april, where did you go?
we went up north for a bit and then my family came south for a bit. in between these, paulo continued running the coast of algarve on the weekends. we visited tavira’s collection of fruit trees and tended to our own passionfruit vine which was growing wild. so many sunny days and some very nice coffee too.
plus, lots and lots of full working days behind the scenes, frustrating and productive in equal measure. things are coming along.
the view from our living room window, 10 years ago.
a couple of weeks ago, a postcrosser sent bbc radio4 a really nice sound piece about her favorite sound, which was the sound of postcards being dropped through her mail slot. in the conversation we had with her afterwards, i discovered marg had been collecting sounds for quite some time, all around the world. including this one, made not even 20kms from here:
every one of these sounds is part of living here. the birds and the songs, the waves and the planes — they’re all algarve. i find this so magical, that it makes me wish i had the forethought of recording much longer pieces from the places we’ve lived in, instead of just seconds.
marg has lots of field recordings like this from her trips to tokyo, santorini or the black forest. i am enthralled, listening to all these little bits of saudade.
a couple of snaps of dani, one of my most loyal blog readers, who always complains when i backdate posts! :D
all this chinese learning has made me miss china a lot lately, so today’s analogue wednesday is a throwback to 10 years ago — almost to the day.