tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286843812024-03-23T18:25:12.538+00:00Time and a WordTime it was and what a time it was...A time of innocence; a time for confidences.
Long ago it must be; I have a photograph.
Preserve your memories; they're all that's left you........Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-87454333955990355712007-08-04T19:17:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:20.570+00:00post-script: Words for the End of TimeI had to come back in here one last time.There was something I had wanted to say, throught the first 3 of these photos, which were all shot 15 days ago.Then, I need to thank all of the people who have come, either here or other via another photo-site that has nothing to do with blogging, but who are doing their best to sustain me just the same.Pequete,thank you, with love. But you have something Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-6110906497813126082007-07-27T19:56:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:20.816+00:00The End of BlueIt is the REAL end.It has to be.The music went first. Then the poetry. But then photography came.Now that has gone, along with the writing, the escape, the brain.Presume nothing. It is even worse than it may seem.I owe many people so much that cannot be repaid, because of this "Time & A Word". But it is just one more thing that I can no longer do, or be part of, so much have I disintegrated Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-46122755305242259272007-07-20T19:33:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:21.444+00:00Vision Blue"What did you see, my blue-eyed son?"What did I see from morning to sunset? Can you see? Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-9473464510216302972007-07-13T22:09:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:22.081+00:00Floral Blue Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-42350143191490284152007-07-10T00:45:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:22.788+00:00July Blue Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-36070579751198269822007-07-01T21:30:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:23.415+00:00Azulejo BlueThe ancient tiles, telling stories from history, or merely decorative. Portugal's streets, monasteries, gardens would be far poorer without them. Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-91765789753041913992007-06-27T21:51:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:24.098+00:00Alentejo BlueI recommend a click particularly on the collage, to see Arroiolos, the blue town. Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-12300143168803976232007-06-26T17:58:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:24.820+00:00Planet Earth is Blue...The first of a series of posts entitled "Blue", inspired by filipa azul, of Sintra (and Woophy). Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-48411831914354008792007-06-11T20:39:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:25.289+00:00SomethingTo those wondering about my well-being, thanks & I intend to be in touch very soon.I've just posted something on "The Flames of Eden" again.If you would like to see my whole week - 31 May to 7 June - in photos, I have posted 6 separate picasa web albums at: http://picasaweb.google.com/stewinoutThe most recent is first. Please, for 7 June, open Part 1 (38 pics) before Part 2 (35 pics).There is Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-73263862199432259472007-05-29T12:38:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:26.054+00:00One Year Old Today; BORN IN THE TIME OF JACARANDÁA year ago today, I rode silently into the blogosphere on the back of a full moon;the early days of what I had named in a piece of writing about it 3 years ago, The Time of Jacarandá. For me, this name perfectly describes what I consider the very best 2 to 3 weeks of the entire Lisbon year.I had been privileged to live it for 9 of what is now 11 years here. To learn how to watch for it, Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-48245340208815131702007-05-26T12:10:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:27.115+00:00Cruz Quebrada "Beach", Sunday morning, 13th May.First, I would like to use this post to tell anyone who may be thinking: "One-way traffic from Icarus this week" - You are right, Mate. That is mostly true. So, now I'm 'free', I want to do a lot of blog-tourism this weekend, which is perfect just for that kind of tourism. Patchy grey/sun weather, threats of further heavy rain. Also, all those mails to reply to...I have got through another kind Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-84818272557292741662007-05-25T11:11:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:27.807+00:00An Afternoon in the City of My DreamsWednesday 9th May, a rare foray. Bathed in a beautifully unhumid 29ºC/84ºF, from train to underground to streets, to bus to friends to José Manuel, my old mate of a hairdresser to my beloved Gulbenkian garden, like in a dream, warming my heart.And - as ever - a camera and an 'olhar estrangeiro': the eyes of a stranger, seeing everything & everyone, hungry & thirsty and wondering and rejoicing andIcarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-12800393409089500662007-05-22T23:32:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:28.424+00:00ErratumI was wrong! J'ai eu tort!Wrong Time, wrong Word - it's not until the 29th. Tomorrow just marks one year since I finally arrived in VF Xira from Lisbon. There will be no partying for that.Clearly, I'm tired from climbing Mount Work.I think that what I need to do is cross this: Go and see all this again: Wait for this: And then come back again across this: Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-34171371068555043392007-05-22T10:34:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:29.221+00:00Lightning Fast!!This my my fastest-ever post.It is too long since the last one.I am very busy - today is my work's Super-Tuesday!So, I made a rapid choice of the 3 pics below, which