. In Alcácer do Sal tonight Rui Veloso will be on stage beside the Sado at 10:00pm with fireworks at midnight…and then the party goes on until the early hours.

I don’t know how much I will manage to see tonight, but we were treated to a sound check by Rui on our walk. The first time that I have heard his music, and I liked it.

View through street seating for a bar by the Sado River in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 24: Light suggested by @eumrz

An ornate light mounted on a wooden wall. The light is made up of a number of lights at right angles to each other. In front on a plinth on a tiled floor, is a telephone

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 23: Dreamy suggested by @maique

A lake surrounded by a woodland with moss, a hut on the bank and a moored rowing boat

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 22: Blue suggested by @lzbth

A blue shed with random ornaments and dolls hung on the front

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 21: Mountain suggested by @dejus

A road running through the mountains of the Lake District with slate in the foreground.

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 20: Ice suggested by @the

This photograph shows the terminus of the Batura Glacier in the Karakorum mountains of Pakistan. It sits at around 4,000m (13,123ft), and at the time that I visited the glacier terminated 0.5km from the Karakoram Highway.

The terminus of the Batura Glacier in Pakistan showing a wall of ice with rocks and boulders in the foreground.

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 19: Birthday suggested by me (@crossingthethreshold)

A series of small flags on a piece of string spelling out Happy Birthday. Strung above an open glass door with a view to outside

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 18: Mood suggested by @agilelisa

A rowing boat and small sail boat moored in a river estuary. In the foreground is a small rusty walkway. In the background are rolling green meadows and buildings just poking over the trees.

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 17: Transcendence suggested by @drewbelf

Tibetan Buddhist Stupa

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 16: Flâneur suggested by @chrisaldrich

People walking along a street in Kyoto, Japan.

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 15: Small suggested by @jmanes

A black and white photo of a small, tortoise shaped pin cushion

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 14: Cactus suggested by @christopherchelpka

Small cactus in a pot

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 13: Page suggested by @robj

A journal resting on my lap in a dark room, illuminated by a book reading light.

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 12: Magic suggested by @DaveyCraney

The outline of a person maybe Shakespeare, on a wall surrounding a door, approached by a wooden bridge.

April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 11: Sky suggested by @jedda

The sun pears through a thick cloud fog as people and a dog sit around a picnic blanket looking on.