<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557</id><updated>2012-02-14T09:16:01.506Z</updated><category term='sculpture'/><category term='travels'/><category term='challenges'/><category term='nature walks'/><category term='people'/><category term='exhibitions'/><category term='sketchbook'/><category term='books'/><category term='Outdoor Hour challenges'/><category term='plants'/><category term='landscapes'/><category term='journaling'/><category term='supplies'/><category term='nature conservation/environment'/><category term='recipes'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='cards'/><category term='human'/><category term='wildlife'/><title type='text'>ArtJournal</title><subtitle type='html'>Pequete's Art Journal</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>134</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-2197367140197156689</id><published>2012-02-02T09:06:00.024Z</published><updated>2012-02-13T15:00:08.070Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Coisas a mais / Too many things</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p1LTWIEpjIE/TzhcC7PJ0lI/AAAAAAAABK4/b6P9m3PATII/s1600/dscf0094.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p1LTWIEpjIE/TzhcC7PJ0lI/AAAAAAAABK4/b6P9m3PATII/s400/dscf0094.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708413733022847570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Todos os fins de tarde (às vezes noites), quando dou por findo o dia de trabalho, passo alguns minutos a arrumar, primeiro a secretária onde trabalho, e depois o espaço que está à volta. São papéis que vão para reciclar, outros para arquivar, lápis e canetas que têm que ser colocados nos respectivos "copos" e um brinquedo ou outro que as miúdas deixaram fora do sítio e eu não me lembrei de as mandar arrumar antes de se irem deitar (incutir hábitos de arrumação às crianças é um processo em curso...).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Sei que o dia de trabalho, na manhã seguinte, vai começar muito melhor, se me sentar num espaço arrumado e desafogado, sem coisas fora do sítio que me distraiam a vista e o pensamento. Procuro (outro processo em curso..) que a mesma lógica se aplique a toda a casa. E também fora dela, prefiro os espaços abertos e evito os grandes supermercados e centros comerciais, cheios de coisas, luzes e barulho.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Posto isto, ultimamente tenho refectido bastante sobre a quantidade de coisas que possuo e não contribuem em nada para a minha felicidade, antes pelo contrário - porque ocupam espaço, porque tenho que as limpar, porque tenho que as desviar para limpar o que está por baixo, e porque me preocupo com elas. E porque tudo isto me consome tempo e atenção, que podiam ser dedicados a coisas mais importantes, tais como brincar mais com as minhas filhas, fazer caminhadas no campo com o L., desenhar e ler, para mencionar apenas algumas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: arial;font-family:georgia;" &gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;   font-size:100%;" &gt;Nada disto é novo, pelo contrário:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div   style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div   style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size:100%;" &gt;"Não acumuleis tesouros na terra, onde a ferrugem e a traça os corroem e os ladrões arrombam os muros, a fim de os roubar. Pois onde estiver o teu tesouro, aí estará também, o teu coração." ou "Porque vos preocupais com o vestuário? Olhai como crescem os lírios do campo! Não trabalham nem fiam. Pois Eu vos digo: Nem Salomão, em toda a sua magnificência, se vestiu como qualquer deles." (Jesus Cristo)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="body" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;   font-size:100%;" &gt;I  like to walk about among the beautiful things that  adorn the world;  but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of  personal  possessions, because they would take away my liberty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size:100%;" &gt; (George Santayana)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="bodybold" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;   font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="body" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;   font-size:100%;" &gt;"It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size:100%;" &gt;" (Bertrand Russel)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sqq" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;   font-size:100%;" &gt;“If one's life is simple, contentment has to come.  Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires,  feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with  just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the  elements.” (Dalai Lama)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size:100%;" &gt;Parece-me que tenho coisas a mais. Tenho a certeza que produzo mais lixo do que deveria. Estou decidida a simplificar. Algumas coisas que me têm inspirado ultimamente, são&lt;span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.zerowastehome.blogspot.com/2011/04/on-today-show-this-morning.html"&gt;este vídeo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, sobre uma famíla que conseguiu reduzir a quantidade de lixo que produz a uns níveis que quase me parecem inacreditáveis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div   style="  font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div  style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;E este sítio onde se fala do minimalismo como forma de melhorar as nossas vidas, e as dos que nos rodeiam:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: arial;font-family:georgia;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mnmlist.com/minimalist-faqs/" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "&gt;http://mnmlist.com/minimalist-faqs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: arial;font-family:georgia;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: arial;font-family:georgia;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Inspirem-se também!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i7MB7eRrRdc/TzhcUfJ1IoI/AAAAAAAABLE/m9nakfGUB8M/s1600/t44-0002res.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i7MB7eRrRdc/TzhcUfJ1IoI/AAAAAAAABLE/m9nakfGUB8M/s400/t44-0002res.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708414034721972866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;*&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;*&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Every evening (sometimes at night), when I finish my work day, I spend a few minutes clearing up my desk and the area surrounding it. I separate papers for recycling, others for filing, I put pens and pencils back into their containers and I remove one toy or another left by the kids outside its place that I didn't remember to tell them to put away before they went to bed (training them to do this on a regular basis is a work in progress...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;I know that the next morning, I'll start my day of work much better if I find a clean and clear workspace withouth things here and there, distracting my sight and mind. I try (another work in progress...) that the same rule applies to the whole house. And also outdoors, I prefer oen spaces (preferably green) and I avoid big supermarkets and malls, always full of things, artificial lights and noise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;This being said, I've been thinking a lot lately about the enourmous amount of things I own that do not contribute in the least to my happyness. On the contrary, they take up space, they take up work to be cleaned, they take up worry and above all, they take up my time and attention, that could be better used on more important things. Like playing with my kids, spending more time in nature with my husband, drawing and reading, just to mention a few.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;   font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;   font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;None of this is new, in fact, all of it is quite old:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;   font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size:100%;" &gt;"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and stea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size:100%;" &gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size:100%;" &gt;For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="  ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; "&gt;" &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="  ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;(Jesus Christ)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-top: 15px; " align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="body" style="  ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt; (George Santayana)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="bodybold" style="  ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="body" style="  ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;"It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;" (Bertrand Russel)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sqq" style="  ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;“If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements.” (Dalai Lama)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;I think I have too many things. I am sure I produce more litter than I could. I've decided to simplify. Some of the things that have inspired me lately are&lt;a href="http://www.zerowastehome.blogspot.com/2011/04/on-today-show-this-morning.html"&gt; &lt;span&gt;this video&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, from a family that managed to reduce the garbage they produce to unbelievably small amounts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-top: 15px; " align="left"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;And this site about minimalism as a way of improving our lives and the lives of those around us:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mnmlist.com/minimalist-faqs/"&gt;http://mnmlist.com/minimalist-faqs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Let yourselves be inspired too!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-2197367140197156689?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/2197367140197156689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=2197367140197156689' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2197367140197156689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2197367140197156689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2012/02/coisas-mais-too-many-things.html' title='Coisas a mais / Too many things'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p1LTWIEpjIE/TzhcC7PJ0lI/AAAAAAAABK4/b6P9m3PATII/s72-c/dscf0094.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-9130824519353379246</id><published>2012-01-21T16:35:00.019Z</published><updated>2012-01-22T01:09:21.839Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Sugestão de Leitura / Reading Suggestion</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qqN6Yxy4_MM/Txrpikoq3GI/AAAAAAAABKU/r9uy6Lo4u7A/s1600/IZero.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 216px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qqN6Yxy4_MM/Txrpikoq3GI/AAAAAAAABKU/r9uy6Lo4u7A/s400/IZero.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700125058549865570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"&gt;Impacto Zero, Colin Beavan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Este livro veio-me parar às mãos através do&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bookcrossing.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Bookcrossing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;uma comunidade de leitores online que partilha livros e segue os seus percursos através dos vários leitores por onde vão passando.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Não posso dizer que aprendi muitas coisas com este livro, mas gostei muito de o ler. Cá em casa também se recicla,  também se reutiliza, evitamos o consumismo e o esbanjamento de  energia e de água e também perdemos algum tempo a fazer escolhas quando  compramos alguma coisa -  menos produtos embalados, menos sacos de  plástico, electrodomésticos energeticamente mais eficientes... Mas a  verdade é que podíamos fazer muito mais... Mas também não foi por me lembrar  disso que gostei do livro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Do que realmente gostei, foi de todas as  reflexões paralelas  acerca do significado real que o consumo tem nas nossas vidas, de que forma consumir contribui - ou não - para as melhorar. O que é que nos leva a trabalhar cada vez mais, para podemos comprar cada vez mais coisas, sendo que uma considerável parte delas acabará por ir parar ao lixo passado pouco tempo? E de que forma abdicar de certas comodidades  e passar a ter  mais trabalho com algumas tarefas pode contribuir para a nossa felicidade, ao acarretar uma série de  mudanças no nosso estilo de vida?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Embora à primeira vista este  livro possa parecer um relato "levezinho" e divertido de mais um  americano que quis ganhar protagonismo através de uma mudança  radical de vida, na verdade trata-se de um testemunho honesto e  bastante inspirador. Porque a verdadeira questão não é se cada um de  nós, através da acção individual, pode realmente fazer alguma diferença  no estado crescente de degradação do nosso planeta. A questão  é se estamos dispostos a tentar e  a agir de acordo com a nossa consciência, ou se preferimos viver  alheados sem dedicar cinco minutos a pensar nas consequências dos nossos  actos. Pelo que me toca, já fui buscar os lenços de pano que tinha  guardados no fundo  do armário e que andava há anos a pensar recuperar  para substituír os de papel. Já nem me lembrava como são tão mais macios  e confortáveis que os outros... E vou, certamente, apurar ainda mais os cuidados que  já tinha no que toca à produção de lixo, especialmente no que  se  relaciona com as embalagens de plástico. Eis algumas das minhas &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-style: italic;"&gt;resoluções para este ano&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt; comprar ainda mais produtos frescos e menos embalados, e de preferência de origem local&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt; deixar de comprar farinha no supermercado e passar a comprá-la na moagem que existe na minha cidade. É feita a partir de cereal da região (menos energia gasta em transportes), acabada de moer (mais rica em nutrientes), vem em sacos de 5 ou 10 kg (menos lixo). Para além de tudo isto, cada vez que comprar um saco, sei que estarei a contribuir para a manutenção do emprego de uma série de pessoas, desde os agricultores que cultivaram o cereal e contribuem para manter algumas das paisagens nordestinas de que tanto gosto, até aos trabalhadores da moagem, que são bem simpáticos, tal como pude avaliar em primeira mão há uns anos atrás quando lá fui fazer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-style: italic;" href="http://pesnarelva.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/74/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;uma visita&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt; com as minhas miúdas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt; comprar menos envelopes e reutilizar mais envelopes velhos, assim como outras embalagens. Já tenho feito envelopes com folhetos de supermercados e caixas de cereais viradas do avesso (funcionam mesmo bem, são resistentes e ficam uns pacotes mesmo bonitos)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt; voltar a usar as  minhas canetas de tinta permanente (tenho várias, e em tempos usava-as muito, mas a certa altura não sei porquê, mas provavelmente por preguiça, deixei de as usar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt; passar a beber menos café - vem de muito longe, e o solúvel, para dizer a verdade, nunca me inspirou grande confiança (o que é que lhe farão para ficar &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;tão&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt; solúvel? ). Para compensar, proponho-me beber mais chá  - dos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-style: italic;" href="http://www.azoresgourmet.com.pt/pt-PT/cg/9/produtos-chas_9.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Açores, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;pois claro, ou então infusões do meu limonete e da minha  erva cidreira - para dizer a verdade, até gosto mais de chá,  mas bebo café mais vezes, lá está, por preguiça...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Estas são algumas das minhas resoluções. Gostava de conhecer as vossas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;* * *&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jg6SmThgYlw/TxtSPxkGWBI/AAAAAAAABKg/pWHNBm7BTHk/s1600/9780374222888.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 174px; height: 258px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jg6SmThgYlw/TxtSPxkGWBI/AAAAAAAABKg/pWHNBm7BTHk/s400/9780374222888.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700240184323758098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);"&gt;No Impact Man, Colin Beavan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This book came to my hands through &lt;a href="http://www.bookcrossing.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Bookcrossing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,    an online reading community  that tracks and shares books.&lt;br /&gt;I  can't say I learned a lot from it, but I enjoyed reading it immensely. In our family we already try  to be very conscious about what we buy, what we waste, what we eat,  etc. Although we could do a lot more... But reminding me about this was not the reason I enjoyed this book either.&lt;br /&gt;What I really liked were all the parallel thoughts about the real meaning that consuming has in our lives. How does it contribute - in case it does - to improve them? What drives us to work more and more time, to be able to buy more things, most of which we'll sonner than later throw away? And what if, by giving up some of these comodities and becoming in charge of new tasks we find a new kind of fulfillement that comes with a change of lifestyle?&lt;br /&gt;Although at first sight this may look like another flashy book of some obscure American writer looking to be advertised, in fact it is a very honest and inspiring account of someone who drastically changes his (and his family's) lifestyle so that it made less impact on the environment. Because the question is not whether one person, as an isolated individual, can  make a  difference. The real question is: are we willing to try and live according to our conscience? Or do we prefer to take the easy road and abstain from thinking about the consequences of our actions?&lt;br /&gt;As for myself, I've just went to the bottom of my drawer and dug out the old cotton handkerchiefs I used when I was about my kid's age. I hardly remembered how much softer and confortable they are than the pieces of paper we've got so used to. And I'll certainly refine some habits, especially regarding reducing the amount of plastic garbage we produce whenever we go out shopping. Here are some of my &lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"&gt;new year green resolutions&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-style: italic;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; I will buy even more fresh produce and less packaged / preserved food, from local origin as much as possible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-style: italic;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; I'll start buying flour in our local small milling plant instead of the supermarket. Its made out of local cereal (less energy and fuel spent in transportation), freshly grinded (more rich in nutrients), comes in large 5 or 10 kg pacages (less packaging). Plus, each time I go there, I'll know I am helping local workers and farmers to keep their jobs (while maintaining some of the northeastern landscapes I love so much)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-style: italic;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; I will buy less envelopes and reuse more. I've made some really nice ones using old supermarket leaflets and empty cereal boxes turned inside out (they are great for books because they are sturdy and they turn out really neat!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-style: italic;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; I will look for my fountain pens and start using them again - I have several which I really like and I used them a lot many years ago but somewhere along the way, they've gradually been replaced by ugly plastic ballpoints, I really don't know why, but I guess because it was easier...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-style: italic;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; I will drink less coffee - it travels a long way  and the instant one... well, to tell the truth, I've never quite trusted it (what is it that they do, to transform plain simple coffee powder into those puffed grains that are &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;so&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; soluble?). I will replace it with tea - from the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.azoresgourmet.com.pt/en-GB/cg/9/Teas_9.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Azores, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;of course, as well as some infusions from my home-grown herbs -  to tell the truth, I prefer tea rather than coffee, but I end up drinking more coffee because... you guessed - its easier...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are some of my resolutions. I'd love to hear about yours.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-9130824519353379246?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/9130824519353379246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=9130824519353379246' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/9130824519353379246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/9130824519353379246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2012/01/sugestao-de-leitura-reading.html' title='Sugestão de Leitura / Reading Suggestion'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qqN6Yxy4_MM/Txrpikoq3GI/AAAAAAAABKU/r9uy6Lo4u7A/s72-c/IZero.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-9220910843105603336</id><published>2012-01-12T14:54:00.005Z</published><updated>2012-01-13T02:22:29.025Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Um grande pintor / A great painter</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gmrbMXdC0QU/Tw-SY9mMuiI/AAAAAAAABJw/22WS48NAoec/s1600/DSCF0008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gmrbMXdC0QU/Tw-SY9mMuiI/AAAAAAAABJw/22WS48NAoec/s400/DSCF0008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696933011196262946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Ainda me parece difícil acreditar que o Vítor Matias já não está entre nós. Tive a grande sorte de o conhecer pessoalmente, pois era um grande amigo dos meus pais. Tenho a sorte de possuír alguns dos seus quadros, mas sinto-me ainda mais privilegiada por me ter sido dada a oportunidade de o ver pintar - parecia tudo tão incrivelmente fácil...