Poem - Wednesday, September 8, 2010

After the rain, the clean sky and the white clouds.
Which remind me two of my favorite poems. Those "pocket" poems, which have accompanied me for year and make part of my growth. Of course that I'm not sure if I can do a proper translation, but I'll try.

To be great, be whole: nothing
Yours exaggerate or exclude. Put everything you are
In the minimum you do.
This way on each lake the whole moon
Shines, because in the high it lives.

(Fernando Pessoa)

More than being the first one
Hero is the one who knows to give himself whole
Inside himself go beyond.

(Manuel Alegre)

Wet earth - Wednesday, September 8, 2010

It's a pity that you can't see the rain drops or the smell of the wet earth. What a comfort. The high temperatures haven't gone away yet, I know, but in the meanwhile I'm enjoying the cleaning and renovation of the air. And I fulfill the lungs, feelings renewed myself...

The autumn is coming - Wednesday, September 8, 2010

The sky is so blue...

... the brighter light seems to clean the horizon...

... the fluffy and drift clouds are so intimate. The smell in the air is already different, mornings and evenings are chiller and it even has already rained a little bit. This is the arrival of a new season. It's so good...

More animals - Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Becas has two new friends...

Kika (Kikolini as the cousins call her)...

And Poupas (Poupolini).

The cousins went on vacation and the little cousin here is the one who takes care of the pets, or at least that's what is supposed. The turtle is always starving and Poupas is still very shy, I think that he needs more time to get used to us. Nevertheless is all excited when we go and talk to him. Well, I'll be an animal handler for two weeks.

The castle - Sunday, September 5, 2010

I like the houses, the monuments, the forest, the Christ Convent, the gardens, the river, the terraces, I love so many many things in my town. We went to the Republic Square in the morning.

And then we went up to the castle and were at the entrance. My richness is used to walk since he was a toddler, so if we got in there he certainly would beg us to walk around the walls and corners of the castle. So we decided to just be at the entrance to avoid temptations.




He's also used that daddy makes drawings in the sand. It's already a ritual. It's awful when he asks me to do so. Help! I hate drawing. But he's dad loves. Look at the turtle... And the 50 chairs bus beneath.





I love this rattletrap where we can buy fruit, sweets and drinks. Of course the price is inflated, but it's so nice to drink a coffee there. It's something different.

Wee-end's flowers - Sunday, September 5, 2010

We returned to the market on Saturday. We bought carnations this time. It was my son who chose them. The variety of flowers did not agree with what I had conceived, but I think that he made a good choice with the color. Joyful.
It was nicer last week. The woman who sold the flowers was from the village and the flowers were from her garden, I'm sure. She was a simple woman that negotiates the price. It's a pity that I did not go to my mom on that aspect. Incredible, my mom. Ther's nobody like her haggling over the price. She even was able to receive money from the vendors, who paid her for her to go away bucause she meant prejudice! I'm exaggerating, of course, but my mom always could buy good bargains, that's for sure.

Lamarosa's Craft Fair - Sunday, September 5, 2010

The men with the harmonica on a pipe and the drums were there to cheer people up and played a music especially for my son, who was embarassed and didn't had a convenient dialogue with such nice men. But it was a very nice moment indeed.




Details of the L. stand. Do you see the Barcelos' Cock frame behind there? It was made by me! The kitchen clock wasn't still there because the opening of the show was delayed and were still working on it
A simple fair in the village, but it seems that's always a success. Judging by the music, no doubt!