Jos takes photos

The wind that blows through the trees, or even blows over.  Rain that hits the windows.  Water that blows over the dike.  High waves. That is stormy weather and yes, they have that here too and we were allowed to experience it. Sometimes we liked it and sometimes, mostly when we were wet, we didn't like it that much.  It shows nature's power and how little we can do about it, so better enjoy it. Stay happy and healthy and optimistic because the world seems to need it now more than ever.

  I can't help it, but I still have a soft spot for carnival.  I come from that part of the country where carnival is instilled in you with your mother's milk, so that can be seen as a mitigating circumstance.  So now that we are in a sunny southern country and there was carnival here too, we had to go and it was worth it to experience the colours, the joy, the music, all. Loulé, Loulé, la la la Stay optimistic, happy and healthy as long as possible but at least till the end.

Last year I saw him for the first time. Simply laying on the sidewalk, not reacting on my talking, just a glance when he saw me taking his picture. In the days to come I saw him more often, always alone, this old dog. They told me he once had an owner who passed away. Since then Henry, that’s his name. walked and still walks from the harbour to the old town and back, day after day. Restaurants supply him with food and water, vets take care for his health, winterers give him dog cookies and keep an eye on him.  There have been attempts to find a home for him, but he just wants to be in the outside, walking when he feels like it, sleeping if he feels tired and eat if it’s available and he is hungry.  He’s a loner, one might say, unable to make friends, but I see freedom, absolute freedom. Freedom just what the world needs now, freedom, just what people need now. Freedom just what we are in need of. So be careful and proud of them who found or search for freedom, like Henry, and ...

  This is a cat's loving country. They feed them, even if they don't own them. They make houses for them to sleep of hide. And there are many of them. When the sun shines they seem to like to sit on cars.  Maybe that's because when the sun shines, sometimes cars look extra beautiful, thanks to the reflection and the warm sunlight. Yes, we like it here, although we have to leave very soon. Stay happy and optimistic, that's what we all need.

Where we live now, there are strikingly colored houses along the harbor.  So taking color photos doesn't have to be that difficult here.  Most of the time the sun shines, except today the rain patters against the windows, so the light is generally very nice. Also easy to take photos.  And rainy days are perfect to make blogs . . . Stay happy, healthy and optimistic. The world needs it!

  Yes, more colour photos. Does that mean I'm staying with colours? Don't know, for now I have the impression that the more I take photos in. colours, the more I miss black and white. But this might also change, who knows? It's for now not certain for me. But stop talking and or writing that much, better show the pictures, you might think. So here they come, in colour. Stay happy, healthy and optimistic, we all need that!