London, St. James Park

« London has the trick of making its past, its long indelible past, always a part of its present.

And for that reason it will always have meaning for the future, because of all it can teach about disaster, survival, and redemption. It is all there in the streets. It is all there in the books.»

Anna Quindlen,Imagined London: A Tour of the World´s Greatest Fictional City

 

St. James Park, 2010

London, Canary Wharf

 Canary Wharf, Dec. 2019

London, Camden Town II

“London is a cluster of communities, great and small, famous and unsung; a city of contrasts, a congregation of diversity .” 

Roy Porter

Camden Town, 08.10.2024

London, Camden Town I

“London goes beyond any boundary or convention. It contains every wish or word ever spoken, every action or gesture ever made, every harsh or noble statement ever expressed. It is illimitable. It is Infinite London.” 

Peter Ackroyd

Camden Town, 08.10.2022

London, Piccadilly Circus

«Go where we may, rest where we will,

Eternal London haunts us still.»

Thomas Moore

 Piccadilly Circus (1999 e 98.10.2022)

London, Regent Street

 

March,2022

London, Little Venice

 «A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London, if he has a comfortable income.»

 George Bernard Shaw

Little Venice , (2010)

London, ABBA Voyage concert

        

Espetacular ... um evento a não perder (tanto o show como a sua entourage)... simplesmente genial!                      

It´s Christmas Time ... at Covent Garden

   
 Covent Garden (2019)

  

Amor de mãe, celebração

 Celebrando a inteligência, o esforço, os sacrifícios, a humildade, a bondade, o carácter e, também, o espírito de entreajuda e camaradagem.

Obrigada, Luís!!!
Jan/2020

            

It´s Christmas Time! ... on the streets of London II

Regent Street, Dec.2019

"My visits to London always bring me cheer; I wish it were possible to bottle the atmosphere.

I would collect together all the sights and sounds, and surround myself with them, when I’m down..."

Angela Wybrow

Eu diria que é um vício ... algo que se entranha, que nos domina, que nos molda e aprisiona o coração para a vida inteira!...

London, Hyde Park Winter Wonderland

 Hyde Park Winter Wonderland (Nov. 2016) 

It´s Christmas Time! ... on the streets of London I

 

 Regent Street, Dec.2019

«You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.»

Samuel Johnson

London, Southbank Christmas Fair II

 "I know what I really want for Christmas.

I want my childhood back. Nobody is going to give me that. I might give at least the memory of it to myself if I try.

I know it doesn't make sense, but since when is Christmas about sense, anyway?

It is about a child, of long ago and far away, and it is about the child of now. In you and me.

Waiting behind the door of our hearts for something wonderful to happen.

A child who is impractical, unrealistic, simpleminded and terribly vulnerable to joy."

Robert Fulghum, «All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten»

        

Southbank Christmas Fair, London, Dec 2019

London, Southbank Christmas Fair I

"I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world."

Norman Vincent Peale

Southbank Christmas Fair

     London, Dec 2019  

Transparências

Sempre me atraíram as janelas e as transparências que proporcionam.

Não por mera e fútil curiosidade, por espírito de coscuvilhice, mas porque nos permitem olhar, ver mais e para além, não só de dentro para fora mas, sobretudo, de fora para dentro ... Como se fizesse o exercício, que tem vindo a tornar-se rotina, de perscrutar as almas/energias que se escondem por detrás de corpos e aparências.

 REKORDERLIG CIDER LODGE

    Southbank Christmas Fair, Dec.2019

London shops, vagueando e explorando II

 

Março 2022

London shops, vagueando e explorando I

 “London is a cluster of communities, great and small, famous and unsung; a city of contrasts, a congregation of diversity.”

Roy Porter

          

Março 2022

Da persistência da chuva, através de uma janela

Revivendo memórias... explorando sensações...

 Chuva, um fenómeno meteorológico regenerador, de que todos dependemos para a existência da vida e que é tão generoso nalgumas regiões do planeta e tão escasso noutras!...

Apesar de ter chovido em parte do país, por aqui, nem um pingo de água ...😢

É desesperante!...

London, London Bridge area

Março 2022

Memórias muito felizes de tempos que já lá vão!...

Obrigada, Luís 🙏