Changes....

..Mellerud Railway Station

Eighty years ago, this station area employed around one hundred people. Station masters, workshop workers, ticket sellers, hotel employees, and so on. Today you can not even buy a train ticket at the station. We are now fully busy trying to invent new jobs....

Hjortens Udde....

..and Lake Vänern

The Royal Mile....

Edinburgh in colors....

..Victoria Street

New Abbey....

The best ever....

..British comedy

The garden....

..in Abbotsford

Wolf Hall....

Brilliant performances by Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, and Clare Foy as Anne Boleyn

A BBC production....high quality as usual

Edinburgh Castle....

..from West Princes Street Gardens

Tiles....

Portpatrick....

Rugby history....

..Melrose R.F.C.

Holyrood Park....

" La tecnologia che, legata alla finanza, pretende di essere l'unica soluzione dei problemi, di fatto non è in grado di vedere il mistero delle molteplici relazioni che esistono tra le cose, e per questo a volte risolve un problema creandone altri."

Lettera Enciclica Laudato si`del Santo Padre Francesco sula cura della casa comune (May, 24, 2015)

Jackson Browne at Liseberg....

Göteborg, June, 16

At the age of sixty-something, his magnificent voice was still unchanged. After two hours with around twenty guitars....J.B. (and his musicians) deserved every inch of the stage.. 

Best in show...."The Barricades of Heaven"

The Scottish Parliament....

Edinburgh, 2004, by Enric Miralles and RMJM

Sandyhills Bay....

..with a huge tide

Melrose....

River Tweed....

..from the Chain Bridge in Melrose

Johan Zetterquist at Göteborgs Konsthall....

Relics from a bygone era....

 ..telephone boxes at the Mercure Hotel in Ayr

Cinema Fonte Nova, 1985 - 2015

foto: mariadaspalavras

Era um cinema muito aprazível num centro comercial que foi o melhor de Lisboa durante uns bons anos. O primeiro filme a que aqui assisti foi "O Ano do Dragão" de Michael Cimino em Junho de 1986 e, o último, um excelente "Os Maias" de João Botelho em Novembro de 2014. Passei uns bons momentos no escuro destas salas que sempre tiveram uma boa programação. No passado dia 21 de Maio fecharam as portas e Benfica ficou um pouco mais pobre....

A Medeia Filmes explorava estas salas desde 1995.

Sweetheart Abbey....

..a beautiful place

The Tweed Brigde....

..in Peebles, Scottish Borders

Market Square....

..in Melrose

The Bass Rock....

 ..from North Berwick

The Usher Hall....

Edinburgh, 1914, by Stockdale Harrison & Howard H. Thomson

The Balmoral Hotel....

..from Prezzo at North Bridge

St. Mary`s Cathedral....

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

No Fawlty Towers here....

..but the pleasant Edenbank Hotel in Dumfries. 

Abbotsford....

..the home of Walter Scott

Melrose Abbey....

Melrose....

Scottish Borders....

Bryan Ferry at Usher Hall....

Edinburgh, May, 24

Another memorable concert with this gentleman. A good blend of Roxy Music, Ferry, and, of course, the "Dylanesque" songs. As usual, Ferry is supported by great musicians and the singing section with Fonzi Thornton in the front....is always special. The songs were performed as a "too short" version (pity !). Usher Hall was, by the way, a very pleasant place :)

Best in show: "Take A Chance With Me"....and all the rest.

Bryan Ferry - vocals & keyboards
Paul Beard - piano & keyboards
Jacob Quistgaard - lead guitar
Neil Hubbard - rhythm guitar
Luke Bullen - drums
Jimmy Sims - bass
Lucy Wilkins - violin 
Jorja Chalmers - sax & keyboards
Fonzi Thornton - backing vocals
Bobbie Gordon - backing vocals
Rhianna Kenny - backing vocals
Nathalia Bonner - violin 

Edinburgh....

..beautiful city

Hagabadet under work....

Auditorium....

Vänersborg, 1962, by Åke Wahlberg

Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet....

1917-19, by Ernst Torulf

Stone wall....

..and Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet

"Il capitale umano"....

Valeria Bruno Tedeschi (Carla), having it all in a hole of emptiness

"Avete scommesso sulla rovina di questo paese e avete vinto". An excellent film by Paolo Virzì.

Studentkåren, Göteborg....

Les Vitraux, Angoscia Eterosessuale....

1973, by Salvador Dali

The future is a blank page....

Götaplatsen....

1923, by Arvid Bjerke and Sigfrid Ericson

1934, by Carl Bergsten

1935, by Nils-Einar Eriksson