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Dec 25, 2021
In the bleak midwinter -- Jacob Collier (and Andrew McGregor)
Dec 24, 2021
Christmas eve...
This afternoon |
We were on our habitual afternoon walk which gets us downtown and back in an hour.
Note the December flowers on the right. The white Lego House atop the hill got recently repainted; before it looked like Dr. No's residence. There's a dog kept in a cage next to the house (extreme left of the picture), and he barks less since the paint job was done.
Oct 15, 2021
Yesterday on the beach
Sep 26, 2021
Jul 18, 2021
Alle reden vom Wetter (2)
Mar 9, 2021
Alcobaça, this morning...
...or, to be more specific, a view of the eastern environs of Alcobaça seen through the haze of a very cold, very charming morning, as usual from our house. Note the outline of the Serras de Aire e Candeeiros on the horizon.
Feb 15, 2021
Spring has arrived -- updated
Jan 15, 2021
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Dec 27, 2020
Dec 25, 2020
To the triumph of Logic...
So we went to Porto de Mos, the nearby town that dominates the Parque Natural das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros, where we shot our Christmas Card:
And inside the castle, there was an exposition of contemporary inlay stonework (Porto de Mos prides itself on its stonework). And what do we find? Haven't we founded and run the Applied Logic Laboratory at the University of Amsterdam in our days?
So, we found this:
It's a bit difficult to read, despite some photoshopping, but it says: "To the triumph of logic over the disruption of the truth." A bit optimistic perhaps, this congratulatory shoulder-pat, but now it's set in stone, and we'll hang it on our new walls as soon as we find a printer nearby.
Jul 21, 2020
Bürchen again -- Switzerland
We're posting this for our Australian friend, Alex Hogan, the famous editor of Gay Flash Fiction -- as usual, we spend the summer here, and we're concerned she'll get the wrong impression if we don't post enough.
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Bürchen, the "Chalet Zone", where we are staying |
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The farmers get together during the summer and have their cows grazing on the communal ground of the village. |
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In the background: the Dom, the third-highest mountain of the Alps |
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Sunset, picture taken from the house of a neighbor nearby |