are also a thank you. The joint-post with Talj & Ruth perhaps gave more contentment & more positive outcome to me personally than almost any other during all of the lifetime of this blog.Wow, I have just realised: Time & A Word will Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-66773426719270072882007-05-13T15:51:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:29.356+00:00A Joint-Post With Talj & Ruth, With a PurposeThis post makes me really happy. It is a good story.Richard Nixon was re-elected to the White House in November 1972.The following afternoon, after work, I sat on a bench in Soho Square, London, reading a newspaper article the title of which I still remember, but not the journalist. It was: "Why I Fear for 4 More Years of Tricky Dickie".I agreed.I wrote those words below immediately. Nixon didn'tIcarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-71379778235015900752007-05-02T20:34:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:30.040+00:00The Cycle of LifeWith Joana's kind permission & cooperation, this comes mostly with you in mind, dear Ruth.A few weeks ago, I published "Time and a Word" here.Then, in "The Flames of Eden", it was the turning of circles.360º, in a single turn. It seems to me a much better, more accurate way to describe our time. We measure it in years, months, days, minutes, because it is more convenient. Either way, none of knowIcarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-9045006957461109452007-04-25T12:16:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:30.710+00:0025 de Abril 1974-2007+++...Portugal's Carnation Revolution DayIt's getting to be a very long time ago.Nevertheless, for a very large proportion of the population, the red carnation lives on as a symbol of something immeasurably valuable and worthwhile, even if the memory fades. "We were born in liberty. 25th April, Thank you" It won't be the same not to be at the parade this year.In this life, all things must pass. Eventually.Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-26757929699424635852007-04-20T18:35:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:31.437+00:00Come on the FORÇA!!!People, I have been ill. Really ill. I haven't commented, I haven't posted, because I couldn't. To those friends who have sent me mails that went unanswered, forgive me. I wasn't able to.This morning, I visited a couple of blogs before starting work. At Audrey's - the very wonderful, special Audrey - I found a post that picked me up, inspired me, repaired me. I am posting the same video and song,Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-38533481916284164982007-04-07T23:21:00.000+01:002007-04-08T01:06:44.947+01:00Passing, Time PassingRuth's cherished husband Mick passed away 24 hours ago.My cherished father passed away 10 years ago today.I will make my tribute to Mick in some way tomorrow in "The Flames of Eden".Now I only want to write down this thought that I had quite some years ago. As it never had a title, I see at this instant that its title must be, in fact: Time and a Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-49337066699454911792007-04-04T18:18:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:32.225+00:00Final Visit to Santa ClaraLate April, 2006. I arrive early for rendez-vous with Patti. Find myself in the middle of a Lisbon Fashion Week event.(1)Here are our 2 friends from last week, this time the full pic revealed! A bunch of models hired to promote the sponsors' products. Had a nice cup of tea or two. No rental car for the weekend, though. (2)I didn't quite see the connection between the flamenco lady dressed upIcarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-53001308858192606592007-03-31T22:06:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:33.211+00:00Campo de Santa Clara - a DetailThis second visit to this place is to focus on one particular detail, the tiled facade of one building. While the other buildings in the same parade are elegantly tiled, they are pretty standard for Lisbon. This one, however, stands out as a unique example of the Portuguese tradition of painel de azulejo [tile panelling] that dates back to the 16th century. (1) On market day (2)A close-up. IIcarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-44240162843450989882007-03-28T14:15:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:34.291+00:00Campo de SANTA CLARABefore explaining this post, I am taking this opportunity to announce the arrival of my new, alternative blog. The idea of "The Flames of Eden" (see link on the right, under my profile)is really just to allow me some more flexibility, to give more emphasis to the written word than to the photographic.What do you think of it?This & my next 2 posts will be about the Campo de Santa Clara - partly toIcarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-40418079336360865582007-03-25T20:00:00.000+01:002008-12-10T01:25:34.753+00:00Untitled I'm experimenting with "Blog This!". It never works, so.....if you can see a young lady with a unique way of blowing her own trumpet, I'd appreciate it if you tell me.Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-3668306207634350052007-03-23T22:06:00.000+00:002008-12-10T01:25:35.349+00:00PeacefulA cool response to a commemoration of war.Maybe 'peace' will be better received.I found these doves last Saturday.I wish you all a peaceful weekend.Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684381.post-24460148929371012842007-03-20T15:16:00.000+00:002008-12-10T01:25:36.031+00:00Iraq: It Was 4 Years Ago TodayFriends, do any of us not love peace?How many of us want war?But if we love peace and do not want war, then what was there to support about Iraq?What? The people of Portugal were overwhelmingly opposed to the invasion from well before 20 March 2003. They thronged the streets, as did millions around the world on that distant, famous 15 February. It is a people who not only wears its heart on its Icarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516491146437398690noreply@blogger.com6