Coisas que não mudam #301

From West to East: Falmouth, Plymouth, Dartmouth, Exmouth, Sidmouth, Weymouth, Bournemouth, Portsmouth... all in river mouths.

Numa sala perto de mim #305

Gett: the trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014) tells the story of an israeli woman in want of a divorce that she can't get unless the husband agrees. The incredibly frustrating and depressing process makes you think about the place of women in marriage and society, the degrading role of religious courts in the denial of basic rights, and the unequal bearings of the law upon different citizens. How tough it is to be a woman in so many corners of the world, unfortunately. Two hours with rare comic moments, but mostly disbelief and insanity.

Primavera #53

Bastantes / Plenty

e algumas mais ainda para vir / and more yet to come

Espantos #420

You've got (a lot of!) mail

Numa sala perto de mim #304

The Wrecking Crew (2015) tells the story of the talented studio musicians who played that Rock n' Roll sound for the individual singers and bands that became famous. The soundtrack music of the 1960s would have been very different without the Wrecking Crew.

Numa sala perto de mim #303

Seymour: an introduction (2014) on the art of reaching perfection with emotion and joy, playing the piano or living one's life.

Primavera #52

Flores dos últimos dias / Flowers in the last few days

Retirado do contexto #199

«Mestre, que bom é estarmos aqui; façamos três tendas: uma para ti, uma para Moisés e outra para Elias» (Mc 9, 2-5).

Já estão as tendas montadas!

Caprichos #361

Korean Jjajangmyeon...

...so diffifcult to say, so easy to make... delicious!

Caprichos #360

Libraries, on World Book Day

Bibliotecas, em Dia do Livro (Sant Jordi)

Parece que estou a ouvir #203

Ophelia, James William Waterhouse, 1894

Ophelia
The Band, here Diana Krall

Boards on the window, mail by the door
What would anybody leave so quickly for?
Ophelia - Where have you gone?

The old neighborhood just ain't the same
Nobody knows just what became of
Ophelia - tell me, what went wrong?

Was it somethin' that somebody said?
Mama, I know we broke the rules
Was somebody up against the law?
Honey, you know I'd die for you

Ashes of laughter, the coast is clear
Why do the best things always disappear
Like Ophelia - please darken my door

Was it somethin' that somebody said?
Honey, you know we broke the rules
Was somebody up against the law?
Honey, you know I'd die for you

They got your number, scared and runnin'
But I'm still waitin' for the second comin'
Of Ophelia - come back home

Coisas que não mudam #300

Best ice cream flavor from Ben & Jerry's...

... missing Stephen Colbert's hilarious logic!

Retirado do contexto #198

It hatched!

After tasting some she said "what a wonderful boyfriend you have!"

Primavera #51

How many more white flowers can there be?

/ Que mais flores brancas estarão para vir?

Until when will this baby-green color surround us? /

Até quando veremos esta cor verde-bébé em volta?

Numa sala perto de mim #302

Woman in Gold (2015) tells the true story of the quest of Maria Altmann for restitution and justice regarding her family's valuable portraits stolen from her house in 1938. Beyond the details of the legal battle the movie also shows the frightening days of the Anschluss in Vienna.

Ditto #300

You can relate anything to anything else, but it's not really relevant.

--Donald Francis Tovey

Primavera #50

Cada dia flores diferentes /  Each day different flowers

Primavera #49

Everywhere you look / Para onde quer que se olhe

Caprichos #359

Cookies with some sort of chocolate / Bolachas com algum chocolate

Primavera #48

Porque o dia 7 de Abril deve ter sempre muitas flores!

Coisas que não mudam #299

Long live the Inter-library loan!

Coisas que não mudam #298

The very southern tradition of double names. My bank manager is Laura-Marie (yes, hyphenated), Lisa Marie was perhaps the most famous southern child who even had a plane named after her, there are country songs about Bonnie Lee and Jenny Lee (from sunny Tennessee...), and who doesn't remember Mary Lou?!

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Hello Mary Lou

Ricky Nelson

Hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart
Sweet Mary Lou, I'm so in love with you
I knew Mary Lou, we'd never part
So hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart

You passed me by one sunny day

Flashed those big brown eyes my way
And oo I wanted you forever more
Now I'm not one that gets around
Swear my feet stuck to the ground
And though I never did meet you before

I said, hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart
Sweet Mary Lou, I'm so in love with you
I knew Mary Lou, we'd never part
So hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart

I saw your lips I heard your voice
Believe me I just had no choice
Wild horses couldn't make me stay away
I thought about a moonlit night
My arms about good an' tight
That's all I had to see for me to say

Hey, hey, hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart
Sweet Mary Lou, I'm so in love with you

I knew Mary Lou, we'd never part
So hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart

So hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart

Yes hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart

Coisas que não mudam #297

Boa Páscoa! / Happy Easter! / Buona Pasqua! / Feliz Pascua!

Primavera #47

O vento, a chuva e a nova folhagem acabaram com as profusas flores que fotografei 48 horas antes. Vão estas e vêm outras... vai ser assim nas próximas semanas :-)

The wind, the rain and the new leaves destroyed the profuse flowers I photographed 48 hours earlier. These go, but others come around... it will be like this in the coming weeks :-)

Primavera #46

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