Category Archives: Musings

Sunshine and showers

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Friday 25th August 

Sunshine and showers
Blue skies and rain
Changeable weather
Bank Holiday again
Planning days out
Keeping children sane
Ice cream and pasties
A little weight gain
Such holiday fun
Really can't complain

Love you so much
Treasured sons
Beloved Mum
xxxxx
Man’s Head
Quite busy on Porthmeor Beach
Passing rain showers don’t dampen the beach goers
Good waves today
Lifeguard duty
Harbour clouds

Cast away doubt

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Thursday 24th August 

Cast away doubt
Let go of the frown
Onwards and upwards
No looking down
Better days await
Like rays of sun
Embracing the path
The battles won

Love you so much
Treasured sons
Beloved Mum
xxxxx
St Ives this morning

As the sun climbs

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Wednesday 23rd 

As the sun climbs
With golden blaze
Seeking the warmth
In its resplendent rays
Under those blue skies
With warm skin aglow
The sunshine smiles
On the flowers that grow

Love you so much
Precious sons
Beloved Mum
xxxxx
Quite warm in St Ives this morning

Early morning start

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Tuesday 22nd August 

Early morning start
Flying home today
High above the clouds
And the Bay of Biscay

The garden needs a tidy
There's washing to be done
The holiday is over
But there'll be another one

Love you so much
Treasured sons
Beloved Mum
xxxxx
Climbing above the salt marshes
Olhão
Olhão’s marina
Fluffy clouds
Land’s End, Cornwall
Penzance
St Ives Bay
The A30
Driving home

Home soon

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Monday 21st August 

Tavira this morning
Santa Luzia in the afternoon
Faro later on
We'll be home soon
Flying tomorrow
Over salt marsh lagoon
But we'll be back
Singing a holiday tune

Love you so much
Treasured sons
Beloved Mum
xxxxx
Tavira street
So very hot this morning
Santa Luzia this afternoon
Low tide in the waterway
Bunting across the square
Alentejo tiles
Luke
More tiles on houses
Lunchtime
Sardines
Luke and Gary
So many different tiles
Luke and I

Beach again

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Sunday 20th August 

Beach again
Perfect spot
Sun loungers
It's quite hot
In the sea
Sailing yacht
Cooling down
Like as not
Use sunscreen
Takes a lot
Can't just say
I forgot

Love you so much
Precious sons
Beloved Mum
xxxxx
Sunday on the beach
Quiet to begin with
Shaded spot for an ice cream
Comfy
Relaxing
Now in the sea
So very clear
In need of a cool down
The beach is quiet in front of our sun loungers
Could stay here for a long time
Ferry ride back…. Flamingoes
Vapour trail and shadow
Back in Tavira

Olhão

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Saturday 19th August 

Around Tavira
Walking this morning
Then to Olhão
In the early evening
Sudden power cuts
Down the street
Restaurants closed
Nothing to eat

Love you so much
Treasured sons
Beloved Mum
xxxxx
Tavira town this morning
Across the river
Río Gilão
Hibiscus
Elevenses
Low tide shows poorly constructed balconies!
Street cafés
Plaque
Olhão
For cold drinks
Luke and Talita
Along the waterway
Sculpture
A fig tree grows in the sea wall
Luke and Talita
Play park
The marina

Beside the pool

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Friday 18th August 

Beside the pool
All is cool
Blue skies rule
Sparkling jewel

Love you so much
Treasured sons
Beloved Mum
xxxxx
Early morning, beside the pool
This morning
Lunchtime drinkies
Beautiful tiles
The top of a church
Tiled houses
Santa Luzia
Luke
Luke and Gary
Church
Santa Luzia
Pool drinkies this evening

Another beach day

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Thursday 17th August 

Another beach day
Blue skies overhead
Refreshing ocean swim
Over the sand we tread
Sun hats and spf
Shaded sun lounger bed

Love you so much
Treasured sons
Beloved Mum
xxxxx
Leaving Tavira town this morning
Bound for Ilha de Tavira
A twenty minute boat ride
Pretty shells
Our shady spot on the sun loungers
It was a little breezy
Lunchtime beach bar
A cool place
Gary with lots of comings and goings behind him
After lunch lie down
And then a swim
The water’s lovely
A catamaran moving up the coast
Farol de Tavir Molhe Oeste
So clear

A trip on a ferry

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Wednesday 16th August 

A trip on a ferry
Reaching the Atlantic side
To Ilha de Tavira
The beach stretches far and wide
Beneath a shady canopy
Watching the incoming tide

Love you so much
Precious sons
Beloved Mum
xxxxx
A shady spot on Ilha de Tavira
Sunchairs and sunshades…. Perfect
Down to the water
Gary goes in
It’s not too bad
When you hire a beach canopy, no one is allowed to put their umbrellas in front of you!
To the left and right, are many parasols and umbrellas
The beach is busy
But quieter where we are
Sunbeds filling up
Beach debris sculpture
Waiting for the ferry to return
And we’re off
Back to Tavira
Pleasure boats and swimmers
Flamingoes
On the top of the ferry
Coming in to dock
Río Gilão