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Viveu uma vida cheia, por vezes difícil (passou pela guerra em África), mas penso poder dizer que foi, globalmente, uma vida boa. E que vai deixar saudades a muitos. Morreu este Sábado, aos 73 anos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Conhecia o nosso país a palmo, e isso nota-se na sua pintura. Podem ver mais trabalhos dele na sua página da internet, clicando&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.kamae.pt/vitormatias/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;aqui&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I still find it hard to believe that Vítor Matias is no longer among us. I was lucky enough to have known him personally, because he was a good friend of my parents. I am lucky enough to own some of his paintings but I am even more privileged to have been given the chance to watch him paint - it all seemed so incredibly easy...&lt;br /&gt;He lived a rich, sometimes hard (he fought the war in Africa), but I dare say an overall good life and he will be missed by many. He died this Saturday, at the age of 73.&lt;br /&gt;He knew our country well, from north to south and that shows in his work. Please visit his website so that you can see more of his great work &lt;a href="http://www.kamae.pt/vitormatias/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-9220910843105603336?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/9220910843105603336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=9220910843105603336' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/9220910843105603336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/9220910843105603336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2012/01/um-grande-pintor-great-painter.html' title='Um grande pintor / A great painter'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gmrbMXdC0QU/Tw-SY9mMuiI/AAAAAAAABJw/22WS48NAoec/s72-c/DSCF0008.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-3571223651607989021</id><published>2012-01-06T23:27:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-09T14:53:27.466Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature conservation/environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Cabo Verde / Cape Verde</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oG_xoXwj-oM/TwoqzomGzqI/AAAAAAAABJY/d8tEXngFm2Y/s1600/DSCF0505.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 124px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oG_xoXwj-oM/TwoqzomGzqI/AAAAAAAABJY/d8tEXngFm2Y/s400/DSCF0505.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695411745322356386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Em Outubro recebi uma oferta de trabalho inesperada, que me obrigaria a viajar para&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_Verde"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Cabo Verde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;durante uma semana, no final do mês seguinte. Hesitei bastante, por um lado, porque não gosto de estar tanto tempo longe da minha família, e, por outro, por ter que viajar a tão curto prazo. Mas, finalmente, acabei por aceitar. E apesar de o trabalho ter sido um pouco &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;stressante&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;, com prazos quase impossíveis de cumprir e ameaças de greve da companhia aérea pelo meio, no final, lá consegui relaxar o suficiente para fazer uns rabiscos no caderno. Foram só três, e um ficou por terminar, mas foi o que bastou para me deixar contente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A7-T_oUJ1_U/TworBe4AZ8I/AAAAAAAABJk/KPTuxPx-r6s/s1600/DSCF0506.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A7-T_oUJ1_U/TworBe4AZ8I/AAAAAAAABJk/KPTuxPx-r6s/s320/DSCF0506.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695411983231248322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" &gt;Cabo Verde é um país maravilhoso, com um imenso e valioso património natural. Esperemos que o desenvolvimento turístico em curso não o deite a perder, tal como tem acontecido noutras regiões do planeta - a bacia Mediterrânica e a costa Sul do Algarve são apenas dois exemplos. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Cada um de nós pode ajudar a evitar que isto aconteça, através de uma escolha criteriosa do tipo de alojamento nas nossas viagens. Ao preferirmos um turismo sustentável, por oposição ao turismo baseado nos resorts do tipo "tudo incluído", estaremos a contrariar a tendência destes últimos - normalmente pertença de grupos económicos estrangeiros - em manter todo o lucro no seu interior, ao invés de o partilhar com a comunidade local. Se quiserem saber mais sobre o turismo sustentável, então leiam o último&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;capítulo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" href="http://www.almadeviajante.com/viagens/cabo-verde/boavista.php"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;desta reportagem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; da Ana Pedrosa e do António Sá, precisamente sobre uma das ilhas de Cabo Verde que se encontram neste momento na mira do turismo de massas, a ilha da Boavista.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Last October I was offered an unexpected job that needed me to travel to &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verde"&gt;Cape Verde&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;for a week by the end of the following month. I pondered a lot because I don't like to be away from my family for so long and also because I had to go within such a short notice. But I finally accepted and although the work was a bit stressful because of tight deadlines and fligh company strike threats, among other things, in the end I managed to enjoy enough to make a few doodles in my sketchbook. Only three, and one was left unfinished, but they made me happy enough!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hd7lvtGraAQ/TwoqtKW-pFI/AAAAAAAABJM/NTK1tJ2HpAk/s1600/DSCF0507.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 137px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hd7lvtGraAQ/TwoqtKW-pFI/AAAAAAAABJM/NTK1tJ2HpAk/s400/DSCF0507.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695411634126627922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cape Verde is a wonderful country, with an immense and valuable natural heritage. Let's hope the tourism development in course does not lead to its loss, as it happened in other places (namely the Mediterranean basin and the south coast of Portugal). Each one of us can help, by carefully selecting &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_tourism"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;sustainable tourism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; offers instead of the  "all-included-style" resort offers - usually belonging to foreign economic groups - that usually keep all the profit inside them instead of sharing it with the local communities.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-3571223651607989021?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/3571223651607989021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=3571223651607989021' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3571223651607989021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3571223651607989021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2012/01/cabo-verde-cape-verde.html' title='Cabo Verde / Cape Verde'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oG_xoXwj-oM/TwoqzomGzqI/AAAAAAAABJY/d8tEXngFm2Y/s72-c/DSCF0505.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-7252694955602326936</id><published>2011-12-28T12:21:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-12-28T12:22:23.351Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plants'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7cYQljhJdsQ/TvsJ8GelksI/AAAAAAAABIo/k-qsYHpCOGo/s1600/Ilexres.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7cYQljhJdsQ/TvsJ8GelksI/AAAAAAAABIo/k-qsYHpCOGo/s400/Ilexres.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691153482248458946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Com um pouco de atraso  relativamente ao Natal, mas ainda a tempo de vos desejar um bom 2012,  aqui fica uma ilustração de um azevinho menos comum: o &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Ilex perado azorica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;, uma subespécie endémica do arquipélago dos Açores e uma das últimas ilustrações que fiz este ano.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I  know I'm a bit late for Christmas wishes, but I guess I'm still on time  to wish you all a great new year. This illustration is one of the last I  did during 2011. It shows one endemic species of the Azores  archipelago, the Azores Holly, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ilex perado azorica&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-7252694955602326936?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/7252694955602326936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=7252694955602326936' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7252694955602326936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7252694955602326936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2011/12/com-um-pouco-de-atraso-relativamente-ao.html' title=''/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7cYQljhJdsQ/TvsJ8GelksI/AAAAAAAABIo/k-qsYHpCOGo/s72-c/Ilexres.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-8425022913498073492</id><published>2011-08-30T18:05:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-30T18:32:25.717+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plants'/><title type='text'>Faia-da-terra passo a passo / Firetree step by step</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aMsA2Sfjwz0/Tl0aKNS6NUI/AAAAAAAABHY/fiGqXoKemJg/s1600/dscf0264res.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aMsA2Sfjwz0/Tl0aKNS6NUI/AAAAAAAABHY/fiGqXoKemJg/s400/dscf0264res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646698270462457154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Estou muito mais satisfeita com esta ilustração do que com a anterior e entretanto, encontrei um papel muito melhor, que estou a utilizar para as duas últimas plantas que ainda me falta terminar. A faia-da-tera é um lindíssimo arbusto, ou árvore de pequenas dimensões, autóctone da Macaronésia (Açores, Madeira e Canárias). No Havai, onde foi introduzida, é considerada uma invasora. Os frutos são drupas comestíveis, usadas medicinalmente para combater o catarro, dadas as suas propriedades adstringentes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I am much happier with this illustration than I was with the previous one, and meanwhile I have found a much better paper, which I am using for the remaining two plants I still need to complete. The firetree is a lovely evergreen shrub or small tree native to Macaronesia (the Azores, Madeira and Canary islands) although it is considered a noxious weed in Hawaii, where it has been introduced. The fruits are edible berries used as astringent remedy for catarrh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w9RUDtKMTwE/Tl0dvf2JCeI/AAAAAAAABHg/C4homyozHLE/s1600/dscf0257res.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w9RUDtKMTwE/Tl0dvf2JCeI/AAAAAAAABHg/C4homyozHLE/s200/dscf0257res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646702209632111074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7VrSmm-2flU/Tl0eFocSH3I/AAAAAAAABHo/NlHif_C42F8/s1600/dscf0261res.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7VrSmm-2flU/Tl0eFocSH3I/AAAAAAAABHo/NlHif_C42F8/s200/dscf0261res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646702589896695666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7lXr4cUzlvs/Tl0ekB0yDiI/AAAAAAAABHw/Epztf2dAGE4/s1600/dscf0263res.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7lXr4cUzlvs/Tl0ekB0yDiI/AAAAAAAABHw/Epztf2dAGE4/s200/dscf0263res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646703112106413602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-8425022913498073492?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/8425022913498073492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=8425022913498073492' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8425022913498073492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8425022913498073492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2011/08/faia-da-terra-passo-passo-firetree-step.html' title='Faia-da-terra passo a passo / Firetree step by step'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aMsA2Sfjwz0/Tl0aKNS6NUI/AAAAAAAABHY/fiGqXoKemJg/s72-c/dscf0264res.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-3475851170885852726</id><published>2011-08-15T17:03:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-15T17:27:38.971+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plants'/><title type='text'>Uva-da-serra passo a passo / Azores blueberry step by step</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pMR1TQHGK2k/TklF4_MIPWI/AAAAAAAABGg/NiRGLylhJNg/s1600/Vacciniumcorresizedblog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pMR1TQHGK2k/TklF4_MIPWI/AAAAAAAABGg/NiRGLylhJNg/s400/Vacciniumcorresizedblog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641116853595553122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Não fiquei completamente satisfeita com esta ilustração, principalmente por causa do papel que, apesar de ser de grande qualidade, tinha uma textura demasiadamente granulosa para este tipo de trabalho. Quando quero trabalhar com bastante detalhe, preciso de papéis quase lisos e não consegui encontrar o que queria. Mas vou continuar a procurar. Entretanto, aqui fica uma pequena sequência passo a passo, desta que é uma das  mais bonitas plantas endémicas dos Açores.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0GzLV7BVjtE/TklH53x3EaI/AAAAAAAABHI/ZrYi0QdManE/s1600/VacciniumPreliminarAnaF.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0GzLV7BVjtE/TklH53x3EaI/AAAAAAAABHI/ZrYi0QdManE/s200/VacciniumPreliminarAnaF.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641119067809452450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nxMm5UZDXaY/TklGutvnaFI/AAAAAAAABGw/QSv42fJpGHc/s1600/dscf0231.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nxMm5UZDXaY/TklGutvnaFI/AAAAAAAABGw/QSv42fJpGHc/s200/dscf0231.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641117776625494098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pgPmudTIfjM/TklHCfyi1pI/AAAAAAAABG4/XW2OyOk59wc/s1600/dscf0232.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pgPmudTIfjM/TklHCfyi1pI/AAAAAAAABG4/XW2OyOk59wc/s200/dscf0232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641118116477064850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ElgpKQ88-6Q/TklHY19d4aI/AAAAAAAABHA/eOJ1_L0wad4/s1600/dscf0236.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ElgpKQ88-6Q/TklHY19d4aI/AAAAAAAABHA/eOJ1_L0wad4/s200/dscf0236.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641118500385579426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I'm not completely happy with this one, mainly because of the paper which, although of high quality, has a much rougher texture than I like for this kind of work. When I want detail, I need extremely smooth textures and I couldn't find what I wanted, but I will keep looking. Meanwhile, here is a small step by step sequence of one of the most beautiful endemic plants of the Azores islands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-3475851170885852726?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/3475851170885852726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=3475851170885852726' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3475851170885852726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3475851170885852726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2011/08/uva-da-serra-passo-passo-azores.html' title='Uva-da-serra passo a passo / Azores blueberry step by step'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pMR1TQHGK2k/TklF4_MIPWI/AAAAAAAABGg/NiRGLylhJNg/s72-c/Vacciniumcorresizedblog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-6106206579087378004</id><published>2011-08-09T19:51:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-09T19:58:24.398+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Trabalho em curso / Work in Progress</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gU3bCvODk8k/TkGCI00gdtI/AAAAAAAABGY/l7P6ImLuiFE/s1600/dscf0237.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gU3bCvODk8k/TkGCI00gdtI/AAAAAAAABGY/l7P6ImLuiFE/s400/dscf0237.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638931296574011090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;A pouco e pouco, as ilustrações das plantas vão crescendo. Não estou a tomar nota do tempo gasto, mas esta já tem muitas horas de trabalho...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Decidi começar pela espécie que tem ramos com mais folhas, para que o trabalho se torne menos cansativo, à medida que for passando para as restantes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Slowly but steadily, the plant illustrations are growing. I'm not taking count, but this one has many hours of work already... I decided to start with the most leafy species, so that as I progress into the others, work will hopefully become lighter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-6106206579087378004?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/6106206579087378004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=6106206579087378004' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6106206579087378004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6106206579087378004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2011/08/trabalho-em-curso-work-in-progress.html' title='Trabalho em curso / Work in Progress'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gU3bCvODk8k/TkGCI00gdtI/AAAAAAAABGY/l7P6ImLuiFE/s72-c/dscf0237.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-4100006393960460429</id><published>2011-08-01T17:58:00.011+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-03T17:45:56.624+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plants'/><title type='text'>Pleno Verão / In the height of summer</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sgPQ3Bv4naQ/TjbfHAfMAHI/AAAAAAAABGA/cVRtP1wX8dc/s1600/p1040414.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sgPQ3Bv4naQ/TjbfHAfMAHI/AAAAAAAABGA/cVRtP1wX8dc/s320/p1040414.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635937295183642738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Decididamente, o Verão &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;não&lt;/span&gt; é a minha estação do ano favorita. E de todos os meses de Verão, Agosto é talvez aquele de que menos gosto, devido ao calor em excesso, demasiada gente e demasiado movimento em quase todo o lado. Isto para não falar nas moscas, que, como dizia a minha mãe quando eu era miúda, se parecem multiplicar por &lt;a href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiog%C3%AAnese"&gt;geração espontânea&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Summer is definitely &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;not&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; my favourite season. And of all the summer months, August is maybe the one I like the least: too hot, too many people and traffic almost everywhere. Not to mention the flies, which, as my mother used to say when I was little, seem to reproduce through&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis"&gt;abiogenesis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ii-HJtK8qY8/Tjbf78MsXpI/AAAAAAAABGI/krVNX7FA9GQ/s1600/p1040413.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ii-HJtK8qY8/Tjbf78MsXpI/AAAAAAAABGI/krVNX7FA9GQ/s320/p1040413.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635938204565397138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mas o Verão, e o mês de Agosto, também têm coisas boas. As manhãs, por exemplo. Apesar de não ser muito madrugadora, quando consigo (ou tenho que) levantar-me cedo, nesta época do ano, sabe-me mesmo bem abrir as janelas e deixar entrar o ar fresco, ouvir os primeiros ruídos da manhã e beber o meu café, enquanto penso nas tarefas do dia que aí vem. Felizmente, nos últimos dias, estas tarefas têm incluído uma quantidade considerável de ilustração, para diferentes trabalhos. Lá em baixo estão alguns dos desenhos preliminares que tenho feito e que se irão (assim o espero) transformar em ilustrações científicas detalhadas de espécies da flora açoreana. Depois hei-de cá voltar para mostrar os produtos acabados.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mmeiQ7MJO1Y/Tjl5JoMJCrI/AAAAAAAABGQ/8V9P3151C9w/s1600/dscf0198.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mmeiQ7MJO1Y/Tjl5JoMJCrI/AAAAAAAABGQ/8V9P3151C9w/s400/dscf0198.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636669614945012402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;But summer has good things too. Take early mornings, for instance. Although I'm not an earlybird, whenever I manage (or am forced to) wake up really early, in this time of the year, it feels really good to open the windows and let the fresh, crisp air in  together with the morning sounds, while I sip my morning coffee and think about the tasks of the day that is about to begin. Fortunately, in the last days my tasks have included a considerable amount of drawing and painting for two illustration projects. These are some of the preliminary drawings I've been doing of what will (hopefully) become fully detailed scientific illustrations of the Azorean flora. I'll be back to show them when they get ready.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-4100006393960460429?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/4100006393960460429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=4100006393960460429' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/4100006393960460429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/4100006393960460429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2011/08/pleno-verao-in-height-of-summer.html' title='Pleno Verão / In the height of summer'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sgPQ3Bv4naQ/TjbfHAfMAHI/AAAAAAAABGA/cVRtP1wX8dc/s72-c/p1040414.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-1686311447319771404</id><published>2011-04-29T10:28:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-04-29T11:39:09.376+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring goodies</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TeAVYG-OK8Y/TbqK9zxvo7I/AAAAAAAABE8/2l16u6XWUpw/s1600/dscf0012.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TeAVYG-OK8Y/TbqK9zxvo7I/AAAAAAAABE8/2l16u6XWUpw/s320/dscf0012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600941881064137650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A estação das sementeiras e plantações já chegou e, nem de propósito, recebi, vindo do outro lado do Atlântico,  um envelope cheio de coisas bonitas que me fazem ter vontade de passar ainda mais tempo a tratar do meu "jardim" (o seu estado selvagem exige realmente a utilização das aspas...). Gosto mesmo muito de plantas, jardins e hortas, mas infelizmente não herdei o jeito da minha mãe para estas coisas, por isso tenho que despender um esforço considerável para obter resultados que apenas roçam o satisfatório. Felizmente, há o blog da &lt;a href="http://sharonlovejoy.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"&gt;Sharon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, e o seu &lt;a href="http://www.sharonlovejoy.com/CultivatingWonder/Grimy_Hands.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Clube&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, onde encontro sempre motivos de inspiração.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Seeding and planting season is here and I've just received a few goodies from overseas that make me want to spend even more time outside, tending my "garden" (it's current wild status calls for the quotation marks...). I love plants, gardens and vegetable gardens, but unfortunately I didn't get my mother's green thumb, so it takes me great effort to achieve hardly satisfactory results. Fortunately, there's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://sharonlovejoy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sharon's blog&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; and her&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.sharonlovejoy.com/CultivatingWonder/Grimy_Hands.html"&gt;Grimy Hands Girl's Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;, where I always find loads of inspiration.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bQPTLBnxCS0/TbqR6Vz-gnI/AAAAAAAABFE/MeFkevTeyHg/s1600/dscf0012a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bQPTLBnxCS0/TbqR6Vz-gnI/AAAAAAAABFE/MeFkevTeyHg/s320/dscf0012a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600949518062223986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Entre outras coisas, o envelope continha um pacotinho de sementes de alface que vou semear este fim de semana, e impressões de algumas das bonitas ilustrações da Sharon, que também me estão a inspirar para tentar arranjar um bocadinho de tempo para fazer alguns desenhos no jardim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Até à próxima, aproveitem bem a Primavera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;The package she sent me included  these lettuce seeds that I'll be putting to work this weekend and prints of some of Sharon's lovely illustrations that inspired me to try to find a bit of spare time for some garden sketching as well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Until next time, make sure you enjoy Spring as it deserves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-1686311447319771404?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/1686311447319771404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=1686311447319771404' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1686311447319771404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1686311447319771404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2011/04/spring-goodies.html' title='Spring goodies'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TeAVYG-OK8Y/TbqK9zxvo7I/AAAAAAAABE8/2l16u6XWUpw/s72-c/dscf0012.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-6171435462876654009</id><published>2010-12-19T12:31:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-12-30T15:58:31.621Z</updated><title type='text'>Manifestação de blogs pelo direito de educar sem escolarizar</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TQ37hJsidvI/AAAAAAAABEE/qYiawkGaA3c/s1600/manifestaci%25C3%25B3n%2Bde%2Bblogs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 347px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TQ37hJsidvI/AAAAAAAABEE/qYiawkGaA3c/s400/manifestaci%25C3%25B3n%2Bde%2Bblogs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552370462574671602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ao contrário do que acontece em Portugal, na Espanha, a opção de educar as crianças em regime de ensino doméstico (sem necessidade de frequentar uma instituição de ensino) não está regulamentada por lei. Como &lt;/span&gt; a opção da escolaridade obrigatória não é exigida pela Constituição, até agora, os muitos casos de famílias espanholas que ensinavam os seus filhos em casa que eram contestados em tribunal (normalmente por denúncia de alguém menos esclarecido), acabavam por ser arquivados, e as famílias continuavam a educar as crianças em casa. Recentemente, este estado de coisas parece estar a mudar, mas para pior, quando o&lt;span&gt; Tribunal Constitucional espanhol declarou o homeschooling ilegal, na sequência de um contencioso que envolvia duas famílias de homeschoolers espanhóis em Málaga.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por não concordar com esta decisão, decidi solidarizar-me com todas as famílias que, em Espanha, lutam pelo direito a educar em casa. Se quiserem aderir também, independentemente do local onde viverem, coloquem o símbolo de protesto nos vossos blogs e adicionem o vosso "link" &lt;a href="http://charlottemasonsp.blogspot.com/2010/12/manifestacion-de-blogs-en-favor-del.html"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;. Se quiserem podem também partilhar os vossos pensamentos sobre a decisão do tribunal espanhol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bajoeldientedeleon.blogspot.com/2010/12/la-violencia-legitima-del-estado.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://homeschoolingcatolicohispano.blogspot.com/2010/12/el-tribunal-constitucional-falla-en.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-6171435462876654009?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/6171435462876654009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=6171435462876654009' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6171435462876654009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6171435462876654009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/12/manifestacao-de-blogs-pelo-direito-de.html' title='Manifestação de blogs pelo direito de educar sem escolarizar'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TQ37hJsidvI/AAAAAAAABEE/qYiawkGaA3c/s72-c/manifestaci%25C3%25B3n%2Bde%2Bblogs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-7559164406857003842</id><published>2010-12-01T08:23:00.007Z</published><updated>2012-01-09T00:39:03.233Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature walks'/><title type='text'>E depois do gelo... a neve! / After the ice came the snow!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPYGPGzSOgI/AAAAAAAABDc/P0vywygnSyk/s1600/dscf0163res.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPYGPGzSOgI/AAAAAAAABDc/P0vywygnSyk/s400/dscf0163res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545626847746865666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Depois do gelo, veio a neve. E que fazer, senão deixar-se contagiar pelo entusiasmo dos mais pequenos e correr lá para fora?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;After the ice, came the snow. And what better thing to do, than join the kids enthusiasm and run outside?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dar uma ajuda com o boneco de neve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;To help with the snowman.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPYIxTET0QI/AAAAAAAABDk/fg20unQLuAc/s1600/dscf0176.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPYIxTET0QI/AAAAAAAABDk/fg20unQLuAc/s320/dscf0176.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545629634178306306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Descobrir quem se levantou mais cedo do que nós (foi uma raposa...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;To find out who got up even earlier than we did (it was a red fox...).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPYJO5QjB9I/AAAAAAAABDs/oUqRRCTKamU/s1600/dscf0162res.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPYJO5QjB9I/AAAAAAAABDs/oUqRRCTKamU/s320/dscf0162res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545630142646388690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Apreciar o silêncio tão característico dos dias de neve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;To appreciate the unique silence of a snowy day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPYJdEphndI/AAAAAAAABD0/Vk4O98qU_no/s1600/dscf0146res.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPYJdEphndI/AAAAAAAABD0/Vk4O98qU_no/s320/dscf0146res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545630386222112210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;E terminar o dia com uma bela tarte de nozes (obrigada pela receita, &lt;a href="http://thequalitytimes.wordpress.com/"&gt;A.!&lt;/a&gt;)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;And end the day witha a yummy walnut pie (thanks for the recipe, &lt;a href="http://thequalitytimes.wordpress.com/"&gt;A.!&lt;/a&gt;)...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPYJ3wZU_LI/AAAAAAAABD8/tiWQ67kCr74/s1600/dscf0185.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPYJ3wZU_LI/AAAAAAAABD8/tiWQ67kCr74/s320/dscf0185.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545630844641934514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-7559164406857003842?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/7559164406857003842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=7559164406857003842' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7559164406857003842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7559164406857003842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/12/e-depois-do-gelo-neve-after-ice-came.html' title='E depois do gelo... a neve! / After the ice came the snow!'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPYGPGzSOgI/AAAAAAAABDc/P0vywygnSyk/s72-c/dscf0163res.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-8117732371086893650</id><published>2010-11-27T10:32:00.009Z</published><updated>2012-01-09T00:49:00.343Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature walks'/><title type='text'>Chegou o Gelo / Jack Frost is here</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPFyM44T12I/AAAAAAAABDE/Z2fyNB2eRko/s1600/dscf0116.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPFyM44T12I/AAAAAAAABDE/Z2fyNB2eRko/s400/dscf0116.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544338182022354786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Depois de alguns dias seguidos com temperaturas negativas, hoje, os -4ºC conduziram, finalmente, ao congelamento da piscina biológica! Ficam as imagens, a fazerem-nos pensar na incrível resistência dos seres vivos. Ao olhar para a superfície gelada, é difícil imaginar as rãs a hibernar, enterradas sob a camada de algas e folhas que atapeta o fundo da zona das plantas. E vendo as folhas cobertas de cristais de gelo das plantas das margens, parece incrível como são capazes de se manterem bem vivas e de, daqui a apenas alguns meses, estarem de mais uma vez a produzir novos rebentos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPFybg64kkI/AAAAAAAABDM/OXPcqkNEEMg/s1600/dscf0123.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPFybg64kkI/AAAAAAAABDM/OXPcqkNEEMg/s320/dscf0123.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544338433288737346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;É assim o final do Outono em Trás-os-Montes: manhãs geladas, plantas que parecem feitas de cristal, o som da erva congelada a quebrar-se debaixo dos nossos pés. Hoje fiquei-me pelas fotografias, mas a M. quis registar este momento no seu novo caderno de campo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPFzK-QZYlI/AAAAAAAABDU/WfjN-oCmnLM/s1600/dscf0124.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPFzK-QZYlI/AAAAAAAABDU/WfjN-oCmnLM/s320/dscf0124.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544339248617448018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;After a few days in a row with temperatures below zero Centigrades, today's  -4ºC finally led to the freezing of the pool! Here are the pictures, reminding us of the amazing resistance of animals and plants. Looking at the icy surface, it is hard to imagine the hibernating frogs down there, buried below the layer of algae and leafs that covers the bottom of the area of the pool assigned to the plants. And looking at the plants of the borders, covered in tiny ice crystals, it seems a miracle that they manage to remain alive and capable of growing new buds within just a few months.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPFx64NVHaI/AAAAAAAABC8/3M9Fhva4M5M/s1600/dscf0086porm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPFx64NVHaI/AAAAAAAABC8/3M9Fhva4M5M/s400/dscf0086porm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544337872604437922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;This is how late fall looks like in Trás-os-Montes: frost-biting mornings, plants that look like they are made of crystal, the crunchy grass below our feet. Today I relied on photographs only, but my daughter M. wanted to register the moment in her new notebook.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-8117732371086893650?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/8117732371086893650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=8117732371086893650' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8117732371086893650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8117732371086893650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/11/chegou-o-gelo-jack-frost-is-here.html' title='Chegou o Gelo / Jack Frost is here'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TPFyM44T12I/AAAAAAAABDE/Z2fyNB2eRko/s72-c/dscf0116.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-3861554422949776150</id><published>2010-10-29T10:59:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T00:39:21.587Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature walks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Passeio de Outono  / Autumn walk in the woods</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqbhIl1mQI/AAAAAAAABAc/YbyLx2zxclQ/s1600/dscf0085res.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqbhIl1mQI/AAAAAAAABAc/YbyLx2zxclQ/s400/dscf0085res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533406085722249474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;No início do mês, fomos à procura do Outono no bosque, do outro lado do vale que fica em frente à nossa casa. Os sinais ainda não eram muitos, mas os suficientes para tirar algumas fotografias bonitas. Desenhos é que não houve, porque entretanto começou a chover, e o ânimo das crianças a esmorecer. Mas só até lhes acenarmos com a perspectiva de uns scones e um chocolate quente, no regresso a casa...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Entretanto, umas constipações impediram novos passeios, e hoje começou a chover, mas assim que o tempo se compuser, haverá mais, com certeza, incluindo a apanha das castanhas!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Ficam, então, algumas das fotografias.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the beginning of the month we went for a stroll in the woods, just across the valley that lies below our house. The signs of autumn were not many yet, but they were enough for a few pictures. No sketches, though, because meanwhile it started to rain. The children started to complain, but not for long, because I happened to mention that we could bake some scones and make hot chocolate as soon as we returned home...&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, a few colds prevented us from more autumn walks and today it started to rain hard. But as soon as the weather becomes milder, we'll surely go back to our walks and this time we'll also go chestnut picking!&lt;br /&gt;So here are some pictures from our walk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqc2dUTbOI/AAAAAAAABAs/6wF-1f_gLaU/s1600/dscf0097.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqc2dUTbOI/AAAAAAAABAs/6wF-1f_gLaU/s320/dscf0097.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533407551574732002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqcoG1XnII/AAAAAAAABAk/1bot_A6B55g/s1600/dscf0060.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqcoG1XnII/AAAAAAAABAk/1bot_A6B55g/s320/dscf0060.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533407305021234306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqc9j6r_-I/AAAAAAAABA0/EST1H5rfGlQ/s1600/dscf0071res.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqc9j6r_-I/AAAAAAAABA0/EST1H5rfGlQ/s320/dscf0071res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533407673605423074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqfoEdcNiI/AAAAAAAABA8/-FWo-rFVH1w/s1600/dscf0073res.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqfoEdcNiI/AAAAAAAABA8/-FWo-rFVH1w/s320/dscf0073res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533410602918884898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqf4bAvA3I/AAAAAAAABBE/53ZEj8NnqFw/s1600/dscf0090.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqf4bAvA3I/AAAAAAAABBE/53ZEj8NnqFw/s320/dscf0090.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533410883850404722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqgCNcMcaI/AAAAAAAABBM/X-87V0i-3AA/s1600/dscf0084res.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqgCNcMcaI/AAAAAAAABBM/X-87V0i-3AA/s320/dscf0084res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533411052006175138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-3861554422949776150?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/3861554422949776150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=3861554422949776150' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3861554422949776150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3861554422949776150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/10/passeio-de-outono-autumn-walk-in-woods.html' title='Passeio de Outono  / Autumn walk in the woods'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TMqbhIl1mQI/AAAAAAAABAc/YbyLx2zxclQ/s72-c/dscf0085res.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-910743633489859433</id><published>2010-08-03T18:45:00.011+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T00:39:21.588Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature walks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Swimming and sketching</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TFhWaJ7huDI/AAAAAAAAA-c/20Y00l5MXnk/s1600/dscf0166.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TFhWaJ7huDI/AAAAAAAAA-c/20Y00l5MXnk/s400/dscf0166.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501241952175241266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naquele que é, seguramente, um dos mais bonitos rios do nosso país, este fim de semana houve banhos (para os menos friorentos) e desenhos. Felizmente, esta zona fica bem a montante da escandalosa barragem que já começou a destruír uma das jóias do nosso património. Pois é, estou a falar do &lt;a href="http://www.edf.org/article.cfm?contentID=3356"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Sabor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TFhadXTiTxI/AAAAAAAAA-k/fSJWP1tfHII/s1600/Sabor.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TFhadXTiTxI/AAAAAAAAA-k/fSJWP1tfHII/s320/Sabor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501246405351722770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Last weekend, there was time for swimming (only for the most brave) and sketching in one of the most beautiful rivers of our country. Fortunately, this area is located well upstream from the place where a horrible dam is already destroying one of  our heritage jewels. For those who don't know it, I'm talking about&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.edf.org/article.cfm?contentID=3356"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;river Sabor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-910743633489859433?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/910743633489859433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=910743633489859433' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/910743633489859433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/910743633489859433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/08/swimming-and-sketching.html' title='Swimming and sketching'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TFhWaJ7huDI/AAAAAAAAA-c/20Y00l5MXnk/s72-c/dscf0166.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-5904642369695121952</id><published>2010-07-19T16:14:00.019+01:00</published><updated>2010-10-03T16:23:07.507+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recipes'/><title type='text'>Aboborinhas (vulgo curgetes) aos molhos / So many zucchini</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TESfCqADKiI/AAAAAAAAA9M/0WMwHU7aZ-8/s1600/curgete.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 142px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TESfCqADKiI/AAAAAAAAA9M/0WMwHU7aZ-8/s320/curgete.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495692313281899042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;O ano passado o nosso vizinho deu-nos sementes e no início da Primavera semeámos algumas em vasinhos. Nasceram todas, e depois de termos transplantado umas 10 ou 12, tantas quantas cabiam no pedaço de terra que preparámos para elas, ainda nos sobraram várias, que acabámos por dar ao mesmo vizinho que nos tinha dado as sementes, pois a sua primeira sementeira, tinha sido estragada pelas chuvas fortes (as nossas não, porque estavam num estufim).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Las year, our neighbor gave us some seed and in early spring this year, we have sown some in small containers. They all germinated and after transplanting around a dozen - as many as we could fit into the land stretch we had prepared for them - we were still left with several seedlings. We ended up giving them to the same neighbor, as we learned that his first seeding attempts were ruined by the heavy rains we had this spring (ours did not because they were protected by a handmade greenhouse).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TESfvdwuczI/AAAAAAAAA9U/vJ0FftKNkFU/s1600/dscf0175.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TESfvdwuczI/AAAAAAAAA9U/vJ0FftKNkFU/s320/dscf0175.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495693083090514738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Entretanto, as plantas foram crescendo e as flores dando lugar às aboborinhas propriamente ditas. E são muitas! Todos os dias trazemos para casa duas ou três, quando não são mais. Fora as alfaces, as acelgas e o feijão-verde, que ficam para outro post (tenho o pressentimento que este já vai ser suficientemente longo). Claro que só conseguiríamos dar vazão a tanta verdura, se não comêssemos mais nada o dia todo (incluindo ao pequeno-almoço e ao lanche). Mas como este período de abundância é limitado no tempo, há que armazenar para o resto do ano. Felizmente, as aboborinhas são versáteis e fáceis de conservar. Cortadas em pedaços relativamente grandes, podem ser congeladas directamente, sem necessidade de branqueamento prévio (fervura rápida necessária a outros vegetais, para que possam ser depois congelados).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Meanwhile, the small plants grew and the bright orange flowers started being replaced by small zucchini. Lots of them! Every day we pick up two or three, sometimes more. Not to speak of the lettuce, kale and green beans, that I will leave to another post (I sense this one is already getting too long). Of course we could only use up so many veggies if we didn't eat anything else (which we do), including breakfast and snacks. But because this abundance is limited to the summer period around this part of the world, what we do is stock up for the rest of the year. Fortunately, zucchini are extremely versatile and easy to conserve. Cut in relatively big chunks, they can be frozen without the need of bleaching them in boiling water first, as required by some other vegetables.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TESkzgy9QYI/AAAAAAAAA9k/Z5q9b1NR-_E/s1600/dscf0065.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TESkzgy9QYI/AAAAAAAAA9k/Z5q9b1NR-_E/s320/dscf0065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495698650182795650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Com estes pedaços, hei-de fazer deliciosas sopas no Outono e no Inverno. Congeladas em pedacinhos mais pequenos, posso refogá-las com outos legumes e usá-las para massas, como um delicioso talharim de curgetes e atum de que me estou agora a lembrar. E cortadas em rodelas finas, posso usá-las em &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ratatouille, &lt;/span&gt;ou em terrinas de curgetes gratinadas com cebola, tomate e queijo. Para já, com as curgetes frescas, fico-me pelas massas e outros pratos mais frescos, como este bolo de chocolate e aboborinha, delicioso quando comido simples, ou acompanhado de um pouco de gelado de nata. Se quiserem experimentar, a receita foi tirada &lt;a href="http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/chocolate-zucchini-bread-i/Detail.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;daqui&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;With these chunks, I'll be cooking delicious soups over autumn and winter. I also freeze them in smaller chunks and use them together with other veggies for pasta recipes (such as a delicious zucchini-tuna noodles recipe that's just coming to my mind). Cut in thin slices, I also use them for &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ratatouille&lt;/span&gt; or&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; au gratin&lt;/span&gt; with onions, tomato and cheese. For now, I'm using the fresh from the garden in pasta and other dishes more suited to the hot weather we're going through, such as this chocolate zucchini bread that is delicious by itself, as well as taken together with a bit of ice cream. If you want to try it, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/chocolate-zucchini-bread-i/Detail.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;this&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;was the recipe I used.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TESlewUnRgI/AAAAAAAAA9s/HqdI3EEDncA/s1600/dscf0097.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TESlewUnRgI/AAAAAAAAA9s/HqdI3EEDncA/s320/dscf0097.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495699393084868098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Por outro lado, um pouco de doce de aboborinha, também não vai mal com a torrada da manhã. Foi uma experiência que fiz este ano, e não saiu nada mal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;On the other hand, a bit of zucchini jam is also welcome to make the morning toast more delicious. This was this year's experiment and it didn't turn out bad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TESmNdbrJ7I/AAAAAAAAA98/RAefrq_fHEw/s1600/docecurgete.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TESmNdbrJ7I/AAAAAAAAA98/RAefrq_fHEw/s320/docecurgete.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495700195468060594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;E como provavelmente já estão todos fartos de me ouvir falar em aboborinhas, vou ficar por aqui. Mas devo avisar que o mais provável, é que da próxima vez volte com algum outro legume ou vegetal. É da época... uma época de abundância, que é preciso aproveitar, até porque é quando os legumes, os frutos e outros vegetais são mais saborosos e nutritivos. Consumidos na época, mesmo que não tenhamos uma horta, é mais provável que consigamos produtos frescos, sem os conservantes necessários às grandes viagens dos produtos cultivados a milhares de quilómetros de distância e transportados por mar, terra e ar, até chegarem às nossas casas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;And as I'm guessing you're probably getting tired of hearing me talk about zucchini, I'll leave you now. But I have to warn you that the odds are that I'll be coming back with more veggies next time. It's just that time of the year..&lt;br /&gt;A time of plenty that we should take profit of, since this is when fruits and veggies are more tasty and nutritious. And even if you don't have your own vegetable garden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;, you can make an effort to buy produce according to the season, for the chances are you are buying local, fresher products that didn't have to travel for miles and therefore didn't need all the processing to guarantee they can be conserved for longer periods before they reach your home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-5904642369695121952?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/5904642369695121952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=5904642369695121952' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5904642369695121952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5904642369695121952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/07/aboborinhas-vulgo-curgetes-aos-molhos.html' title='Aboborinhas (vulgo curgetes) aos molhos / So many zucchini'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TESfCqADKiI/AAAAAAAAA9M/0WMwHU7aZ-8/s72-c/curgete.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-5077583688680334704</id><published>2010-06-29T00:45:00.012+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-29T17:16:24.805+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Growing pumpkins / Abóboras a crescer</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TCoSY5hE1AI/AAAAAAAAA70/NFNtXzDEuZg/s1600/dscf0185.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 374px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TCoSY5hE1AI/AAAAAAAAA70/NFNtXzDEuZg/s320/dscf0185.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488219314870080514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;O Verão é sinónimo, entre outras coisas, de legumes frescos vindos da horta. Hoje aproveitei o facto de a trovoada do dia anterior ter regado a horta por mim, para usar o tempo destinado à rega para fazer um desenho. Não foi fácil escolher o motivo: os tomateiros, com os primeiros frutos minúsculos, ainda verdes, ao lado de flores amarelas acabadas de abrir? As cebolas a espreitar, branquinhas, por entre os torrões de terra escura e húmida? Os feijoeiros enormes, a crescer em direcção ao céu? Optei por uma abóbora minúscula, ainda com as pétalas cor-de-laranja da enorme e lindíssima flor no topo. Custa a crer que no final do Verão estará  (pelo menos) do tamanho de uma bola de futebol! E lá para o Outono, fará as delícias das minhas crianças (e nossas também!), transformada em tarte ou em sopa. As hortas são, sem dúvida, lugares maravilhosos. Acho que não arrisco se disser que, até ao Outono, podem contar com muitos mais desenhos de  legumes neste blogue...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TCoSxMBoyyI/AAAAAAAAA78/xA0T02exmTE/s1600/dscf0179res.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TCoSxMBoyyI/AAAAAAAAA78/xA0T02exmTE/s320/dscf0179res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488219732155353890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Summer means, among other things, fresh vegetables from the garden. Today, thanks to the storm of the previous day that watered the garden for me, I used the spare time to sketch. Picking a motif was not easy: should I draw the tomato plants with the tiny fruits, still green, side by side with yellow flowers that had just bloomed? Or, I could go for the onions, showing so white among the dark humid soil. And what about the tall bean plants, growing towards the sky? After much consideration, I chose a tiny pumpkin still with the orange petals of the huge and gorgeous flower on top. It is hard to believe that by late summer it will be at least the size of a football! And that by fall it will be eaten as a delicious pie or soup. Vegetable gardens are without doubt wonderful places. I think I won't be lying if I say that until fall, you'll be seeing many more sketches of vegetables in this blog...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-5077583688680334704?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/5077583688680334704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=5077583688680334704' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5077583688680334704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5077583688680334704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/06/growing-pumpkins-aboboras-crescer.html' title='Growing pumpkins / Abóboras a crescer'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/TCoSY5hE1AI/AAAAAAAAA70/NFNtXzDEuZg/s72-c/dscf0185.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-2846378874060954339</id><published>2010-03-24T14:12:00.006Z</published><updated>2012-01-09T00:50:01.438Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature walks'/><title type='text'>Spring!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S6oeQGvJwoI/AAAAAAAAA5o/LvpmXn5p35U/s1600/dscf0112.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S6oeQGvJwoI/AAAAAAAAA5o/LvpmXn5p35U/s320/dscf0112.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452203560920531586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Hoje não tenho esboços nem desenhos (pelo menos nenhum que valha a pena mostrar...). Mas esta joaninha empoleirada numa giesta e a urze prestes a florir lá em baixo parecem-me dignos de serem mostrados. São um sinal de que a Primavera, finalmente, chegou, apesar das chuvas constantes e das temperaturas ainda relativamente baixas (entre os 4 ºC de mínima e os 17 ºC de máxima). Durante as últimas semanas tenho sentido uma enorme vontade de desenhar, semear e plantar e espero brevemente arranjar tempo para todas estas actividades. Depois darei notícias. Entretanto, uma feliz Primavera para todos!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S6oeY_pF1EI/AAAAAAAAA5w/NnoW5W8v8Lo/s1600/dscf0111.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S6oeY_pF1EI/AAAAAAAAA5w/NnoW5W8v8Lo/s320/dscf0111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452203713634882626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No new sketches or drawings today (none worth showing, at least...). But this tiny ladybug and the heath about to bloom above are definitely worth showing. They are a sign that spring has finally arrived, despite the constant rain and still relatively low temperatures (between 4 ºC minimum and 17 ºC maximum). I've been feeling the itch to draw, sow and plant for the past few weeks and hope I'll find time for all of them quite soon. I'll come back then to show you the results. Meanwhile, happy Spring, everyone!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-2846378874060954339?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/2846378874060954339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=2846378874060954339' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2846378874060954339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2846378874060954339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/03/spring.html' title='Spring!'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S6oeQGvJwoI/AAAAAAAAA5o/LvpmXn5p35U/s72-c/dscf0112.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-3726857809120028540</id><published>2010-01-22T09:31:00.009Z</published><updated>2010-01-22T11:37:09.299Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wildlife'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1lznn441oI/AAAAAAAAA5U/FcBuiW-73UQ/s1600-h/Coruja-do-mato.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1lznn441oI/AAAAAAAAA5U/FcBuiW-73UQ/s320/Coruja-do-mato.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429497950331524738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Apesar de sempre ter gostado de ficar acordada até tarde, ultimamente tem-me dado prazer levantar-me cedo e aproveitar uma ou duas horas de sossego, para trabalhar sem interferências, enquanto as miúdas ainda estão a dormir. Hoje acordei ainda mais cedo (tenho um prazo muito apertado para cumprir...). Quando abri a janela, vi que ainda estava escuro, demasiado cedo para os ti-ti-tis do&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/01/robins-in-winter-piscos-no-inverno.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);"&gt;pisco-de-peito ruivo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;... &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Mas depois ouvi o longo ulular de uma couja-do-mato, provavelmente a dar por terminada uma noite de caça aos pequenos roedores do monte e a regressar ao seu buraco, num dos velhos castanheiros que encima a colina em frente. É um som lindíssimo (arrepiante para alguns) feito por uma ave muito bonita que em tempos ilustrei, embora não tenha conseguido fazer justiça à sua beleza. Podem encontrar uma série de factos interessantes acerca desta espécie numa página muito bem feita chamada&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.avesdeportugal.info/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"&gt;Aves de Portugal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;incluindo informações sobre como e onde observá-la (cliquem &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.avesdeportugal.info/stralu.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);"&gt;aqui&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;para aceder directamente à pagina da Coruja-do-mato, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Strix aluco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although I've always been a bit of a night-owl, lately I'm enjoying waking up early and profiting of one or two hours of quiet working time, while the kids are still asleep. Today I woke up even earlier (I have a very tight deadline to fulfill...). I opened the window and it was still dark, too early for &lt;a href="http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/01/robins-in-winter-piscos-no-inverno.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);"&gt;tweety robins yet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;... But then I heard the long quavering hoot of a Tawny Owl, probably ending up a hard night of work chasing small rodents and returning to it's roost in one of the old chestnut trees that top the hill facing our kitchen windows. A beautiful sound (creepy according to some) made by a wonderful bird I tried to portray once - but I really couldn't do justice to her beauty. You can find lots of interesting facts about this species, including where and how to find them in the great &lt;a href="http://www.avesdeportugal.info/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"&gt;Aves de Portugal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; website (look &lt;a href="http://www.avesdeportugal.info/stralu.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for the Tawny Owl, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Strix aluco&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-3726857809120028540?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/3726857809120028540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=3726857809120028540' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3726857809120028540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3726857809120028540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/01/apesar-de-sempre-ter-gostado-de-ficar.html' title=''/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1lznn441oI/AAAAAAAAA5U/FcBuiW-73UQ/s72-c/Coruja-do-mato.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-7602959051938048626</id><published>2010-01-19T11:41:00.008Z</published><updated>2010-01-21T12:13:26.192Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhibitions'/><title type='text'>Three exhibtion openings in one day / Três inaugurações num só dia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1WhhwJdHrI/AAAAAAAAA48/8_GV3Ee86z0/s1600-h/p1010423.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1WhhwJdHrI/AAAAAAAAA48/8_GV3Ee86z0/s400/p1010423.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428422527097314994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;O Sábado que passou foi um dia cheio. Consegui encaixar numa mesma tarde  minha última aula de desenho de modelo e três exposições. A aula não foi muito produtiva, por isso não mostro aqui nenhum desenho. Em vez disso, ficam algumas fotografias tiradas na exposição da  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Cyntia+Estevinho/114532.html"&gt;Cyntia Estevinho&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;na galeria&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);"&gt;História &amp;amp; Arte&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;e na do&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://centroartegracamorais.cm-braganca.pt/PageGen.aspx?WMCM_PaginaId=27747&amp;amp;eventoId=29400"&gt;Luís Melo&lt;/a&gt;, no &lt;a href="http://centroartegracamorais.cm-braganca.pt/PageGen.aspx?WMCM_PaginaId=27552"&gt;Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais&lt;/a&gt;. Abriu ainda uma terceira exposição com novos &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;trabalhos da própria&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://centroartegracamorais.cm-braganca.pt/PageGen.aspx?WMCM_PaginaId=27670&amp;amp;eventoId=29546"&gt;Graça Morais&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;, mas desta última, não tenho imagens. Se passarem por aqui, assegurem-se de reservar algum tempo para as visitar, pois valem a pena.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1Whpv73PYI/AAAAAAAAA5E/ulA-q1z7gk4/s1600-h/p1010427.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1Whpv73PYI/AAAAAAAAA5E/ulA-q1z7gk4/s320/p1010427.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428422664479260034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Last Saturday was a full day. I managed to fit my last model drawing class and three exhibition openings in one single afternoon. The class was not very productive, so I'm not showing any drawing. Instead, here are some pictures taken at the &lt;a href="http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Cyntia+Estevinho/114532.html"&gt;Cyntia Estevinho&lt;/a&gt; exhibition at &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);"&gt;História &amp;amp; Arte gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and at &lt;a href="http://centroartegracamorais.cm-braganca.pt/PageGen.aspx?WMCM_PaginaId=27747&amp;amp;eventoId=29400"&gt;Luís Melo&lt;/a&gt; exhibition at the &lt;a href="http://centroartegracamorais.cm-braganca.pt/PageGen.aspx?WMCM_PaginaId=27552"&gt;Graça Morais Contemporary Art Centre&lt;/a&gt;. There was also an opening of new works by &lt;a href="http://centroartegracamorais.cm-braganca.pt/PageGen.aspx?WMCM_PaginaId=27670&amp;amp;eventoId=29546"&gt;Graça Morais&lt;/a&gt; herself, but I have no pictures from that. Make sure you visit all the three if you happen to be in the neighborhood, they are surely worth it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1Wh6jS9fFI/AAAAAAAAA5M/Ij-93wVLHxc/s1600-h/p1010425.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1Wh6jS9fFI/AAAAAAAAA5M/Ij-93wVLHxc/s320/p1010425.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428422953144253522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Agora tenho que arranjar um pouco de tempo para levar lá as minhas crianças, pois tenho a certeza que também vão gostar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I just have to find some time to bring my kids there, for I'm sure they will like it too.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-7602959051938048626?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/7602959051938048626/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=7602959051938048626' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7602959051938048626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7602959051938048626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/01/three-exhibtion-openings-in-one-day.html' title='Three exhibtion openings in one day / Três inaugurações num só dia'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1WhhwJdHrI/AAAAAAAAA48/8_GV3Ee86z0/s72-c/p1010423.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-5722014736044572269</id><published>2010-01-15T09:46:00.012Z</published><updated>2012-01-09T00:51:31.768Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wildlife'/><title type='text'>Robins in winter / Piscos no Inverno</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1BRVs34NLI/AAAAAAAAA40/JAzjwNjIxcI/s1600-h/Pisco.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1BRVs34NLI/AAAAAAAAA40/JAzjwNjIxcI/s400/Pisco.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426926984246080690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;style type="text/css"&gt;  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 2cm }   P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }  --&gt;&lt;/style&gt;         &lt;style type="text/css"&gt;  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 2cm }   P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }  --&gt;&lt;/style&gt;         &lt;style type="text/css"&gt;  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 2cm }   P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }  --&gt;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 102); font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;Quando as folhas tiverem caído&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;E os dias começarem a ficar mais curtos;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;Quando a noite escura correr as cortinas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;à hora do lanche, sobre o sol;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;Quando as flores do Verão tiverem desaparecido&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;E nos abrigarmos com quentes agasalhos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;O pisco regressa ao jardim...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;Estará à espera de ser desenhado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;E enviado num cartão de Natal?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;Trará um toque de vermelho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;Agora que quase todas as rosas morreram?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;Não: nós adivinhamos porque vem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;E deixamos-lhe  lá fora sementes e migalhas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"&gt;Stanley Cook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Peço desculpa pela tradução fanhosa, mas não consegui encontrar este poema em português, por isso vai mesmo assim.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Ando há já algum tempo para escrever este post, porque o poema fala de cartões de Natal, mas acabei por andar demasiado atarefada, por isso ele aqui vai, agora. Afinal de contas, ainda estamos no Inverno e continuo a acordar todas as manhãs ao som to "ti-ti-ti" dos piscos-de-peito-ruivo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;A neve proporciona excelentes oportunidades para os fotografar, e também já desenhei e pintei um, há vários anos atrás.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;E por falar em aves, desenhos de aves e respectivos cantos, não deixem de ler o&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://sharonlovejoy.blogspot.com/2010/01/make-me-promise.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"&gt;último post&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;da&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sharonlovejoy.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);"&gt;Sharon Lovejoy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;onde ela mostra uma página do seu último livro, que fala precisamente sobre este assunto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1BQQLeeyZI/AAAAAAAAA4s/9XcXw7SmdyY/s1600-h/pisco2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1BQQLeeyZI/AAAAAAAAA4s/9XcXw7SmdyY/s320/pisco2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426925789870213522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;When the leaves have fallen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;And the days begin to shorten;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;When the dark night draws its curtains&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;At tea-time on the sun;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;When the summer flowers have gone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;And we put our warm coats on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;The Robin comes back to the garden...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;Is he waiting to be drawn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;To go on a Christmas card?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;Is he bringing a touch of red&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;Now most of the roses are dead?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;No: we guess why he comes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;And put out seed for him and crumbs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"&gt;Stanley Cook&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to have posted this before, for the poem speaks of Christmas cards, but somehow, things got too busy (as they always do around Christmas time), so here it goes. After all, itś still winter and I'm still waking up to the "tweet -tweet-tweet" sound of these cute birds every morning.&lt;br /&gt;The snow brings great opportunities to photograph them and I did draw and paint one of them many years ago.&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of birds, bird sounds and bird illustrations,  go check out &lt;a href="http://www.sharonlovejoy.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);"&gt;Sharon Lovejoy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;'s&lt;a href="http://sharonlovejoy.blogspot.com/2010/01/make-me-promise.html"&gt; latest post&lt;/a&gt; where she shares a page from her newest book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1BP1PCs4vI/AAAAAAAAA4k/NzoC7YUa5F0/s1600-h/pisco1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 245px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1BP1PCs4vI/AAAAAAAAA4k/NzoC7YUa5F0/s320/pisco1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426925326970970866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-5722014736044572269?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/5722014736044572269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=5722014736044572269' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5722014736044572269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5722014736044572269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/01/robins-in-winter-piscos-no-inverno.html' title='Robins in winter / Piscos no Inverno'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S1BRVs34NLI/AAAAAAAAA40/JAzjwNjIxcI/s72-c/Pisco.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-9043301254112952909</id><published>2010-01-10T20:54:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-01-10T21:26:54.759Z</updated><title type='text'>Drawing with sepia and charcoal blocks</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S0pD2kUDc1I/AAAAAAAAA4c/Dc8DBgN04uQ/s1600-h/dscf0126.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S0pD2kUDc1I/AAAAAAAAA4c/Dc8DBgN04uQ/s400/dscf0126.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425223305860969298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta foi a última experiência do curso de desenho, com barras de sepia e carvão. Desta vez o modelo era este par de cântaros. Foi uma boa experiência, embora um tanto enervante, para quem está habituado a desenhar com lápis afiadíssimos, aparos e outros instrumentos de precisão, que colocam a linha e o ponto exactamente onde os queremos. Aqui, os contornos ficam mais indefinidos, e as manchas  de cor espalham-se por áreas que apenas conseguimos estimar... Aqui fica o resultado, algo esborratado, em parte por mim, e em parte pelas duas pequenitas, que mal me viram chegar a casa com o desenho, o quiseram "ver" (acto que, como toda a gente entre os 5 e os 8 anos de idade sabe, implica usar os dedos).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;This is my last experiment from the drawing course. This time we used  sepia and charcoal blocks to draw and paint a pair of pottery jars. I enjoyed the experience, although it was somewhat unnerving, for someone used to precision tools like pencils and pen nibs, that let you place a line or a dot exactly where you want it. With sepia and charcoal blocks, contours are not defined, colour spreads over areas that you can at most estimate... Here is the result, somewhat smudged, partly by me and partly my two kids, who wanted to "see" the drawing as soon as I've got home. And as every 5 and 8 year-old knows, seeing is something you do by using your fingers...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-9043301254112952909?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/9043301254112952909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=9043301254112952909' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/9043301254112952909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/9043301254112952909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/01/drawing-with-sepia-and-charcoal-blocks.html' title='Drawing with sepia and charcoal blocks'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S0pD2kUDc1I/AAAAAAAAA4c/Dc8DBgN04uQ/s72-c/dscf0126.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-7946659715190354560</id><published>2010-01-05T11:19:00.004Z</published><updated>2010-01-05T11:32:07.349Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wildlife'/><title type='text'>European Grass Snake / Cobra-de-água-de-colar</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S0MiipH0uyI/AAAAAAAAA4E/49ydkHjCQJ8/s1600-h/Natrix+natrix.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S0MiipH0uyI/AAAAAAAAA4E/49ydkHjCQJ8/s400/Natrix+natrix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423216354833775394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acabei de vender os direitos de publicação de uma das minhas ilustrações preferidas, esta Cobra-de-água-de-colar (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Natrix natrix&lt;/span&gt;). Uma boa maneira de começar o ano, não tanto pelo dinheiro, mas mais pelo prazer de ver publicada uma coisa feita por mim. Vai fazer parte de um folheto de comemoração do  &lt;a href="http://www.countdown2010.net/year-biodiversity"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"&gt;Ano Internacional da Biodiversidade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; publicado pela &lt;a href="http://www.biopiscinas.pt/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"&gt;BioPiscinas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Um excelente 2010 para todos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;I've just sold the rights for publication of this old favorite illustration of mine, a grass snake (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Natrix natrix&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;). A good way to start the new year, not really for the money, more for the joy of seeing something you did getting published. It will be part of a leaflet on the celebration of the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.countdown2010.net/year-biodiversity"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"&gt;International Year of Biodiversity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;published by&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.biopiscinas.pt/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"&gt;BioPiscinas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Have a great 2010, everyone!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-7946659715190354560?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/7946659715190354560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=7946659715190354560' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7946659715190354560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7946659715190354560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2010/01/european-grass-snake-cobra-de-agua-de.html' title='European Grass Snake / Cobra-de-água-de-colar'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/S0MiipH0uyI/AAAAAAAAA4E/49ydkHjCQJ8/s72-c/Natrix+natrix.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-4728659406646861573</id><published>2009-12-21T21:35:00.005Z</published><updated>2009-12-21T22:12:30.444Z</updated><title type='text'>White Christmas / Natal Branco</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sy_qpl5mHSI/AAAAAAAAA30/NCQ3Vg8v4MM/s1600-h/neve.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sy_qpl5mHSI/AAAAAAAAA30/NCQ3Vg8v4MM/s400/neve.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417806877019217186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parece que este ano vamos mesmo ter um Natal branco... Feliz Natal a todos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;It seems this year we'll have a real white Christmas... Merry Christmas, everyone!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sy_x_v--c1I/AAAAAAAAA38/zUt5LeGCxGc/s1600-h/pintassilgo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sy_x_v--c1I/AAAAAAAAA38/zUt5LeGCxGc/s320/pintassilgo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417814954264654674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;Tentilhão fotografado esta manhã no jardim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;Chaffinch photographed this morning in the garden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-4728659406646861573?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/4728659406646861573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=4728659406646861573' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/4728659406646861573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/4728659406646861573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/12/white-christmas-natal-branco.html' title='White Christmas / Natal Branco'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sy_qpl5mHSI/AAAAAAAAA30/NCQ3Vg8v4MM/s72-c/neve.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-9147726003536860754</id><published>2009-12-09T18:58:00.012Z</published><updated>2009-12-10T12:30:30.836Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='human'/><title type='text'>Model Drawing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SyDmW8Q_LsI/AAAAAAAAA3k/mg1BLbVu9ew/s1600-h/dscf0183.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 274px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SyDmW8Q_LsI/AAAAAAAAA3k/mg1BLbVu9ew/s400/dscf0183.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413580033908223682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Há anos que andava a querer fazer uma coisa destas, mas por uma razão ou por outra, nunca foi possível. Quando vivia perto de Lisboa, andava sempre a correr de um lado para o outro e apesar de várias instituições oferecerem aulas de desenho de modelo, eu nunca consegui organizar-me de maneira a frequentar uma. Depois vim para o norte, a vida tornou-se substancialmente mais fácil e mais calma, mas... aqui não havia aulas deste tipo... até agora. Felizmente, abriu recentemente na cidade um excelente centro de arte contemporânea (&lt;a href="http://centroartegracamorais.cm-braganca.pt/PageGen.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais, cliquem aqui para mais informações&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) que, entre várias outtras actividades interessantes,  está neste momento a oferecer aulas de desenho com modelo. E assim, uma tarde por semana, lá vou eu batalhar com poses que mudam a uma velocidade vertiginosa e um "objecto" com o qual nunca tinha trabalhado antes, o corpo humano. Para alguém habituado a fazer ilustrações hiper-detalhadas, que demoram várias horas a terminar, começar e acabar um desenho em 30 segundos é um verdadeiro desafio! Mas muito compensador, não tanto pelos resultados, como podem ver, mas pelo muito que tenho aprendido com o &lt;a href="http://www.jornalnordeste.com/noticia.asp?idEdicao=222&amp;amp;id=9628&amp;amp;idSeccao=2088&amp;amp;Action=noticia"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;Manuel Trovisco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. O desenho lá de cima foi feito em 30 segundos, com carvão, o de baixo em 5-7 minutos, também com carvão, mas num papel um pouco mais texturado. As mãos, os pés e as pernas, são sem dúvida as partes do corpo mais difíceis de desenhar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SyDmilrCUZI/AAAAAAAAA3s/Gyee1mlC1VQ/s1600-h/dscf0182.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SyDmilrCUZI/AAAAAAAAA3s/Gyee1mlC1VQ/s400/dscf0182.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413580234001895826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;I've been wanting to do this for ages, but somehow, when I lived near Lisbon I was always running from one place to the other and never found the time to take a model drawing class. Then I came up north, life became a lot easier and calmer but... no model drawing classes available... until now. A great contemporary art centre &lt;/span&gt;(&lt;a href="http://centroartegracamorais.cm-braganca.pt/PageGen.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais, check it out here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;opened in town recently and this year, among many other interesting activities, they are offering a model drawing class. So, one afternoon every week, there I go, to struggle with rapidly changing poses of a subject that I had never worked before- the human body. For someone used to make detailed ilustrations that take several hours to render, drawing a whole body for a mere 30 seconds is a real challenge! But it's really rewarding, not in terms of results, which are still... well, what you can see! - but regarding all that I am learning with the talented&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.jornalnordeste.com/noticia.asp?idEdicao=222&amp;amp;id=9628&amp;amp;idSeccao=2088&amp;amp;Action=noticia"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;Manuel Trovisco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;The first drawing was made in 30 seconds using a charchoal stick, the second is what I was able to achieve in 5-7 minutes, using a slightly more textured paper. Hands, feet and legs are definitely the hardest body parts to draw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-9147726003536860754?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/9147726003536860754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=9147726003536860754' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/9147726003536860754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/9147726003536860754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/12/model-drawing.html' title='Model Drawing'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SyDmW8Q_LsI/AAAAAAAAA3k/mg1BLbVu9ew/s72-c/dscf0183.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-7301931182425409501</id><published>2009-10-20T09:46:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-20T21:38:48.876+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Spade-leaf plant / Espada-de-água</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/St2lXsVyb3I/AAAAAAAAA3Y/3m6kP4A6emU/s1600-h/dscf0226.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/St2lXsVyb3I/AAAAAAAAA3Y/3m6kP4A6emU/s400/dscf0226.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394649755117842290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;Suponhamos que duas pessoas vão dar um passeio; a primeira desenha bem, a outra não tem qualquer inclinação para essa actividade. Suponhamos que tomam um caminho pelo meio da verdura. Os dois indivíduos perceberão dois espectáculos muito diferentes na mesma paisagem. Um verá o caminho e árvores; aperceber-se-à de que as árvores são verdes, embora não pense minimamente no assunto; verá que o sol brilha e que esse brilho produz um efeito agradável, e é tudo! Mas que verá, pelo seu lado, o desenhador? Os seus olhos estão habituados a investigar as causas da beleza e a penetrar os mínimos recessos das coisas que o atraem. Olhando para cima, observará como, num feixe de linhas luminosas, os raios de sol chovem e se derrama, lá no alto, sobre as folhas rebrilhantes, impregnando o ar de uma claridade esmeralda. Descobrirá aui e ali um ramo que aparece por entre o véu das folhas; verá, cintilando como uma jóia, o musgo esmeralda e o coloridofantástico dos líquenes, brancos e azuis, púrpura e vermelhos, que se misturam e fundem harmoniosamente num mesmo alarde de beleza.Seguir-se-ão, aos seus olhos, os troncos escavados e as raízes nodosas, que se agarram, com os seus anéis de serpente, ao declive brusco cuja terra coberta de relva se enfeita de flores de milhentos tons. Não será tudo isso digno de ser vist? E contudo, quem não saiba o que é desenhar, depois de percorrer o caminho ladeado de verdura, nada, ao chegar a casa, terá para dizer ou em que pensar, a não ser que passou pelo caminho em questão.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;(&lt;a href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"&gt;John Ruskin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, citado no livro A Arte de Viajar, de Alain de Botton)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" &gt;Finalmente, encontrei uma justificação para o facto de me perder tanto nos pormenores... O desenho lá de cima foi feito numa tarde de pesca, no rio Sabor, com grafite e lápis de cor, no caderno de campo, nos minutos roubados a perseguir a mais pequenina, que entretanto se descalçou umas seis vezes e trepou a 90% das rochas das redondezas...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" &gt;É de notar que a admiração de Ruskin pelo desenho não se concentrava no talento do desenhador ou na qualidade do produto final (aliás, ele depreciava os seus próprios desenhos). Pelo contrário, ele via importância e valor no próprio acto de desenhar, pois acreditava que a sua prática nos ajudava a ver melhor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;* * *&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div  style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;Let two persons go out for a walk; the one a good sketcher, the other having no taste of the kind. Let them go down a green lane…The one will see a lane and trees; he will perceive the trees to be green, though he will think nothing about it; he will see that the sun shines and that it has a cheerful effect; and that’s all! But what will the sketcher see? His eye is accustomed to search into the cause [my bold] of beauty, and penetrates the minutest parts of loveliness. He looks up, and observes how the showery and subdivided sunshine comes sprinkling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;down among the gleaming leaves overhead, ‘til the air is filled with the emerald light. He will see here and there a bough emerging from the veil of leaves, he will see the jewel brightness of the emerald moss and the variegated and fantastic lichens, white and blue, purple and red, all mellowed and mingled into a single garment of beauty. Then come to the cavernous trunks and the twisted roots that grasp with their snake-like coils at the steep bank, whose turfy slope is inlaid with flowers of a thousand dyes. Is not this worth seeing? Yet if you are not&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;a sketcher you will pass along the green lane, and when you come home again, have nothing to say or to think about it, but that you went down such and such a lane.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;(&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin"&gt;John Ruskin&lt;/a&gt; in The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I've finally found a justification for my habit of focusing on all the tiny details... The sketch above was made during a fishing afternoon at river Sabor. I made it in the few minutes of relative quietness, while I was not chasing my smaller daughter who meanwhile took off her shoes some half dozen times and climbed at least 90% of the rocks around us...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;It is to note that Ruskin's admiration for drawing was not focused on talent or the final product – even Ruskin downplayed his own sketches as unoriginal and listless. Instead, he saw value in the action. The practice of drawing, he believed, evolves the individual from a “looker” to a “seer.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-7301931182425409501?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/7301931182425409501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=7301931182425409501' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7301931182425409501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7301931182425409501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/10/spade-leaf-plant-espada-de-agua.html' title='Spade-leaf plant / Espada-de-água'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/St2lXsVyb3I/AAAAAAAAA3Y/3m6kP4A6emU/s72-c/dscf0226.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-6077656623521680841</id><published>2009-10-15T00:15:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T14:45:39.376+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Hawthorn Jelly / Geleia de Pilriteiro</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StZeWcC_o0I/AAAAAAAAA3A/jbvWsmcOHh8/s1600-h/dscf0129.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StZeWcC_o0I/AAAAAAAAA3A/jbvWsmcOHh8/s400/dscf0129.