Xata's photos with the keyword: Sky

AN ALMOND TREE ON THE LEFT SIDE. THIS IS CLOSE TO CASTELHANOS, CLOSE TO PENEDOS. And to go with : youtu.be/T5al0HmR4to

For The Sunday Challenge: what or who are you thankful for in your life This week's theme is particularly difficult for me. I am an atheist of Jewish origin, philosophically sceptical and culturally deeply connected to the natural elements having grown up with a healer magical grandmother who in other times would certainly have been accused of witchcraft. I do not understand the notions of gratitude and forgiveness. For me, gratitude is punctual, it comes from an act, it is not a state. Forgiveness for me does not exist: I have a limit of understanding and acceptance, if it is exceeded the return can only come from time and forgetting, never from a voluntary act which for me would be hypocritical. I am alive because I was brought into the world (and abandonned by my genitors), everything I can have is the fruit of my personal effort and of the experiences, help and teachings of a lifetime.There are people like my grandmother who gave me the oportunity to progress, to become a better person but I have very few pictures and it would not be actual ones anyhow. There are books I learnt a lot from too, but which to choose? No idea... I try to be the best I can be, to learn from my mistakes and have the humility to admit them and my shortcomings. I try to live in peace, run away from conflicts, look for nature... but nature is there, is it necessary to feel gratitude? Didn't think I would give myself away so much here... and all because I don't know how to accomplish the theme... so I photographed what gives me peace, knowing that no barrier or chain can stop my thoughts and my ability to dream. Maybe I should be thankful to this... but who should I say thanks to ?

TOO MUCH WIRES... NOT ENOUGH CLOUDS !!!!!

GOOD NIGHT !

Will I see Neowise?

Odeleite... sunset.

In the middle of nowhere close to Odeleite damm, lying in a blanket with my little Estrelinha, air temperature over 30°C and a warm wind blowing, we spent a happy night stargazing in the musical silence of nature...

Just arrived from a 1300km drive, my first thought was going to see the sea! For Saturday Self-Challenge, this and the PIPs fit in the rule of the thirds. PIPs ABOVE

FLIRTING.... PIP ABOVE

PLS CLICK ABOVE FOR PIP

PLS CLICK ABOVE FOR PIPs