MODERN TIMES

Chinese shops became a must in our country...They are everywhere with their red signs and Chinese characteres and translations do Portuguese like  "Loja da Abundancia" or "Casa da Paz" To my big amusement I found at a small village of Reguengos de Monsaraz this one with this shade to protect the window and an obvious Chinese name...LUCAS... Only the red colour of the letters helps to follow the new trend....LOLL

                                                   L'important c'est la Rose!... C'est la Rose!!...

                                                              

                                                  

                                                   

                                                           CROIS MOI

LUCKILY I LEARNED NOT TO CARE OR NOTICE WHAT (WHEN) THEY INTENTIONALLY DO IT.... AN THAT'S SO DAMN GOOD!!!!

"My Anti-Creativity Checklist" by Youngme Moon

It is really amazing the way things are explained by this woman that I admire more and more each time I discover a new concept of hers... How she teatches people to avoid the type of changing  everything so that everything stays the same...ASTONISHING!!!!

FOOLISH WISHES

Easy?? No way!...But as the song says smile, what the use of crying...and you'll find that life is still worthwhile if you ... SMILE

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IT'S HARD TO ACHIEVE BUT ONCE IN A WHILE I GET THERE... OR I BELIEVE I DO....

I don´t believe that a funnier easier way of describing the phases in the life of men can be found.... HELLAS

"Different" by Youngme Moon

HOW I HATE THIS......

 How I hate this...

I go to the supermarket  the shopping center to the hairdresser and what do people talk about???

FOOTBALL

Crisis??? NO WAY... Nothing matters anymore,as long as Portugal wins and gets to the finals....

And I  find myself wishing just the opposite...That they return home defeated and that us people see the real country and the true victory that would be that we would get out of this economical, social and political crisis and turn on the bettering of all aspects that are really important...

WAKE UP PEOPLE...-. AND FORGET ABOUT THE CUP... WE HAVE OTHER GOALS AHEAD

The beauty of the sun, and the simple things we can find if we are attentive to simple details in small places... I just love it!

SILLY QUESTIONS STUPID REPLIES

Why don't most people dare to pose themselves that question about them? Can it be that they would like to meet, talk, interact, fraternize, work, share the same building or the same restaurant? COME ON DARE TO ASK IT TO YOU AND SEE VERY DEEPLY AND IN TRUTH IF THE ANSWER IS YES.... Me I really doubt...Neigh!! It's impossible!" No one in his good mind would like to meet the likes of you trust me...

FOOLISH IDEAS

...And I feel that there is a very beautiful happy life out there waiting for me still... And I foolishly want to step into it and enjoy all the beauty wonder of it... Could I, would I?.......

"BORN TO BE ALENTEJANA"

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For long long time that  land for me was just a passing place to the beaches of Algarve...Till some in-laws presented the deep, deep Alentejo to me...After, when I developed the taste for shooting pictures, by the hand of a dear good friend, I went over there regularly and felt in love with those large planes so very hot (or extremely cold) and now I dream... (Yeah I still dream, spite my age!) of how good it would be to have even a small home over there to escape to, and enjoy saying like the sign above.........
                                   BORN TO BE ALENTEJANO

Being a mother is for sure Heaven and Hell on earth at the same time... From the moment I was sure that a new being was growing inside me there is no more peace in my mind... Lots of questions, all with difficult answers or very faraway outcomes start assaulting my peace  of mind... And when I had my  baby in my arms, the worries grew...Will he be healthy? happy?  fulfilled and loved? Well succeeded?
My God the things I worried  about... and after all those  worries are forever, till I am no more!...
It is a frightening feeling to carry it  all of our life but it is so good and so different from any other feeling towards other people. parents , husbands, friends that I only can say... lucky the woman that allows herself to suffer in that blessed hell, knowing is...FOREVER!

TO ALL MOTHERS

 

                                 FIRST OF ALL AND IN A VERY SPECIAL

                                 WAY TO THE MOTHER OF MY LOVED

                                  GRAND-DAUGHTER...THANK YOU!!

                     

THINGS NO ONE CAN FORECAST

 ...And suddenly our life that was a calm river down the stream, becomes a waterfall, and we can't help it but to let it run.... And the funny thing is that we look at it and find that is beautiful still, thou so wild....

BRIDGES

LIKE A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATERS I WILL LAY ME DOWN

Sometimes I really wish I could act like this...a bridge to unite two margins far apart either over troubled watters or over those who seem calm and quiet but just on the surface...

FOOLISH WISHES

MANIAS

Really I don't agree a bit with those days of this...days of that...women, mother, father and so on!
We are that  every day of the year, and most of our relatives don't even remember by a simple  phone call, a kiss for nothing special...just because!!
Anyhow here I leave this flowers as a simpe gift for those who think and feel like me... we don't need special days! Those who really love us could (and should) make any day a special day, JUST BECAUSE....

RETURNING......

This picture taken long ago on shower day, and forgotten in the camera... Only today it saw the outside light... When I took a good look at it I saw a tree covered in red fruits (?) clean and bright after the rain... And from me, to myself, I said that we are also able, after those heavy showers that life, sometimes give us, to come out of it to a fresh clean (re)start..We just have to want it!

 

THINGS I KNOW...

Craziness is not a must yet help to get bye the small problems with a light frame of mind! Try it... (if you dare the courage for...) And have all a nice Autumn day!

darkshadesofalife: THINGS I LEARNED

darkshadesofalife: THINGS I LEARNED

THINGS I LEARNED

It is hard to understand but who realises the truth the simple lines contain???? But that's the truth...Having loved my son so much that sometimes I felt my heart would burst out, nothing worked out well as I hoped for! I was in fact wrong...LOVE DOESN'T SOLVE ANYTHING, JUST HELPS THROUGH...

THINGS I LEARNED

I have had for sure that some things, like personal tastes, personality, even love never changed! As I grew older, I found myself thinking ,acting, liking disliking things so opposite to what I use to, that if it were another person I would not trust so many changes at same person... I am not sorry for that (it means that I am different that I used to be!). I learned a lot of things from friend, and family(even inlwas!)! Me I like myself most now... If changes were for better or worst only those who really me know me can find out... But here is another uncertainty... WHO REALLY KNOWS ME??? Not even myself! In fact WHO knows WHO?!

PEOPLE WHO REALLY KNOW ABOUT LIFE

THINGS I'M LEARNING

I was almost certain that, as we get older we learn lots of things, which have no actual use as the chances of applying this knowledge shorten as age increases... Pure illusion!! Life is also teaching me that, if we are open to new chances, they will appear in our path and there we can put to use our lifetime experience! I am usually mostly pessimist, but I try so hard to change that view! Now I almost believe that good things are coming my way... God willing!!

AUTUMN CHARMES

Trees leaves are now becoming to these beautiful shades of yellow reddish and falling down making a soft and fluffy carpet where I feel the desire of walking, dancing making them levitate around my feet... And during one of these silly walks I felt so fulfilled and happy that I even believed that I could become like them! In the end of live, still giving some comfort and joy to people we usually cross bye without a look...and also discovered that a smile, a good morning to someone I even don't know the name, can put a nice smile on a face that seemed too much closed, passing by...Takes so little effort and may be my words and smile made that person feel a bit better during the hard day ahead...Must do it more often for the others and also for myself!!