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392601343401632578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Há já vários anos que, cada Outono, olho para as bagas do pilriteiro e penso: "Tenho que experimentar fazer um doce com isto". Foi desta. Ao fim do dia, atirei-me ao pilriteiro que cresce em frente à nossa casa, e toca de apanhar bagas. A verdade é que estive prestes a desistir, porque estava-me a custar estragar um arbusto tão bonito. Mas depressa percebi que mesmo que apanhasse muitas bagas (e foi quase 1 kg, com a ajuda do resto da família, que depois se juntou a mim), o pilriteiro tinha tantas, que praticamente não se notava a diferença.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StZelUEqy6I/AAAAAAAAA3I/_zK3Y2S-NSA/s1600-h/dscf0131.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StZelUEqy6I/AAAAAAAAA3I/_zK3Y2S-NSA/s320/dscf0131.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392601598959209378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Depois de bem lavadas, fervi-as durante uma hora, juntamente com a casca e o caroço de uma maçã, por não ter a certeza se as bagas têm pectina suficiente para gelificar bem, esmagando-as de vez em quando com um daqueles utensílios que servem para fazer puré. Depois, filtrei com um pano fino de algodão (deixei a filtrar de um dia para o outro). No dia seguinte, coloquei o líquido numa panela com açúcar (proporção1:1) e deixei ferver até atingir o ponto de estrada - deita-se um pouco num prato, passa-se o dedo pelo meio e, se a "estrada" assim aberta na geleia não voltar a fechar, é porque está pronto (não esquecer lamber o dedo ao fim de cada teste). Ficou... delicioso!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StZe2653MgI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/_0lcQ3yYfko/s1600-h/dscf0140.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StZe2653MgI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/_0lcQ3yYfko/s320/dscf0140.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392601901440643586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's been several years that every autumn,  I look at the Hawthorn berries and think that I must do some kind of jam with them. Well, this was it. Two days ago, I took a big bowl and filled it with hawthorn berries. I almost gave up, because I was feeling a bit guilty from spoiling such a beautiful plant... But I soon found out that even if I picked up a lot (and it was near 1 kg, with the help of the family who soon joined me), the hawthorn was so full of berries that one hardly noticed the difference.&lt;br /&gt;Back home, I washed the berries, put them into a pan and covered with water. I added the peel and seeds of an apple, because I was not sure the hawthorn berries had pectin enough to produce a firm jelly and I cooked for about an hour, mashing them now and then with a potato masher. After this, I filtered the whole thing using a cotton cloth and let it strain over night. The next day, I poured the liquid into a pan, added sugar (1:1) and heated gently until the jelly  had reached setting point - you can tell it when you pour a bit into a dish and you run your fingertip through it and the line you open by doing this does not close again (be sure to lick your finger after each test to see how it tastes!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StZeGchRbWI/AAAAAAAAA24/pLLL4f06TH4/s1600-h/dscf0138.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 255px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StZeGchRbWI/AAAAAAAAA24/pLLL4f06TH4/s400/dscf0138.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392601068650720610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;And the veredict is... delicious!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-6077656623521680841?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/6077656623521680841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=6077656623521680841' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6077656623521680841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6077656623521680841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/10/hawthorn-jelly-geleia-de-pilriteiro.html' title='Hawthorn Jelly / Geleia de Pilriteiro'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StZeWcC_o0I/AAAAAAAAA3A/jbvWsmcOHh8/s72-c/dscf0129.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-7819440757789322742</id><published>2009-10-12T12:03:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-12T12:21:07.385+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>More Plant Sketching</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StMQCUnNR_I/AAAAAAAAA2w/pmp1DURuQS0/s1600-h/dscf00119.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StMQCUnNR_I/AAAAAAAAA2w/pmp1DURuQS0/s400/dscf00119.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391670810971555826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Ultimamente, tenho usado grande parte do meu tempo livre para trabalhar nos desenhos de plantas, no caderno de campo. A semana passada fui a outra saída de campo de botânica, desta vez para a serra de Montesinho, para ver alguns habitats de montanha (e no regresso, também vi um lindíssimo esquilo). Em baixo, vê-se uma página do caderno a meio do trabalho e em cima, o desenho terminado, mostrando três das espécies típicas que se encontram nos urzais secos, naquela zona.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StMPz1chSMI/AAAAAAAAA2o/zm2GI83yQn4/s1600-h/dscf0091.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 236px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StMPz1chSMI/AAAAAAAAA2o/zm2GI83yQn4/s400/dscf0091.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391670562087061698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I've been using most of my spare time to work on my plant sketches lately. Last week I went on another botany field trip, this time to Montesinho, to see some beautiful mountain habitats (and on my way back, I also saw a cute red squirrel). Below you can see one of my sketchbook pages in progress, and above, the finished page showing three typical species found in dry mountain heathlands in that area.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-7819440757789322742?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/7819440757789322742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=7819440757789322742' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7819440757789322742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7819440757789322742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-plant-sketching.html' title='More Plant Sketching'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StMQCUnNR_I/AAAAAAAAA2w/pmp1DURuQS0/s72-c/dscf00119.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-5753381848179764122</id><published>2009-10-10T21:05:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T00:53:01.873Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>A cool place</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StDrkoEEhSI/AAAAAAAAA2g/IzDeCmezQDE/s1600-h/dscf0088_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StDrkoEEhSI/AAAAAAAAA2g/IzDeCmezQDE/s400/dscf0088_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391067768424793378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;O desenho não ficou grande coisa. Estava vento, calor, e só tinha à mão uns lápis das miúdas, daqueles mesmo de má qualidade, ásperos, granulosos e quase sem pigmento (a ver se os ponho de lado). Mas o sítio é tão bonito, que resolvi escrever sobre ele. Se passarem perto de Bragança, apanhem a estrada que vai em direcção à fronteira com Espanha, pelo Portelo. À saída da aldeia de Rabal, numa encosta coberta de vinhas, fica a Taberna do Xastre. Feita em pedra e madeira, é um sítio acolhedor, onde se podem comer excelentes petiscos, ler um livro (é uma&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);" href="http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/TabernaDoXastre"&gt;Zona Oficial de BookCrossing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;!), ou beber um copo numa das esplanadas, se o tempo a isso convidar. Numa das vezes que lá estive, vi grifos e abutres negros a voar na encosta em frente, e conheço quem já tenha visto veados e javalis. Mas mesmo sem observações destas, a paisagem vale o tempo passado cá fora, sobretudo agora, que as cores do Outono tornam tudo ainda mais bonito.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The drawing didn't turn out very good. It was windy and hot and the only coloured pencils at hand were those of the girls, but it turned out it was a really bad quality set, hard and with very little pigment (I have to remember to replace and put them aside). But this place is so lovely that I decided to write about it anyway. If you ever drive near Bragança, make sure to catch the road towards the border with Spain at Portelo. Just outside of a small village named Rabal, on a slope surrounded by vineyards, you'll find the Xastre Tavern. It is built of stone and wood and here we can have excellent food, read a book (it is an &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);" href="http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/TabernaDoXastre"&gt;Official BookCrossing Zone&lt;/a&gt;!) or drink something outside, if the weather is good. I've seen Griffon and Black Vultures flying above the hills just in front and I know other people who've seen Red Deer and Wild Boar. But even without such observations, the scenery is well worth the time spent outside, especially now, since Autumn makes everything look even more lovely.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-5753381848179764122?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/5753381848179764122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=5753381848179764122' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5753381848179764122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5753381848179764122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/10/o-desenho-nao-ficou-grande-coisa.html' title='A cool place'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/StDrkoEEhSI/AAAAAAAAA2g/IzDeCmezQDE/s72-c/dscf0088_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-9049606269440697111</id><published>2009-10-06T10:29:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T23:35:04.805+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Common Hawthorn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Ssh0Kz5PwXI/AAAAAAAAA2I/ptnjFFvJYF4/s1600-h/dscf0033.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Ssh0Kz5PwXI/AAAAAAAAA2I/ptnjFFvJYF4/s400/dscf0033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388684683226628466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;Mais uma "planta no Outono", desta feita o pilriteiro (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;Crataegus monogyna&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;), uma valiosa planta medicinal. É usada principalmente no tratamento de problemas cardíacos e circulatórios, tirando partido da presença, no fruto, de bioflavenóides, que são igualmente poderosos anti-oxidantes. Apesar de não serem saborosas em cru, as suas bagas podem ser usadas para fazer compotas e conservas, assim como pão, depois de secas, moidas e misturadas com farinha. Também se faz chá a partir das suas folhas. Nunca tentei nenhuma destas receitas, mas estou tentada a experimentar a compota.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;Em baixo está uma fotografia de um pilriteiro, tirada mesmo à porta de casa. Esta planta é tão bonita na Primavera, quando fica coberta de pequenas flores brancas, como agora no Outono.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;Como já devem ter percebido, o Outono é uma das minhas estações do ano preferidas (a outra é a Primavera). E não sendodo tipo madrugador (gosto mesmo é de trabalhar pela noite fora), nesta época do ano até consigo ver um belo nascer do sol sem demasiado esforço. Ao fundo está a fotografia de um deles, tirada da janela da cozinha, enquanto preparava o pequeno almoço.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;Um bom Outono para todos!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Ssh0uuGPa4I/AAAAAAAAA2Q/PmeOn4yBMsI/s1600-h/dscf0016_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Ssh0uuGPa4I/AAAAAAAAA2Q/PmeOn4yBMsI/s400/dscf0016_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388685300145810306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Another "plants in autumn" sketch, this time of a Common Hawthorn (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;Crataegus monogyna&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;), an extremely valuable medicinal plant. It is used mainly for treating disorders of the heart and circulation system. This effect is due to the presence of bioflavonoids in the fruit, which are also strongly antioxidant. Although not very appetizing raw, it can be used used for making jams and preserves and the fruit can be dried, ground, mixed with flour and used for making bread. A tea can also be made from the dried leaves. I never tried any of these, but I'm inclined to try the jam.&lt;br /&gt;Below is a picture of a Common Hawthorn taken in front of our house. It looks as pretty in spring, covered with white flowers, as it does now in autumn, full of tiny red fruits.&lt;br /&gt;As you've probably guessed, I love this time of the year. Not being an early bird at all (I prefer to work at night), this is the season when I'm able to watch a good sunrise without too much effort... Here's one, the picture was taken from our kitchen's window while preparing breakfast:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Ssh2V1CIHXI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/8f8_X4liOww/s1600-h/dscf0016_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Ssh2V1CIHXI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/8f8_X4liOww/s400/dscf0016_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388687071534128498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Happy autumn, everyone!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-9049606269440697111?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/9049606269440697111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=9049606269440697111' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/9049606269440697111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/9049606269440697111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/10/common-hawthorn.html' title='Common Hawthorn'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Ssh0Kz5PwXI/AAAAAAAAA2I/ptnjFFvJYF4/s72-c/dscf0033.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-5416244575023830256</id><published>2009-10-04T11:00:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T15:27:23.754+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Autumn sketching</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sshrx4kUoYI/AAAAAAAAA14/h-AElgQ5v8Q/s1600-h/dscf0028.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sshrx4kUoYI/AAAAAAAAA14/h-AElgQ5v8Q/s400/dscf0028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388675458891293058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;Acabei de iniciar um novo caderno de desenhos (sabe tão bem começar um novo caderno de desenhos) e que melhor maneira de o fazer, do que com desenhos de plantas, no Outono, quando o tempo está perfeito para estar no campo - nem demasiadamente quente, nem demasiadamente frio? Ultimamente tenho mesmo estado em maré de plantas, pois comecei a acompanhar um amigo botânico nas suas aulas de campo. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;Se também gostam de plantas, podem visitar o seu blog -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://plantas-e-pessoas.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204); font-style: italic;"&gt;Das Plantas e das Pessoas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;- que não se vão arrepender. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;Tendo estudado zoologia, sempre quis saber mais sobre plantas e agora que as miúdas já estão suficientemente grandes para não perturbar demasiado uma aula de "crescidos", é a altura perfeita para o fazer (a verdade é que até gostaram muito).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;O desenho lá de cima é de uma azinheira (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;Quercus ilex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;), feito com lápis de cor e caneta preta à prova de água. Em baixo, a M. aprende a distinguir as folhas de azinheira das do sobreiro (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;Quercus suber&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;), uma tarefa nem sempre fácil, ao contrário do que poderia parecer à primeira vista, dada a grande variação dentro da mesma espécie, e mesmo entre as folhas de uma mesma árvore (dica: virem as folhas ao contrário e reparem nas nervuras secundárias: no sobreiro, elas prolongam-se mesmo até à margem da folha, parecendo continuar pelos dentes, quando estes existem; na azinheira, as nervuras desvanecem-se antes de atingirem a margem).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SshtfKlDcQI/AAAAAAAAA2A/llIDBtMIrVE/s1600-h/dscf0021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SshtfKlDcQI/AAAAAAAAA2A/llIDBtMIrVE/s400/dscf0021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388677336331940098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I've just started a new sketchnbook (I love starting a new sketchbook) and what a better way to do it than drawing plants in autumn, when the weather is perfect to go outside - not too hot and not too cool? I've been in "plant mood" lately, as I've started to join a botanist friend in his field classes.  If you like plants too, and you can read Portuguese, his own blog is surely worth a visit. Check t out at  &lt;a href="http://plantas-e-pessoas.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204); font-style: italic;"&gt;Das Plantas e das Pessoas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Having studied zoology, I've always wanted to learn more about plants and my kids are finally big enough to do something like this with me without disturbing someone else's class too much (the truth is they enjoyed it a a great deal).&lt;br /&gt;The drawing above is of a Holm Oak (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;Quercus ilex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;), done with coloured pencils and outlined with a black waterproof pen. Below the drawing is a picture of M., learning how to tell the difference between Holm Oak and Cork Oak (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;Quercus suber&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;) leaves - not as easy as it might seem, since there is so much variation within the same species and even within the leaves of a same tree! (tip: look at the inferior side of the leaves: the secondary nerves of those of the Cork Oak grow until the margin of the leave; those of the Holm Oak get fainter and disappear before reaching the margin).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-5416244575023830256?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/5416244575023830256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=5416244575023830256' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5416244575023830256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5416244575023830256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/10/autumn-sketching.html' title='Autumn sketching'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sshrx4kUoYI/AAAAAAAAA14/h-AElgQ5v8Q/s72-c/dscf0028.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-3214289757736026051</id><published>2009-09-18T18:19:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T00:40:22.570Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Sketches from the sea</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SrPGSxRkeKI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/VEr-_VQcp2Q/s1600-h/dscf0020.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SrPGSxRkeKI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/VEr-_VQcp2Q/s400/dscf0020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382864005404850338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De volta das férias, aqui ficam duas páginas do meu caderno com alguns desenhos de coisas encontradas na praia (e também uma das coisas propriamente ditas). Divertimo-nos bastante a tentar identificar tudo, embora nem sempre tenhamos tido sucesso...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Back from holidays, here are two pages from my sketcbook with a few sketches of things found by the seashore (plus one of the things itself). We had lots of fun trying to identify everything, though we haven't always been successful...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-3214289757736026051?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/3214289757736026051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=3214289757736026051' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3214289757736026051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3214289757736026051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/09/sketches-from-sea.html' title='Sketches from the sea'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SrPGSxRkeKI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/VEr-_VQcp2Q/s72-c/dscf0020.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-6112839809627713028</id><published>2009-07-21T15:55:00.015+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T00:41:05.559+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Outdoor Hour challenges'/><title type='text'>Outdoor Hour Challenge: Crop Plants #2 Beans / Seed Germination</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SmefMrqSVyI/AAAAAAAAA04/1ok-T43DH2w/s1600-h/dscf0007RES.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SmefMrqSVyI/AAAAAAAAA04/1ok-T43DH2w/s320/dscf0007RES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361428921635198754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;O tema desta semana do&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/2009/07/outdoor-hour-challenge-crop-plants-1.html"&gt;desafio semanal&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;da Barbara, do&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"&gt;blog &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);" href="http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Handbook of Nature Study&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;sob o tema "plantas cultivadas" é o feijão / germinação de sementes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Todas as Primaveras semeamos feijões na nossa horta (imagem em cima), e começámos já a colher os primeiros feijões verdes, que comemos em saladas (cozidos, e depois de arrefecidos, regados com azeite e alho picadinho), em sopa, ou - os meus preferidos - como peixinhos-da-horta: cozidos, passados por uma mistura de ovo, farinha e água e fritos em óleo (já agora, se tiverem outras receitas e não se importarem de partilhar, agradeço).