The coast is an active place. Temperatures are consistent, population is higher, and people tend to be outside when near the water. That creates an interesting paradigm where these same humans tend to do odd and interesting things, and it so happens that Portugal is full of it. While I found some of the images amusing, I didn’t think they made “great photos” until I jokingly sent one to a friend of sheep grazing around piles of garbage, and she thought it was very interesting. Upon further examination, there was quite a question as to why someone would put such things in the grass in such a way, and the sheep were a nice touch to the whole thing. So, for today, we’re going to toss natural beauty to the wind and take a look at eccentric humanity.
I also have solved the conundrum of what to do with the blog. It got started in 2014 with a post for each flight, which made sense until 2017, the year when I took 178 flights. I have now decided to group them by subject, so multiple flights will feed into one post for the most part, until that breaks down and collapses.
Sheep with a shepherd.
“Lords of Santa.” Note the graffiti and the weird tower.
Fishing.
Sintra.
Western edge of the Sintra hill.
Why swim in the ocean, when there is a filthy pool instead?
I have heard that surfing is an active sport.
One with the sea?
Under construction.
At least they’re getting wet.
Note the shape of the cylinder in the center right. Why do people build phalli the world over?
“Ticky tacky houses all the same.”
Voluntary prison camp.
Pumpkins. It appears that they have no intention of smashing them.
I have heard that surfing is a great sport to have solitude in the water.
In the process of a wipe out.
That is a human. Lagoa de Óbidos.
I think the romance would be lost if one of them fell in.
Not quite raising the white flag.
The image that inspired it all: sheep grazing around Portuguese trash.
Coastal flowers.
Kite surfers.
Unusual roof tiles.
You can lead a horse to water…
There is someone standing in the center of this image.
Three seagulls.
Hobo on the beach.
A dog taking a crap on the beach.
Why get wet in the ocean when you can share contaminated water with other humans, right next to the ocean?
Death.
Coach class.
Appears to be a Portuguese bullfighting ring.
Alluvial fan.
Birds. I almost flew into a flock like this along the coast of North Carolina. It was like a video game to get out of it.
No beach walk for you!
No clue what this is….
Crates.
Dilapidated shed in a field of flowers, with a power line.
Sculpture garden.
Guy on a horse with a sword.
New age cross.
Some gold statue at a rather magnitudinous installation called “Fátima.”
Portuguese windmills, old style, in various stages of repair.
“Italian marble” from a Portuguese quarry. So I am told some of it is shipped to Italy to be polished and marketed as genuine Italian marble.
Shepherd leaning on his staff.
