Alive and Trekking

No Man’s Land

Hirst is an alcoholic upper-class litterateur who lives in a grand house presumed to be in Hampstead, with Foster and Briggs, respectively his purported amanuensis and man servant (or apparent bodyguard), who may be lovers. Spooner, a “failed, down-at-heel poet” whom Hirst has “picked up in a Hampstead pub” and invited home for a drink,ContinueContinue reading “No Man’s Land”

Tap dancing on a high wire

Hello, hello! It’s been a little while since my last post. I’m so sorry about that. Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere, nor am I going to apologise every time I post a bit later. 🙂 It’s just that this year was a bit of a roller coaster. In a good way, but a roller coasterContinueContinue reading “Tap dancing on a high wire”

Captain Peacock

When we were at the Castelo de São Jorge, we soon encountered two male peacocks. Well, first we heard them and then we saw them. I absolutely can’t stand the sound that peacocks make. It’s like a cat being strangled, so awful! The two guys were dancing around each other. At the time, we didn’tContinueContinue reading “Captain Peacock”

You’ve got the flower

Just a pretty flower catching the sun. Such a vibrant yellow!

Perfect irregularities

Here are some more photos from Castelo de São Jorge. I love all those gateways and huge walls. I especially love the old bricks and stones; when the lights hits them, you see all those perfect irregularities. So beautiful!

Poppy

One thing that I’m insipred by is photographing flowers. Especially colourful ones like poppies. I love how the red stands out like this!

And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree

First time for me to ever see a lemon tree in real life. It looks so vibrant with those bright yellow colours!

Fun with flags

For some reason I always try to get at least a few photos of the flag of the country I’m in when I travel. It took me a while to get a few good shots of this one. I mean, the wind helped and didn’t help 😛 I especially like the contrasts of colours: the boldContinueContinue reading “Fun with flags”