J. Gafarot's photos with the keyword: Arrábida

One Heavy Day of beauty.

When I remember her barely two years old ...

The Arrábida region contemplates several geological phenomena representative of the evolution of the Earth, for example, the Arrabidine chain is the only one on the Atlantic coast that witnesses the propagation to the West of the progressive closure of the Tethys Ocean and the consequent formation of the Mediterranean Sea due to the collision, since the Upper Cretaceous, between the African and Eurasian plates.

Here lunchtime is diferent ! Portinho da Arrábida is a small place belonging to the parish of São Lourenço, in the municipality and district of Setúbal, in Portugal. It is best known for the beach adjacent to the town. It is located in Serra da Arrábida in the heart of the Arrábida Natural Park, which surrounds it to the north. It is west of Setúbal (about 13 kilometers) and east of Sesimbra (about 21 kilometers), with the Atlantic Ocean to the South and due West.

Lavanda Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is also found in Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, and from Europe across to northern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, southwest Asia to India. Lavandula angustifolia, is often referred to as lavender, and there is a color named for the shade of the flowers of this species. Lavender has been used over centuries in traditional medicine and cosmetics, and “limited clinical trials support therapeutic use of lavender for pain, hot flushes, and postnatal perineal discomfort

Lichens occur from sea level to high alpine elevations, in many environmental conditions, and can grow on almost any surface. Lichens are abundant growing on bark, leaves, mosses, on other lichens, and hanging from branches "living on thin air" (epiphytes) in rain forests and in temperate woodland. They grow on rock, walls, gravestones, roofs, exposed soil surfaces, and in the soil as part of a biological soil crust. Different kinds of lichens have adapted to survive in some of the most extreme environments on Earth: arctic tundra, hot dry deserts, rocky coasts, and toxic slag heaps. They can even live inside solid rock, growing between the grains.

One must look for one thing only, to find many. Cesare Pavese

The 12 km bridge, seen from a 12 km far away, Arrábida.

Sometimes I rather enjoy to have my hands around a serious piece of equipment . . .

Please see note. Be yourself.

One Summer to remember

Peace and silence.

Just such a plant is the sea holly (Eryngium maritimum), an architectural beauty of the sandy beaches and sand dunes around the shores. The plant's central cone of flowers is reminiscent of members of the daisy family, such as echinacea or rudbeckia, but sea holly is a relative of the carrot. The ruff of petals is actually a ring of spiny bracts that encircle and protect the flowers like the plates of a Stegosaurus or the frills of a Triceratops. The whole plant is a metallic blue-green, seemingly verdigrised like a bronze garden statue in miniature. Andy Brian in The Guardian

Small islet used long ago by the local fishermen to keep their live lobsters during the winter months.

Seen from Comporta, 20 miles away, Arrábida seems a small bump in the horizon.

It's the least that makes me dream to get out in this never ending winter...