Instants IV

Almost one month went by since my last post. Where did all these days go?
Spring comes and goes, workdays and weekends equally full and very few moments to enjoy a leisured walk with my faithful camera.
These photos were taken on a random weekend, somewhere in the middle of May, when we walked soooo much that we ended up sitting for a long while on a stone block, at the entrance of the natural history museum... before we were able to finally go back home!

Instants II

* all the photos on this post were taken by J

Instants I

1 - The confy chair of a street vendor in the book market downtown.

2 -  A glimpse of blue sky over our heads.

3 - Attention caught by an interesting photo. Cool place.

5 - Cool cat owner and her funky cat.

6 - Overcrowded electrical wires, full of pigeons sitting side by side. As they should.

Late brunch in a lovely place

A lazy morning was the best excuse to go out for brunch. We tried a new place, in a lovely and quiet neighbourhood called Praca das Flores (literally 'the flowers square'). Afterwards we walked towards the downtown area, always choosing unknown streets. Found really lovely places. More photos of this walk on a next post. Have a great Easter everyone!

Urban interventions

The way people intervene in the city they live in tells a lot about the underlying issues going on. It is a good exercise to look at things from a new point of view.

It is possible to find beauty everywhere. 

Today 3 things caught my attention

1- The grafitty on this wall made me think... why do we need so much? 

2 - Came across a second hand bookstore and went inside for the first time. It sells mostly books and magazines, but also antiques, stamps and other items. A whole world to explore. Will be back with more time to browse carefully through the shelves.

 

3 - On my way back, these yummy strawberry cookies caught my eye - they looked absolutely divine. Resisted to buy some (so proud).

Recently enjoyed things

1 - Getting back to our city walks after months of rain. They were missed. So many new things to explore...

2 - Celebrating a special day with a very special chocolate cake :-) in the best possible company.

3 - Recently developing a 'tiles-addiction' lead me to create a new board (here) dedicated solely to this portuguese art.

4 - Enjoying sunny breaks reading/sketching on the grass with J and friends (I sort of got this 'holiday feeling' for a tiny moment...)

How I missed Spring!

A blissful one hour walk downtown was all it took to improve my day. How different  the vibe of this city in Spring... welcome-welcome-welcome!