Country Life

Oh, miraflores, would just love to see you two guys here ... I'll be waiting at Faro for you!

Clearing the oranges ... have you looked at my website? There are MILLIONS of oranges ... and tangerines, lemons ...

xx

 

Agree with everyone - that pic is crying out for you to paint it, LoL! Looking forward to seeing it in paint! :D

 

Hi, there, my little Scottish Thistle, thought you went to bed. Yes, I would like to paint that, my sort of thing.

Have a commission or two in the meantime!

Do you know, I have not picked up a paintbrush since Friday ... think Algarve Sunset did me in a bit! Why does one start doing this at my time of life, one asks oneself?

Will be back on track tomorrow, was having a bit of a rest today and being Ms Photographer instead of Fada do Pincel!

 

I'll come and see you, but a longway from now,so, don't cook just yet!
Bye my dear...

 

Just caught up with your latest pics LOL.
As usual a nice collection, still looking a bit crowded, but other than that, NICE. :D

 

Pete, how much space do you need? :D :D

 

:D :D :D

 

Have done that painting that was requested by Waco, K-G and dendro and the WOW factor is not there, so serious re-work is on for tomorrow.

Think Algarve Sunset has put a damper on things for the moment. BM may get it tomorrow or the next day so I'm cringing in anticipation the real thing has the WOW in it.

pete, there would be other people perhaps staying in that pousada so you may have to camp out in the trees!

 

Today we went to Ferragudo, a small fishing village across the mouth of the River Arade from Portimao. I didn't take any photos of the village as there was a car boot sale in progress ... people!

So we just went to the beach for a stroll.

This is a favourite restaurant of ours which we like to take visitors to on the beach, O Nau (the ship) but it's closed until April ...



... the beach bar next door, which is open (and no we did not visit it ...



... lots of people on the beach, woman and dog ...





... a nice little hole in a rock ...



... which leads you here ...



Portimao, the biggest fishing harbour in the Algarve ...



Portimao and the Castle at Ferragudo ...




... to be continued ...

 

... continued ...

The Castle of Ferragudo ... one hell of a sandcastle (no, it's real, just a joke!)








And I went into the middle of this roundabout in Portimao to photograph these flowers ...









My LoL went funny on me ...

 

I'm so jealous of that sky, LoL..... absolutely beautiful colour - and it means warmth......

 

Well LoL,I think I know where I shall be retiring to.Such fantastic photos and scenery.Love the hole in the rock and the 'Sand Castle' and those flowers especially the Iris and those ones with the blue spires...Breathtaking

 

Thank you dendro and Kandy. The sky was very "deep" today, especially around the sea.

May have a go at that hole in the rock with the paintbrush, Kandy! Isn't that castle ... or maybe it's a fortress fabulou

The colours of the Irises were incredible and if anyone can identify that blue spired succulent plant, I'd be most appreciative.

 

Have just come back on and seen your pictures LofL, absolutely fab! You obviously had a wonderful day out and the castle/fortress is super. Would make a nice painting I'm thinking. The flowers in the roundabout are pretty and that wonderful old olive tree.

 

Could be liatris spicata, LoL

http://images.google.com/images?q=liatris%20spicata&hl=en-GB&sourceid=gd&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2006-49,GGLD:en-GB&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi