This is the last week for our Chinese 5 element challenges:
Earth/Harvest: Clay, Rock, Dust, Sand, Mud, Crystal, Powder, Shadow, Space, Darkness, Gravity, Bone, Silicon
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| Black Rock at Praia da Luz Beach |
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| Rocky "window to the sea" at Galé Beach |
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| Low tide at Galé beach exposes more sand and interesting rocks. |
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| Parched earth, before the rains came. |
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| Typical "calçada" pavement and one of the many stone carvings by the Arade River, Portimão. |
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As I am still more or less hibernating and my camera batteries, which are rechargeable, keep dying on me at the most inconvenient moments, I have given up on trying to add to this short selection of photos.
Visit Cee's for many more entries.
7th November 2013 - updated Cee's link.
Hi Mara, what does 'calcada' mean? I noticed the term because the Pilipino/Tagalog word for 'street' is 'kalsada' and I thought it's of Malay origin. It was Magellan who 'discovered' the Philippines and now I'm wondering if our word for 'street' is actually Portuguese in origin. :)
ReplyDeleteIf you're patient I'll do a post on this form of Portuguese paving, which can be very decorative.
ReplyDeleteGreat entry for the earth, Mara!
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DeleteWonderful photos for this challenge. I really like your second photo!!! Thanks for playing along!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cee. Lots of people have their photos taken at that rocky "window to the sea".
DeleteOh, Portimao and oh Portuguese calcadas! No wonder this is where the word "saudade" was invented. Missing Portugal's sky, spaces, smells every day. Lovely pictures.
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting and commenting. You obviously speak from personal knowledge.
DeleteThe earth is amazing...I wish more felt that way and protected it. Nice shots.
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