cat amongst the tiles

 I almost missed the cat for all the tiles, and she blends in so well

received from Portugal

CATURDAY

wall art

 mosaics in Spaintiles in Portugalmurals in Canada

some public art for Thursday Postcard Hunt

fun for kids

 how about a whole museum dedicated to play (Vagos, Portugal)

and what kid doesn't love chocolate?

and at the end of the day - a swim in the hotel pool!

they've been entertained, fed, and exercised

some fun for kids for Thursday Postcard Hunt

streetcars

 

yellow streetcar in Berlin, 1950

and a modern Lisbon tram

some yellow for Sunday Stamps

islands

The Açores are roughly 1,400 km west of Lisbon, 1,500 km northwest of Morocco, and 1,930 km southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.

There is something a little unsettling to me about living on an island in the middle of the Atlantic.

An Azores Bullfinch admiring his view on São Miguel, the largest of the Azorean islands

an island for Sunday Stamps

fireworks

Festivals are a time for fireworks.  All of our festivals and fireworks have been cancelled and we wonder if the fireworks part will return. They have been falling out of favour these last few years, and they are prohibitively expensive.

With C19, they may end up a thing of the past and not as a way of celebrating things like the 25th anniversary of the Canadian flag                    (I don't actually remember this celebration?)

Fun fact: fireworks festivals in Japan started in 1733 after a really bad year due to cholera, crop failures and starvation. The festival was meant to memorialize the victims and to pray for an end to the epidemic. so not really a celebration. sadly, I have no Japanese fireworks stamps

So many students are graduating at this time of year with few celebrations except online (I'm seeing many lawn signs, which is nice)

Confetti has been a traditional way of celebrating the happy couple at their wedding - though that is now frowned upon - it does make an unholy mess. 

I suppose ribbons are still okay. I do love a beautifully beribboned present

for Sunday Stamps - celebrations

steep streets

The Bica Funicular opened in 1892 and is still moving people up and down the steep stepped street of rua da Bica in Lisbon

tram 28

Lisbon

Tram 28 travels through the popular tourist districts on a line that is unsuitable for modern trams because of the sharp turns and steep gradients.  It runs from 6am until 10:30pm with departures every 15 minutes between 7am-8pm.

tiles

Sunday Stamps II - 153

1940 Portugal
Designer: Antonio Lima
Engraver Gustavo de Almeida Araujo

Showing the emblem of the Portuguese Legion.

for the letter P - Portugal