Weekend with friends

I spent last weekend with some friends in a very cozy hotel in Oporto.

The weather didn't help because it was raining, and north Portugal it's not known by it's "warm" weather ... Even still we had lots of fun, and we decided to forget the clouds and the lack of sun:)

The most important thing was that we were together - women only! :))

I traveled by car with a friend (from Lisbon) to meet a friend of ours that was spending a few days up north. We decided to join her because she lives in Budapest, so every time that she's able to be in the country me and my friend always try to join her, no matter where she is ...

Cat moments

I am a cat in the world,
One more among the others - you think,
I jump and I walk around the corners,
Lay in a warm day at the top of a counter,
Try to fly and spread my invisible wings
To reach the outside



I am cat in the world,
The one who feels free even inside,
I crawl and beg for hugs,
Lick your fingertips when you give me food,
Capt your attention like a camera
When you are far away in your thoughts.



I am cat in the world,
Feeling love and holding you,
Just treat me well and I'll be your loyal friend,
Embrace me in cold days and
Leave me alone when it's sunny,
I am free but with benefits




I am a cat in the world,
Always by your side no matter what,
I run through the house when I'm happy,
I will guard your shrine when you are not there
And at the end of the day
I wait for your arrival at home
Behind the entrance door





I am cat in the world,
But I am above all
Your cat
In your own world
That you became mine as well ...

D'alma Fashion & Shop

Popping the Clouds joined a new blog, with a new project. It is called

D'alma Fashion & Shop

Here you can see a very peculiar and special collection where you can buy, see the pictures, share opinions, give ideas ... Join another blog done especially for women, and for men who love women ;). Embrace us in this new path and feel free to let us know what do you think about it :)

Most of our products are handmade, others had a renovation so they can be completly new again. We were inspired by the vintage époque, and mainly in the old portuguese lifestyle. Enjoy our culture and buy something in our virtual shop ... why not?

Drop by and explore :)

Dolmens and Menhirs - North Alentejo - Portugal

Here are some pictures of my road trip to North Alentejo.

Paris

My sister went to Paris last month.
Here are some beatiful pictures that she sent me.

Clouds

Oregon, Olympic Peninsula

Painted Moutains

Do you know Central Oregon?
That's where I spent one of these sunny days.

London Pics

This is one of my best friends on vacations in London, wearing one of the hats that I've knitted for her. This is the same hat that you can see in the post "Gray and Pink".

She has also being having fun photographing London

More pictures are avalailable in her blog.

Pictures taken by Li

Love Inspiration

Here

are some good tips for Valentine's day.

You can find several ideas about love, but I must say that my favourite one is "Around the world" article, it's kind of something that I do too, but my "Around the world" is mainly Portugal :)

"This week's date night idea takes you and your partner on a romantic escape to virtually any destination in the world, even locations that only exist in your imagination. LYC readers have given their ideas for their favorite romantic destination adventures at home, including all the extra details to make it a night neither of you will soon forget. When you're ready for an intimate night for two, grab your virtual ticket ... "

And you can also find some movie quotes :

"I would rather have tasted her lips just once, touched her skin, one time, and made love to her for one night, than spend the rest of my life without ever knowing that."

From the movie "City of Angels"

Enjoy :)

Love ... Amor

Valentine is almost here ...

In several languages ...

Pictures taken by Neil Noland via Flickr

London by night

One of my best friends is travelling this weekend to London. Go Li!

I am posting some pictures of the city, so she could be inspired ...

These picures were taken by the photographer Jason Hawkes

San Francisco

Picture taken in San Francisco, California

Today someone read me St. Francis of Assisi.

I listened and couldn’t believe my ears.

How could a man who was so fond of things

Never have looked at them or understood what they were?

Why call water my sister if water isn’t my sister?

To feel it better?

I feel it better by drinking it than by calling it something –

Sister, or mother, or daughter.

Water is beautiful because it’s water.

If I call it my sister,

I can see, even as I call it that, that it’s not my sister

And that it’s best to call it water, since that’s what it is,

Or, better yet, not to call it anything

But to drink it, to feel it on my wrists, and to look at it,

Without any names.

Fernado Pessoa, portuguese poet (1888 - 1935)

Afternoon Sun

Picture taken in Algarve, Portugal

The sun consumed the shining yellow skies, spreading the rays of light through the houses of the village illuminating the dark divisions, observing through the trees searching for unprepared couples in the bushes, coloring girls' shy faces that were close to the sin, burnishing the landscapes, transforming them into postcards of strong colors that would be delivered into photographs prepared to fill hearts that would be kept in closed drawers after seeing them. And, right over there, inside of the several drawers of the planet, that afternoon sun would be dead, letting the destination lay it down inside of the dusty furniture next to the forgotten letters and unusable boxes of remedies. Removing all the color of the photographic paper transforming it into dark night without stars, filed in a minimum space with no light and suffocating it without ever shining again.

Church Floor

Picture taken in "Mosteiro dos Jeronimos", Lisboa, Portugal

"Fear will have everything
legs
ambulances
and the armored luxury
of a few cars

It will have eyes no one sees
cautious little hands
almost innocent schemes
ears not only in the walls
but also in the floor
in the ceiling
in the gurgle of drainpipes
and perhaps even (caution!)
ears in your ears"

Poem written by Alexandre O'Neil, portuguese poet

Leaves on the bridge

Picture taken in Kentucky Falls, Oregon


"I dream I am the chosen Poet,
Who knows all there is to know on Earth,
The one whose inspiration’s pure and perfect,
And captures infinity in a verse!

I dream a verse of mine has all the brightness
To light the whole world! And it will please
Even those who long and die of sadness!
And even wise, unhappy souls it will appease. "

Florbela Espanca, portuguese poet