Jardim Botânico Colonial....

Lisboa, Belém

Jumbo....

..Cascais

Traditional portuguese toys....

..handmade

Parque Eduardo VII....

assírio & alvim....

..a quality bookshop at Rua Passos Manuel, 67 B

Avenida Casal Ribeiro....

..1960`s (?)

An education....

Carey Mulligan

Another bright star from England....and she has about everything; voice, presence, charisma....and the ability to say things without a word.

Mace Electro, FM-AM Stereo Receiver, Solid State 2090....

..the joy of my 1970`s

Avenida Almirante Gago Coutinho....

..nr. 100, probably from the 1950`s

Window....

Shadows in Lisbon....

..a warm September afternoon

The good moments in life....

Café - Pastelaria Limo Verde, Parede

..from left to right: croissant com créme, água com gás, canela, pastel de nata, bica cheia Segafredo....a shadow and around 29 degrees (the chairs and tables are horrible).

Expo 98....

Pavillion of Portugal

Gate to Heaven....

Lisbon street fashion....

..and 33 degrees Celcius

Bath towel....

Monte Gordo, 1989

Reclining Figure....1951

The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

"This Reclining Figure was commissioned by the Arts Council for the Festival of Britain in 1951. But I knew that the South Bank would only be its temporary home, so I didn’t worry about where it was to be placed. If I had studied a Festival site to carefully, the figure might never have been at home anywhere else. As it was, I made the figure, then found the best position I could. I was simply concerned with making a sculpture in the round. And it was out in the open most of the time I was working on it.

Henry Moore quoted in Sculpture in the Open Air: A Talk by Henry Moore on his Sculpture and its Placing in Open-Air Sites, edited by Robert Melville and recorded by the British Council 1955: typescript; copy in HMF library"

in henry-moore.org

Late August light....

Mauritz Kaffehus, 1975 – 2012

Mauritz Café på Fredsgatan 2 stänger sina dörrar idag efter 37 år på samma ställe. Mauritz serverade bra kaffe långt innan de flesta svenskar visste vad en espressomaskin var för något. Utbudet har varit litet, men tillräckligt och pålitlig; ett par bullar, rågbrödet, ”ettan” och ”tvåan”, och så något med mjölk i - så långt man kan komma från dagens trendiga och upphaussade kaffe ”kultur”, coola baristas, och oändligt tråkiga cafékedjor. Interiören på Mauritz förblev densamma under alla år….taket målades aldrig om, ek panelen och mässing borden blev bara vackrare med åren. Här kände man igen sig efter 30 år som kund. Marknadsdjungeln och girigheten stängde till slut Göteborgs bästa café….och vår mediokra tid förtjänar inte mer än så.

Mauritz, 31 augusti 2012

Mitt emot där Nilson Shoes huserar idag, låg en gång i tiden Leonis Salladsbar från 1978, med en av Gert Wingårdhs tidiga inredningar (mycket grönt och glasblock)

en tvåa och ett rågbröd med grevé ost....för 51 kronor

Göteborg blev den 1 september 2012 en fattigare stad....Tack för alla år Mauritz !

PS:  Husets nye ägare, Hufvudstaden, ville höja hyran med 175 procent, från 291 000 kronor om året för 72 kvadratmeter till 800 000 kronor. Ägaren fick efter 37 års slit inte ett öre för en framgångsrik rörelse.

The Soundtrack Of Our Lives at Liseberg....

All of you who were not there tonight .... sorry, because this band is still a great live experience !

Crocodiles in Slottsskogen....

Queen Mary`s Bath House....

..Abbeyhill

Dundas Street....

"One Day", by David Nicholls

Dean....

Loch Lochy....

On the train....

from North Berwick....to Edinburgh

"The Mystery of Edwin Drood"....

This is an adaptation and completion of Charles Dickens’s last novel, Edwin Drood, left unfinished at the halfway mark at his death on 9 June 1870.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood by writer Gwyneth Hughes is a two-part psychological thriller about a provincial choirmaster’s obsession with 17-year-old Rosa Bud and the lengths he will go to to attain her. 

Matthew Rhys, Rory Kinnear, Freddie Fox, Tamzin Merchant, Alun Armstrong, among others.... 

in BBC

British acting and production at its best...!

Street fashion....

Avenyn, Göteborg

St. Mary`s Cathedral....

Neo-gothic, 1879, and the Mother Church of the Diocece of Edinburgh

Danube Street....

Loch Ness....

..very cold water for Nessie

North Berwick....

(click to enlarge)

Mexico....Flag Football World Champions 2012 !

Göteborg, Suecia

Campeonas mundiales de Flag Football, 2012 (click to enlarge)

Mexico's women celebrated an overtime victory over the USA after a very tight and exciting game ( 33-32), and repeated their win from 2004 and 2008.

This sport was indeed very fun to watch (and certainly to play)....shame there was so little publicity for the tournament.

Red vehicles....

Royal Mile, Edinburgh

God save....

Jenners of Edinburgh....