A Sunset in Portugal in February…
“As the sun went down it seemed to drag the whole sky with it like the shreds of a burning curtain leaving rags of bright water that went on smoking and smouldering among the estuaries and around the many islands” Laurie Lee – ‘As I walked out one Midsummer Morning’
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Beaches, Europe, History, Literature, Natural Environment, Portugal, Postcards, Travel
Tagged Photograpgy, Porto, Portugal, Sunset, villa
Blue is used everywhere in the Cyclades, church cupolas, windows, doors, walls, staircases and fences which provide blue ‘belts’ around buildings, which supposedly provide protection against evil. Turquoise stones on jewellery, belts and weapons are put there to safeguard people, animals and even plants. Blue ‘eyes’ and blue stones mounted on gold and silver are presented to babies and small children as a talisman for protection and in the Greek Boy Scouts all the boys where a sky-blue scarf around their necks for this very same reason.
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Beaches, Childhood, Europe, Greece, Greek islands, History, Literature, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Amish, Blue doors, Greek doors, Life, Photograpgy, postaday, Travel
Blue is used everywhere in the Cyclades, church cupolas, windows, doors, walls, staircases and fences which provide blue ‘belts’ around buildings, which supposedly provide protection against evil. Turquoise stones on jewellery, belts and weapons are put there to safeguard people, animals and even plants. Blue ‘eyes’ and blue stones mounted on gold and silver are presented to babies and small children as a talisman for protection and in the Greek Boy Scouts all the boys where a sky-blue scarf around their necks for this very same reason.
Posted in Cyclades, Greece, History
Tagged Amish, Blue doors, Greek doors, Life, Photograpgy, postaday, Travel
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