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Smefm1qrCfI/AAAAAAAAA1A/k8fSkGqmn1c/s1600-h/dscf0010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Smefm1qrCfI/AAAAAAAAA1A/k8fSkGqmn1c/s320/dscf0010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361429370997770738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Todos os anos também, eu e as miúdas escolhemos algumas variedades de feijão, e colocamo-los em frascos com algodão embebido em água, para os vermos germinar. Este ano, a M. fê-lo sozinha há já vários dias atrás e quando surgiu o desafio, tinhamos acabado de transferir os feijoeiros, que entretanto ficaram enormes, para o jardim. De qualquer maneira, ela e a C. ficaram encantadas com a ideia de voltar a fazer tudo de novo. Desta vez, procurámos todas as variedades que tínhamos em casa (algumas compradas, outras guardadas da colheita do ano passado, e outras oferecidas). Descobrimos que tínhamos 12 variedades diferentes (!!) incluindo vários tipos de  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Phaseolus vulgaris&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; (vermelhos, brancos, pretos, catarino...) e também feijões de soja (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Glycine max&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;), e três espécies diferentes de feijões pequenos, pertencentes a um género distinto (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Vigna&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;): feijão Azuki (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Vigna angularis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;), Feijão-frade (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Vigna unguiculata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;) e feijão-da-China (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Vigna radiata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;). Até aqui, apenas tínhamos germinado &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Phaseolus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;, por isso desta vez escolhemos apenas duas variedades destes, e depois usámos os outros quatro. Vamos ver o que acontece, como estes quatro foram todos comprados para comer, e não para semear, não tenho a certeza se teremos grande sucesso. A ver vamos!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SmegbHaKkHI/AAAAAAAAA1I/FkSb9zdtbLk/s1600-h/dscf0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SmegbHaKkHI/AAAAAAAAA1I/FkSb9zdtbLk/s320/dscf0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361430269113569394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"&gt;Left to right, top to bottom: Mung beans, white beans, Soy beans,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"&gt;black beans, Black-Eyed Cowpeas and Azuki beans&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's Outdoor Hour Challenge from Barbara's &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);" href="http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Handbook of Nature Study&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"&gt; blog&lt;/span&gt;  under the theme "crop plants" is the bean / seed germination.&lt;br /&gt;Every spring, we sow some varieties of beans in our vegetable garden (image above). We have just begun to harvest the first fresh green ones, which we have been eating in salads (boiled with salt, cooled and seasoned with olive oil and finely chopped garlic), soups or - my favourite - a recipe I don't know what to call in English, the direct translation would be something like "fish from the vegetable garden" which  are basically green bean fritters : boiled with salt until crisp-tender and then dipped into a flour/egg/water mixture and fried in hot oil until golden brown (and since we're here, if you have any favourite recipes that you don't mind sharing, I'd like to hear about them).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SmehIULlidI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/jQCleo53Hy8/s1600-h/dscf0005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SmehIULlidI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/jQCleo53Hy8/s320/dscf0005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361431045636196818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"&gt;M. drawing the beans in her notebook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every year too, the girls and I choose some bean varities and dip them into cotton balls soaked with water to watch them germinate. This year, M. already did it several days ago and when the challenge was published, we had just transfered her already enourmous plants to the garden. But she and C. were delighted to do it again. This time, we looked for all the varieties we had at home (some purchased, some saved from last year's crop, others offered by friends). We found out we had 12 different varieties (!!) including several types of  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Phaseolus vulgaris&lt;/span&gt; (white, black, mottled, red...) and also soy beans (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Glycine max&lt;/span&gt;), and three different species of small beans from another genera (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Vigna&lt;/span&gt;): Azuki beans (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Vigna angularis&lt;/span&gt;), Black-Eyed Cowpeas (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Vigna unguiculata&lt;/span&gt;) and Mung beans (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Vigna radiata&lt;/span&gt;). So far, we have only germinated &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Phaseolus&lt;/span&gt; beans, so this time we picked just 2 varieties of these, and then we soaked all the other four. Let's seewhat happens, all four were bought for cooking, not for sowing, so I'm not so sure we'll be successful. We'll see!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-6112839809627713028?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/6112839809627713028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=6112839809627713028' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6112839809627713028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6112839809627713028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/07/outdoor-hour-challenge-crop-plants-2.html' title='Outdoor Hour Challenge: Crop Plants #2 Beans / Seed Germination'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SmefMrqSVyI/AAAAAAAAA04/1ok-T43DH2w/s72-c/dscf0007RES.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-7136721436425062176</id><published>2009-07-16T00:00:00.018+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T14:48:21.175+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Outdoor Hour challenges'/><title type='text'>Outdoor Hour Challenge: Crop Plants #1-Clover</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl8p9_dkKXI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/ASL_9DJxs2o/s1600-h/dscf0181.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl8p9_dkKXI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/ASL_9DJxs2o/s320/dscf0181.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359048226578377074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Já há algum tempo que visito regularmente o &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"&gt;blog &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);" href="http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Handbook of Nature Study&lt;/a&gt; mas até agora ainda não tinha participado em nenhum dos &lt;a href="http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/2009/07/outdoor-hour-challenge-crop-plants-1.html"&gt;desafios semanais&lt;/a&gt; da Barbara. Pois não é tarde nem é cedo. Ela está a dar início a uma nova série de desafios sob o tema "plantas de cultivo" e a planta desta semana é o trevo. Não podia ter vindo mais a propósito, pois temos andado precisamente a falar sobre esta planta cá em casa, a propósito de um post publicado no&lt;a href="http://plantas-e-pessoas.blogspot.com/2009/07/os-trifolium-repens-fabaceae.html"&gt;  Das Plantas e das Pessoas&lt;/a&gt;, um blog que aconselho a todos os que se interessam pela botânica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl596iLyKFI/AAAAAAAAAz4/ZI1s9aaDTbU/s1600-h/dscf0168.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl596iLyKFI/AAAAAAAAAz4/ZI1s9aaDTbU/s320/dscf0168.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358859051179583570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depois de ler as páginas dedicadas ao trevo no &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);" href="http://www.archive.org/details/handbookofnature002506mbp"&gt;The Handbook of Nature Study&lt;/a&gt;, que pode ser descarregado aqui e do qual já falei num &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);" href="http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/02/currently-reading.html"&gt;post anterior&lt;/a&gt;, aproveitámos um momento passado no jardim, onde temos bastante trevo, para fazer algumas observações ao vivo. Em Portugal existem várias dezenas de espécies do género Trifolium, mas a que possuímos em maior abundância no jardim é o Trevo-branco, ou&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Trifolim repens&lt;/span&gt;. Em tempos também tivémos o lindíssimo Trevo-morango (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Trifolium fragiferum&lt;/span&gt;), mas tem vindo a desaparecer e nesta altura não encontrámos nenhum em flor. Fotografámos as flores brancas do primeiro, que vimos serem visitadas pelas abelhas, embora não as tenhamos apanhado na imagem, assim como outras já com aspecto mais seco e flores inflectidas em direcção ao solo, o que significa terem já sido polinizadas. Com efeito, desfizémos algumas destas flores e as sementes lá estavam, as mais verdes ainda amareladas, outras mais secas de cor acastanhada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl5-WFZ2BsI/AAAAAAAAA0A/GB7DcZLuiA4/s1600-h/dscf0170.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl5-WFZ2BsI/AAAAAAAAA0A/GB7DcZLuiA4/s320/dscf0170.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358859524490266306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Depois, desenraizámos uma planta e descobrimos um minúsculo nódulo na sua raiz. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Cada nódulo é um ninho repleto de seres vivos, tão pequenos que seriam necessários 25.000 deles colocados lado a lado para perfazer uma polegada; desta forma, mesmo um nódulo minúsculo pode conter muitos destes pequeníssimos organismos, que se chamam bactérias." "As raízes do trevo proporcionam às bactérias abrigos e um local para crescerem, e em troca, estas são capazes de extrair um fertilizante químico muito valioso do ar, e modificar a sua forma de maneira a que os trevos consigam absorvê-la. O nome desta substância é azoto (...)" "Depois de o trevo ser colhido, as raízes permanecem no solo, os seus pequenos armazéns repletos desta preciosa substância de que o solo se torna herdeiro." (excerto de A Handbook of Nature Study) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl5_Dn48IoI/AAAAAAAAA0I/fZgj4A3CNw8/s1600-h/dscf0167.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl5_Dn48IoI/AAAAAAAAA0I/fZgj4A3CNw8/s320/dscf0167.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358860306841608834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As crianças ficaram maravilhadas quando lhes contei (em menos palavras) esta história e depois observámos outra planta que cresce no jardim juntamente com o trevo e que lhe é aparentada, a alfafa (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Medicago sativa&lt;/span&gt;). Mais abaixo fica uma fotografia das suas bonitas flores de cor púrpura, e alguns dos desenhos que fizémos nos nossos cadernos de campo. E para terminar, uma poesia de &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);" href="http://www.blogger.com/%28%20%20%20Emily%20Dickinson%20%281830%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9386%29,%20Complete%20Poems,1924%29"&gt;Emily Dickinson&lt;/a&gt; (1830–86), que fala de trevos e de abelhas.&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;style type="text/css"&gt;  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 2cm }   P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }  --&gt;  &lt;/style&gt;  &lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"&gt;Para fazer uma campina&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"&gt;Basta um só trevo e uma abelha.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"&gt; Trevo, abelha e fantasia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"&gt;Ou apenas fantasia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"&gt;Faltando a abelha&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl8qsO2ltRI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/365HQer7pFU/s1600-h/dscf0178.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl8qsO2ltRI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/365HQer7pFU/s320/dscf0178.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359049020983850258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"&gt;Alfalfa, a clover relative&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been following Barbara's &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);" href="http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Handbook of Nature Study&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"&gt; blog&lt;/span&gt; for quite a while now, but so far I've never participated in any of her &lt;a href="http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/2009/07/outdoor-hour-challenge-crop-plants-1.html"&gt;weekly challenges&lt;/a&gt;. So this is it. She's starting a new series of Outdoor Hour Challenges under the theme "crop plants" and this week's focus is on clover. It couldn't have been more appropriate, for we've  been precisely discussing this plant during the past week, after reading a post about it on &lt;a href="http://plantas-e-pessoas.blogspot.com/2009/07/os-trifolium-repens-fabaceae.html"&gt;Das Plantas e das Pessoas&lt;/a&gt;, a blog I recommend to everyone who likes plants (it's in Portuguese only).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl8rnvkc7AI/AAAAAAAAA0g/Xgr0rwVuYpo/s1600-h/dscf0175.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 283px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl8rnvkc7AI/AAAAAAAAA0g/Xgr0rwVuYpo/s320/dscf0175.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359050043378428930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"&gt;M. looking at clover root nodules with a magnifying lens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;After reading the pages dedicated to the clover on&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);" href="http://www.archive.org/details/handbookofnature002506mbp"&gt;The Handbook of Nature Study&lt;/a&gt;, which can be downloaded &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/details/handbookofnature002506mbp"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and about which I've&lt;a href="http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/02/currently-reading.html"&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"&gt;posted before&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, we looked more carefully at the real plant during an afternoon spent in the garden, where we have plenty of them. In our country there are several tens of Trifolium species, but the one we have  in our garden is the White clover (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Trifolium repens&lt;/span&gt;). We used to have the beautiful Strawberry clover  (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Trifolium fragiferum&lt;/span&gt;) as well, but it has become scarcer and scarcer over the years and at this time we couldn't find any of it in bloom. So we took pictures of the White clover, we saw it's white flowers being visited by several bees (though we couldn't catch them with the camera) and we also saw many dry brown flowers turned towards the ground instead of upwards, a sign that polination has already occurred. We opened some of them and there they were, the tiny seed, some yellow, some brown. Then we dug up a plant and we saw a tiny nodule on its root. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Each nodule is a nestful of livingbeings, so small that it would take twenty-five thousand of them end to end to reach an inch; therefore, even a little swelling can hold many of these minute organisms, which are called bacteria." "The clover roots give the bacteria homes and place to grow, and in return these are able to extract a very valuable chemical fertilizer from the air, and to change its form so that clovers can absorb it. The name of this substance is nitrogen (...)" "After the clover crop is harvested, the roots remain in the ground, their little storehouses filled with this precious substance, and the soil falls heir to it." (from A Handbook of Nature Study)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The girls were amazed when I told them this story (in fewer words...) and then we looked at another plant that we have growing together with the clovers, a relative actually, which is also mentioned in the Handbook of Nature Study: the alfalfa (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Medicago sativa&lt;/span&gt;). Above there's a picture of its beautiful purple flowers.&lt;br /&gt;And below, some of the drawings M. and I made in our notebooks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl8sMwFHKyI/AAAAAAAAA0o/UePf9eLD9ms/s1600-h/dscf0184.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl8sMwFHKyI/AAAAAAAAA0o/UePf9eLD9ms/s320/dscf0184.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359050679170575138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;My notebook drwings. I'm not sure whether the leaves on the left belong to another species, ot to  T. repens as well (maybe the ecotype adapted to more humid soils mentioned at Das Plantas e das Pessoas)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl8snwTeW2I/AAAAAAAAA0w/Pl1tXD3JbSY/s1600-h/dscf0185.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl8snwTeW2I/AAAAAAAAA0w/Pl1tXD3JbSY/s320/dscf0185.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359051143087283042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"&gt;Drawings by M. (7 yo)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And what a better way to finish, than with a beautiful poem by&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);" href="Emily%20Dickinson%281830%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9386%29,%20Complete%20Poems,1924"&gt; Emily Dickinson&lt;/a&gt; (1830–86), which precisely talks about clovers and bees?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"&gt;To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One clover, and a bee,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And revery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The revery alone will do&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If bees are few.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-7136721436425062176?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/7136721436425062176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=7136721436425062176' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7136721436425062176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7136721436425062176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/07/outdoor-hour-challenge-crop-plants-1.html' title='Outdoor Hour Challenge: Crop Plants #1-Clover'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sl8p9_dkKXI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/ASL_9DJxs2o/s72-c/dscf0181.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-5859381740342681354</id><published>2009-07-01T11:51:00.013+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-08T23:42:03.922+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='challenges'/><title type='text'>Golden-striped Salamander</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SlSrRYzuA5I/AAAAAAAAAzg/v4e-e59GvSk/s1600-h/dscf0162.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SlSrRYzuA5I/AAAAAAAAAzg/v4e-e59GvSk/s320/dscf0162.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356094172055864210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Há algum tempo atrás, eu, o L. e dois amigos nossos estávamos a conversar sobre o facto de ainda haver um longo caminho a percorrer até que o nosso país desenvolva uma opinião pública forte relativamente às questões da conservação da natureza. Concordámos que algum progresso tem sido feito durante os anos mais recentes mas que na maior parte dos casos, o conhecimento geral sobre estes assuntos é muito superficial e facilmente manipulado pela comunicação social (cujo conhecimento parece ser ainda mais superficial, a maioria das vezes...) E em alguns casos, boas pessoas, cheias das melhores intenções, acabam por fazer ainda pior do que se não tivessem feito nada. Basicamente, não se pode gostar e ajudar aquilo que não se conhece e em Portugal, a maior parte das pessoas não conhece aquilo que tem. Rimo-nos (mas não de alegria...) quando um dos nossos amigos nos contou uma apresentação "PowerPoint" que fez na escola primária da sua filha acerca da vida selvagem em Portugal. Mostrou imagens lindíssimas de algumas das nossas plantas e animais e descreveu-nos o olhar maravilhado das crianças  - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; das professoras. "Temos mesmo estas espécies no nosso país?", perguntou uma delas, incrédula. Não deixa de ser estranho como todos conhecem e ensinam acerca do elefante africano, das zebras, etc., mas tão poucos ouviram falar do lobo ibérico, do corço, da águia-real, dos abutres ou mesmo da aparentemente mais modesta salamandra-lusitânica. Apenas aparentemente, atenção. É que a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Chioglossa lusitanica&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;, nome científico pelo qual se designa, é uma espécie ameaçada, endémica do noroeste da Península Ibérica (o que significa que, em todo o mundo, este é o único local onde habita). A que vêem lá em cima, pintei-a com acrílicos sobre papel de aguarela. Espero que vos inspire a descobrir um pouco mais sobre a nossa fauna e flora!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few days ago my husband and I plus two friends were discussing the fact that there's still a long way to go before our country develops a strong public opinion regarding nature conservation issues. We agreed that some progress has been made in the last years, but mostly, people's knowlege is too superficial and easily led by the media (whose knowledge seems to be even more superficial, most times...). And in some cases, good people full of good intentions, end up doing even worse than if they had stayed put. The basic idea is that you can't love and defend what you don't know and in Portugal, most people don't really know what they have. We laughed (not of joy, though...) when one of our friends told us about a talk he gave at his daughter's primary school about Portugal's wildlife. He made a PowerPoint presentation with great photographs of some of our native plant and animal species and told us how amazed the children - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; the teachers were. "Do we really have these species in our country?", one of them asked in awe. It's weird how they all know and teach about the African elephants, zebras and the like, but only a few have heard of the Iberian wolf, the Roe deer, the Golden Eagle, the Griffon Vultures or even the apparently more modest Golden-stripped salamander. But only apparently. The golden-striped salamander (&lt;i&gt;Chioglossa lusitanica&lt;/i&gt;) is a threatened endemic species inhabiting stream-side habitats in mountainous areas in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula, meaning that this is the only place in the world where it can be found. I painted the one up there with acrylic paints on watercolour paper. I hope it inspires you to find out a bit more about our native fauna and flora!