From nature’s bountiful broken pieces We make our buildings, Our nature, of our making. Inspired by nature’s design. So upon the sands He built his cliff from pieces of the cliff For the sea to eat away Just as our edifices are created/piled/established for use And then for time to eat away Like confidence byContinue reading “Broken bits of cliff”
Category Archives: Spain/Algave Winter 2025/6
Clouds in the Algarve
It has rained mostly all day and the sky is very dark with clouds here in the Algarve. More rain is to come. This post will travel with clouds. The five photographs were taken in different places and at different times and I will try and answer a question involving clouds asked by Jesus disciples.Continue reading “Clouds in the Algarve”
Sagres
Here is a question asked by the Pharisees: ‘ When will the kingdom of God come?’ We heard John the Baptist say: ‘ The kingdom of God is at hand.’ ( Mat 3:2) Jesus answer was like this: ‘ The kingdom of God does not come with outward show, you can’t say it is hereContinue reading “Sagres”
Christmas Eve 2025
Today I went to see the Storks in Silves. I heard their red beaks clatter as I did last Christmas but only caught a distant sighting of one taking a stick to its nest and another flying in to join the other. No, I didn’t photograph the fine wing span and the long legs heldContinue reading “Christmas Eve 2025”
Limoniastrum and Broad- leaved lavender with others
Jesus speaking: ‘ The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to make the broken hearted happy, to tell those who are held against their will to be enabled to get free, ( to preach deliverance to the captives)Continue reading “Limoniastrum and Broad- leaved lavender with others”
Luz
Here are some words spoken by Moses as a prayer: ‘ Lord, You have been the place where we live in all generations. Before the mountains or even before You formed the Earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting You are God… a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday whenContinue reading “Luz”
The Sabbath in Lagoa and Lagos.
Our church in Lagoa was good to be in after a year away but before we enter I want to look at a flock of Ibis, where one stayed to be photographed! Last year this time I photographed one stork, this time they were much further away in large numbers. Glossy Ibis was once rareContinue reading “The Sabbath in Lagoa and Lagos.”
Views from a window and the grey cliffs near Luz.
We have stopped travelling for a while but are staying close to the coast. The nights are dark and almost silent, with the thick walls of the cottage around us, it is a change. This post will look at three different views from one high window in the cottage. First from a bedroom looking upContinue reading “Views from a window and the grey cliffs near Luz.”
Falesia Beach (2)
This post is a sequence in 4 minutes of five photographs. I didn’t realize at the time what I had captured of this space in light colour, shades and tints. The times: 15:40,41,42,(I took two)43 44. Here are three very different thoughts about attention: The first from Antisthenes: ‘ Pay attention to your enemies, forContinue reading “Falesia Beach (2)”
Falesia beach and cliffs
How do we enter a space we have seen before? A year ago to be exact. We have changed by seeimg other spaces and places, other mountains, seas and forests, other works of art, but here we are at the entrance of a place that has experienced a year of seasons, weather, and many otherContinue reading “Falesia beach and cliffs”
Portimão winter 25/26
I will first look at three scriptures one from the New Testament and two from the Old Testament. Paul speaks first writing to the believers living in Rome this is what he wants them to know: ‘ I am persuaded (and here is my list) that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities/governments, norContinue reading “Portimão winter 25/26”
Religion and a turquoise sea.
This post will be in two parts. First I will start with today, the Sabbath then yesterday Friday. I couldn’t follow the sermon in Portuguese but I did get the first verse which I then used to travel with ‘ Why’. First verse Jesus speaks: ‘Remember Lot’s wife.’ Luke 17: 32 Why? Genesis 19: 16…Continue reading “Religion and a turquoise sea.”