Elevador da Glória....

photo: Carlos Fonseca

..130 years today

St. Jörgens Kapell....

Varberg, 1969, by Ehn & Hellsén Arkitektkontor 

Mariza at Konserthuset....

Göteborg, October 1

The graceful tiny body with a voice like an eruptive volcano. She is not just a great "Fadista", but a world-class performer. I still wonder how the musicians were able to play at such a level for 2,5 hours ? 

A night to remember Mariza !!

Best in show: "Primavera"

Sommarljus....

Summer's almost gone....

Tapada da Ajuda....

 ..and Rio Tejo

Lilla Apelviken...

..sunshine, 20 degrees in the air, 18 in the water....and nobody around !?

Ready for a swim....

Weston Super Mare....

..and someone diving in great style

Jagten....

Mads Mikkelsen

Thomas Vinterberg turning the lamp towards (convenient) collective brainwashing....

Calluna Vulgaris....

Is this the best episode...?

..the Fawlty`s and Raylene in the "The Psychiatrist" 

Sckräcklestugan....

Vänersborg, Sckräckleparken, 1935, by John Åkerlund 

Street art....

Varieté at Liseberg....

With Carl-Einar Häckner, Rafael de Carlos, Yulia Raskina and Varietéorkestern. The performers held the highest class....as usual.

Perhaps dive....

Another time....

Lisbon, 1960`s (?), by Artur Pastor

..when children played freely in the streets

More monkey business with Banksy`s....

Detroit, 2010, stolen (of course) and for sale....

"I remember when all this was trees"

Sidelight....

The last stop....

Millesgården....

2500 meters....

Late afternoon....

..Jönköping, Kristine Church

Lake Vättern....

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.