Horizon

Parque Natural de Las Batuecas - Sierra de Francia

Life is eternal, and love is immortal,

And death is only an horizon;

And a horizon is nothing, save the limit of our sight

 

 

Mirador de La Antigua

Earth

 

 

‘Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.’

Ancient Indian Proverb

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photography...

. . .  is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.

What you have caught on film is captured forever . . . it remembers little things,

long after you have forgotten everything.

 

 

 

 

Asturian paradise..

 
And there we were, as if suspended, surrounded by a harmonious landscape that inspires peace and tranquility wherever you look ...
The picturesque and well-kept villages of the valley are the only element that reminds us of the human presence in these areas largely untouched for millions of years.
Everything else is really wild!
The forests blush with life and color ...
The lush meadows await the twilight to be populated by groups of hungry herbivores, who waited patiently for a meal throughout the day under the canopy of beech ...
Accompanied by two small cubs born in the past winter, the protective mother bear will go down to the village for the third consecutive night to get a treat for her babies ...
Above, crossing the mountain range, the pack ceases social rituals of the day and prepare for a hunt more deadly ...

And so follows the life of this true paradise Asturian ....

Valle de Lago - Somiedo - Asturias

 

 

  

 

 

En cada rincón de Asturias hay un pedazo de paraíso: un arroyo que desaparece en las entrañas de la tierra, una casa que se alza para dejar crecer la yerba, un bosque habitado por los últimos y filosóficos duendes, o una montaña que quebra el cielo para adornarse con su envés blanco.

Luis Frechilla García, "Por la Naturaleza Asturiana"

 

 

Silent

"Listen" contains the same letters as "Silent".

Listen to the silence of the heart, hear what it says

so you'll know what will make you happy.

Schwansee Lake - Bavaria

Not all scars show,

not all wounds heal,

sometimes you can't always see the pain someone feels.

Memory

Zermatt - Switzerland

Memory is a way of holding on
to the things you love,
the things you are,
the things you never want to lose.
- Kevin Arnold

Füssen - southwest Bavaria - Germany

 

 

No dia que o peso se apoderar dos teus ombros, e tropeçares,

Que a terra dance, para equilibrar-te!

E, quando teus olhos congelarem,

Por trás da janela cinzenta,

E o fantasma da perda chegar a ti…

Que um bando de cores,

Índigo, vermelho, verde e azul celeste,

Venham dispertar em ti,

Uma brisa de alegria!

Quando a vela se apagar no barco do pensamento,

E uma sensação de escuro estiver sobre ti,

Que surja para ti, uma trilha de luar amarelo,

Para levar-te a salvo para casa!

Que o alimento da Terra seja teu…

Que a claridade da Luz te ilumine…

Que a fluidez do Oceano te inunde…

Que a proteção dos Antepassados esteja contigo!

E assim…

Que um vento teça essas palavras de amor à tua volta,

Num invisível manto para zelar por tua vida, onde estiveres!

Que este decreto se cumpra em Luz e Graça.

Assim Seja!

 

 

Benção Celta

 

(sandralage.blogspot.com)

Hallstatt

Situated in the south-western shore of the Hallstätter See, the town lies in the geographical region of Salzkammergut, on the national road linking Salzburg and Graz.

Hallstatt - Austria

Salt was a valuable resource, so the region was historically very wealthy. It is possible to tour the world's first known salt mine, located above downtown Hallstatt.

Hallstatt is a popular tourist attraction owing to its small-town appeal and can be toured on foot in ten minutes..

Until the late 19th century, it was only possible to reach Hallstatt by boat or via narrow trails. The land between the lake and mountains was sparse, and the town itself exhausted every free patch of it. Access between houses on the river bank was by boat or over the upper path, a small corridor passing through attics. The first road to Hallstatt was only built in 1890, along the west shore, partially by rock blasting.

“There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bicycle goes too fast.”

Paul Scott Mowrer

Throw...

Salzburg - Austria

 

..... your heart over the fence and the rest will follow!

~ Norman Vincent Peale

 

 

The difference

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
Henry Van Dyke

The Law of the Universe

"Whatever the situation or circumstances in your life, focus on appreciating and being grateful for all the good that is happening. When you love your life as it is, then Life will give you the life that you love. It is the Law of the Universe."

 - Dr Jeff Mullan II

Watching...

Vale Glaciar do Zêzere - Manteigas - Serra da Estrela

... clouds roll by
on a sunny day

Listenning to the water stream

going down the mountain

Smelling the fresh green grass
Who needs church?
Nature is divine.

Lameiras - Vale Glaciar do Zêzere

Spring...

...  is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. :)

Vale glaciar do Zêzere - Serra da Estrela - Portugal

Tranquility

Sometimes we need peace and tranquility
in order to seek our own reflection.

Simple things



Luang Prabang - Laos



“The simple things are also the most extraordinary.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Ninh Binh (II) Vietnam

Apesar de já estarmos fora da época das colheitas e os campos de arroz já não estarem verdes, apesar do tempo teimar em manter-se sombrio e o sol estar permanentemente escondido por detrás de uma intensa neblina, apesar da luminosidade não ser das melhores para fotografar.., Ninh Binh foi uma lufada de ar fresco após os dias caóticos no meio da confusão de Hanoi.

Extensas planícies cobertas de plantações de arroz onde sobressaem incríveis formações calcárias, pitorescas e pacatas aldeias, templos que desafiam os céus, e o rio que serpenteia tranquilo, qual serpente que vasculha sem medos todos os recantos desta província do Vietnam.

Ninh Binh - Vietnam

Ninh Binh fica a cerca de 90 quilómetros de Hanoi, famosa pelos seus campos de arroz, por uma paisagem de incríveis formações rochosas, pela Tam Coc Cave e pelo Cuc Phuong National Park.

Muitas vezes comparada a Ha Long Bay é, no entanto, uma área muito mais tranquila, com pouco turismo e de uma beleza avassaladora.



Tam Coc Cave