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-5859381740342681354?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/5859381740342681354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=5859381740342681354' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5859381740342681354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5859381740342681354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/07/ha-algum-tempo-atras-eu-o-l.html' title='Golden-striped Salamander'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SlSrRYzuA5I/AAAAAAAAAzg/v4e-e59GvSk/s72-c/dscf0162.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-6132191356381706366</id><published>2009-06-18T11:36:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T00:41:17.277Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Cantabrian Mountains</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SjobmIm9E1I/AAAAAAAAAzQ/R4ORV6MVtho/s1600-h/dscf0035.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SjobmIm9E1I/AAAAAAAAAzQ/R4ORV6MVtho/s400/dscf0035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348617849415734098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Este é um esboço rápido de uma pequena aldeia escondida (mesmo!) na vertente Sul da Cordilheira Cantábrica, uma terra de bosques de carvalhos e bétulas, de ursos e de corços. Foi o nosso primeiro acampamento com as miúdas, muito curto, e ainda há que melhorar a capacidade de caminhar delas - cansam-se ao fim de pouco tempo e só pensavam em voltar para a tenda e para os gatos que viviam no parque de campismo - as verdadeiras estrelas da viagem, do ponto de vista delas, quer-me parecer! Ainda assim, foi uma bela estadia, não vimos nenhum urso, mas vimos vários corços e alguns veados, aves, borboletas, tritões, e até... muitas vacas por sua própria conta nas pastagens de altitude, uma das quais ficou realmente interessada no nosso telescópio!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sjob9snxWaI/AAAAAAAAAzY/9YxIX0wjNAY/s1600-h/p1000696RES.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sjob9snxWaI/AAAAAAAAAzY/9YxIX0wjNAY/s320/p1000696RES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348618254219827618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a quick sketch of a small village hidden (really!) in the southern slopes of the Spanish Cantabrian Mountains, a land of oak and birch woods, Brown Bears and Roe deer. It was our first camping trip with our daughters. It was a short stay (only a couple of nights) and we still have to work on their trekking ability - they get tired very quickly and were always wanting to go back to the tent and the cats that lived in the camping - the true stars of the whole thing for them, it seems to me! All in all, it was a great holiday, we did not see any bear, but we watched several roe deers, a few red deers, birds, butterflies, newts and even... many free ranging cows, one of which got really interested in our telescope!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-6132191356381706366?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/6132191356381706366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=6132191356381706366' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6132191356381706366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6132191356381706366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/06/cantabrian-mountains.html' title='Cantabrian Mountains'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SjobmIm9E1I/AAAAAAAAAzQ/R4ORV6MVtho/s72-c/dscf0035.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-5640089855440939093</id><published>2009-06-09T01:52:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T02:13:45.003+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sculpture'/><title type='text'>Ocellated lizard</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Si22MkXL0ZI/AAAAAAAAAzI/wb4zL5YgA3Y/s1600-h/dscf0066RES.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Si22MkXL0ZI/AAAAAAAAAzI/wb4zL5YgA3Y/s400/dscf0066RES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345128659794252178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Todas as sextas-feiras, faço de conta que não tenho nada que fazer e vou com as minhas filhas a uma oficina de escultura. A oficina é para crianças, mas como a mais pequena ainda não tinha a idade mínima para a poder inscrever, disseram-me que o poderia fazer se fosse também com ela. Melhor desculpa não podia eu ter arranjado... Evidentemente, passo o meu tempo a ajudá-las às duas, e não estou a fazer nada meu, mas ainda assim, estou a aprender imenso! E já tenho a cabeça cheia de ideias de coisas maravilhosas que poderia fazer com arame, papel e uma série de outros materiais. O que não deixa de ser engraçado, porque nunca me interessei por escultura nem pensei sequer em experimentar, pois sempre parti do princípio que não tinha jeito nem interesse pelo assunto. Entretanto, tenho-me divertido a valer a ajudar a mais velha com o seu sardão.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; Ainda está no princípio (faltam-lhe as patas da frente, o revestimento com papel, a pintura...) mas já gosto muito dele.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every Friday afternoon, I pretend I have nothing to do and I go with my two daughters to a great sculpture workshop. It is a workshop for children, but since my younger one is too small to attend on her own, I was told I had to be there with her. What better excuse could I have found? Of course I spend my time helping the girls and not doing anything of my own, but the truth is I am learning a lot! My head is already full of ideas of great things I could do with wire, paper and an array of other materials. Which is really funny, for I never even thougt of giving sculpture a try, I've just always assumed it was not my thing.  But meanwhile, I'm just having lots of fun helping my oldest daughter with her amazing ocellated lizard. It's still in the beginning (the front legs are missing, as well as the paper "coat", the painting...) but I already love it!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-5640089855440939093?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/5640089855440939093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=5640089855440939093' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5640089855440939093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5640089855440939093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/06/ocellated-lizard.html' title='Ocellated lizard'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Si22MkXL0ZI/AAAAAAAAAzI/wb4zL5YgA3Y/s72-c/dscf0066RES.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-7915205752396834206</id><published>2009-05-26T14:53:00.013+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-26T16:51:19.967+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>New books in the mail</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Shv0zc_wpmI/AAAAAAAAAyc/LovmmDmFmkw/s1600-h/dscf0154.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Shv0zc_wpmI/AAAAAAAAAyc/LovmmDmFmkw/s320/dscf0154.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340130947971982946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;      &lt;style type="text/css"&gt;  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 2cm }   P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }  --&gt;  &lt;/style&gt;  &lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" align="left" lang="pt-PT"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:Albany AMT,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Depois de consultar uma série de colegas, de folhear livros emprestados e de fazer buscas na internet, acabámos, finalmente, por escolher e encomendar um guia de campo de identificação de libelinhas e um atlas da flora espanhola (que serve para a maioria das plantas de Portugal). Chegaram ambos esta semana pelo correio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" align="left" lang="pt-PT"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:Albany AMT,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;O guia de libelinhas possui fotografias e ilustrações de grande qualidade, não só dos animais completos (machos, fêmeas, juvenis e variações em cada um, sempre que relevante), como de pequenos pormenores anatómicos, sempre que sejam importantes para distinguir as espécies. É um mundo fascinante, de insuspeitável variedade e complexidade, eu diria que muito mais que o das borboletas, que ultimamente têm ocupado os nossos dias...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left" lang="pt-PT"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Shv1B82nXzI/AAAAAAAAAyk/31UC_mQRk6o/s1600-h/dscf0155.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 281px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Shv1B82nXzI/AAAAAAAAAyk/31UC_mQRk6o/s320/dscf0155.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340131197041729330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" align="left" lang="pt-PT"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:Albany AMT,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;O atlas da flora é um mundo, em dois volumes de mais de 700 páginas cada um... Está muito bem feito, com chaves dicotómicas que permitem identificar famílias e espécies, mas não é tão bonito como o das libelinhas, pois é ilustrado maioritariamente com fotografia, limitando-se as ilustrações a pequenos detalhes importantes para a distinção de certas espécies. E neste campo, já se sabe, eu sou um tanto tendenciosa! Seja como for, neste caso, o lado prático da questão é o mais importante, e o objectivo primeiro é o de conseguir melhorar os meus conhecimentos botânicos e identificar correctamente as espécies que me vão despertando a curiosidade. Vamos ver como me saio! Quem sabe um dia, retomo uma ideia antiga que em tempos discuti com um amigo botânico, de fazermos um guia da flora desta região, com textos dele e ilustrações minhas (como se não tivesse já o suficiente que fazer...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-align: center;" lang="pt-PT"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/ShwLlfsj2jI/AAAAAAAAAy0/lPV9cUvUqHE/s1600-h/9788484762737.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 89px; height: 128px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/ShwLlfsj2jI/AAAAAAAAAy0/lPV9cUvUqHE/s400/9788484762737.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340155996946029106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/ShwLtrLfPyI/AAAAAAAAAy8/UTkBmfF38dU/s1600-h/9788484760344.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 90px; height: 128px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/ShwLtrLfPyI/AAAAAAAAAy8/UTkBmfF38dU/s400/9788484760344.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340156137467494178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" align="left" lang="pt-PT"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:Albany AMT,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Olhando para os livros que acabam de chegar e vendo a paisagem através da janela, sinto-me cheia de sorte por viver aqui – um dos últimos “hotspots” de biodiversidade da Europa,  que de alguma forma tem conseguido sobreviver, apesar de todas as auto-estradas, parques eólicos, barragens e TGVs. Se ao menos um maior número de nós (políticos incluídos) tivesse consciência da incrível riqueza daquilo que ainda possuímos...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left" lang="pt-PT"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Shv1RDDP5aI/AAAAAAAAAys/KCQ2cOq_UYw/s1600-h/dscf0151.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Shv1RDDP5aI/AAAAAAAAAys/KCQ2cOq_UYw/s320/dscf0151.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340131456403367330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);" align="left" lang="en-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Albany AMT,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;After consulting with several colleagues, browsing through borrowed books and searching the web, we've finally chose and ordered a field guide to dragonflies and an atlas of the Iberian flora. Both arrived this week!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);" align="left" lang="en-GB"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Albany AMT,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The dragonflies field guide has photographs and high quality illustrations, not just of the whole animals (males, females, juveniles and individual variations whenever relevant), as well as little anatomical details, whenever they are important to allow identification. It is a fascinating world of unsuspected diversity and complexity – I would say much more than that of butterflies, which have been filling our days lately..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);" align="left" lang="en-GB"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Albany AMT,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The atlas of flora is a whole world inside two volumes of more than 700 pages each... It is a great work with keys that allow the identification of plant families and species but not as pretty as the dragonfly guide, for most of the pictures are photographs and illustrations resume to small black and white details needed to identify some of the species. And in this field, you know, I always prefer if everything is illustrated! Anyway, the practical side of the matter is what counts here and I believe this is the closest thing I can get to a thorough identification guide. Let's see how I manage to improve my botanical knowledge and my identification skills! Who knows one day I'll pick up an old idea once discussed with a botanist friend of creating a plant guide of our region, written by him and illustrated by me&lt;span lang="pt-PT"&gt; (as if I haven't enough to do already...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);" align="left" lang="en-GB"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Albany AMT,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;All in all, looking at these books that have just arrived and looking outside through my window, I feel really lucky to live in one of the last of Europe's biodiversity hotspots that somehow manages to strive despite all the highways, windfarms, dams and high speed trains that lurk in the horizon. If only a larger part of us (politicians included) was aware of the incredible richness we still have...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-7915205752396834206?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/7915205752396834206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=7915205752396834206' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7915205752396834206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7915205752396834206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-books-in-mail.html' title='New books in the mail'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Shv0zc_wpmI/AAAAAAAAAyc/LovmmDmFmkw/s72-c/dscf0154.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-1904428464404645891</id><published>2009-05-11T01:46:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T00:41:55.691Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature walks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Ai que prazer / Ah, how delightful</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sgd18jBbk1I/AAAAAAAAAx0/Xrniao6RwH0/s1600-h/dscf0071RES.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 356px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sgd18jBbk1I/AAAAAAAAAx0/Xrniao6RwH0/s320/dscf0071RES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334361966697485138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;style type="text/css"&gt;  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 2cm }   P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }  --&gt;  &lt;/style&gt;  &lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;O trabalho ainda é muito, mas pelo menos abrandou o suficiente para nos permitir usufruir de um fim de semana inteirinho sem qualquer espécie de trabalho e sem problemas de consciência de maior. Houve tempo para dois passeios pelo campo, um deles com piquenique, visitas de amigos e até um pouco de trabalho na horta.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="pt-PT"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sgd3ANl4TeI/AAAAAAAAAyM/Bzb8KX28ckU/s1600-h/p1000389.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 165px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sgd3ANl4TeI/AAAAAAAAAyM/Bzb8KX28ckU/s200/p1000389.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334363129175887330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sgd3UfEcfPI/AAAAAAAAAyU/KVU4p_plZNw/s1600-h/p1000386.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 166px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sgd3UfEcfPI/AAAAAAAAAyU/KVU4p_plZNw/s200/p1000386.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334363477464874226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Como calculam, houve identificação de borboletas, muito suor à volta de plantas irritantemente comuns mas difíceis de identificar e até uns rabiscos (a propósito das plantas, se alguém conhecer um bom guia de flores da Península Ibérica , aplicável às zonas interiores e não apenas às costas e ilhas, por favor, avise-me). Mas só um bocadinho, porque me estava a saber tão bem o simples acto de não fazer mais nada a não ser olhar para as miúdas a correrem pelos lameiros fora, deitar-me na erva fresca e olhar para cima, para o céu por entre os ramos verdes das árvores – há lá coisa melhor?... De repente, vieram-me à cabeça as palavras de um poema de &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Pessoa"&gt;Fernando Pessoa&lt;/a&gt; (coisa bem menos usual em mim, que não sou apreciadora de poesia, do que um fim de semana sem trabalho). Ele aqui fica:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;LIBERDADE&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Ai que prazer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Não cumprir um dever,  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Ter um livro para ler  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;E não o fazer!  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Ler é maçada,  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Estudar é nada.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;O Sol doira  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Sem literatura.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;O rio corre bem ou mal,  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Sem edição original.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;E a brisa, essa,  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;De tão naturalmente matinal,  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Como tem tempo não tem pressa...  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Livros são papéis pintados com tinta.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Estudar é uma coisa em que está indistinta  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;A distinção entre nada e coisa nenhuma.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Quanto é melhor quando há bruma,  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Esperar por D.Sebastião,  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Quer venha ou não!  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Grande é a poesia, a bondade e as danças...  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Mas o melhor do Mundo são as crianças,  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Flores música, o luar, e o Sol, que peca  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Só quando, em vez de criar, seca.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;E mais do que isto  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;É Jesus Cristo,  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Que não sabia nada de finanças  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Nem consta que tivesse biblioteca...&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" lang="pt-PT"&gt;P.S. O desenho grosseiro, feito com uma caneta à prova de água demasiado grossa (estava com demasiada preguiça para procurar uma mais fina) é de uma das plantas que não conseguimos identificar. As borboletas foram identificadas com a ajuda do excelente guia “Borboletas de Portugal”, editado por E. Maravalhas e disponível no &lt;a href="http://www.tagis.org/"&gt;Tagis &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tagis.org/"&gt;(da esquerda para a direita: Lycaena phlaeas e Issoria lathonia)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="pt-PT"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sgd18i3fvcI/AAAAAAAAAx8/wnzqrhHWhGU/s1600-h/p1000377RES.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sgd18i3fvcI/AAAAAAAAAx8/wnzqrhHWhGU/s320/p1000377RES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334361966655815106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="pt-PT"&gt;Work is still heavy, but at least it has slowed down enough for us to be able to enjoy a proper weekend without major self recrimination – this weekend there was absolutely no work at all – yay! There was time for two walks, one of them including a picnic, visits from friends and a bit of work in the vegetable garden.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="pt-PT"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sgd185rdhTI/AAAAAAAAAyE/aHUitP4Lb3A/s1600-h/p1000399RES.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sgd185rdhTI/AAAAAAAAAyE/aHUitP4Lb3A/s320/p1000399RES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334361972779353394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="pt-PT"&gt;As you're probably guessing, there was time for butterflies identification, lots of struggling with flowers identification (anyone with a good suggestion of a  field guide for inland Iberia, please come forward) and even a bit of drawing. But just a tiny little bit of each, because I was so enjoying the act of doing nothing but looking at the kids running across the green fields, lying in the grass and looking up at the sky through the green branches of the trees (is there something better in the world than that?)... Suddenly, the words from a poem by &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Pessoa"&gt;Fernando Pessoa&lt;/a&gt; came to my mind (something even more unusual for me, not being a poetry lover, than being able to enjoy a proper weekend...):&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="pt-PT"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;" lang="pt-PT"&gt;LIBERTY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ah, how delightful&lt;br /&gt;Not to do one's duty,&lt;br /&gt;Having a book to read&lt;br /&gt;And not read it!&lt;br /&gt;Reading's a bore,&lt;br /&gt;Studying's worthless.&lt;br /&gt;The sun gilds things&lt;br /&gt;Without literature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Willy nilly runs the rivers&lt;br /&gt;Without an original edition.&lt;br /&gt;And the breeze, this very one,&lt;br /&gt;So natural, matutinal,&lt;br /&gt;Since it has time, its in no hurry...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Books are papers daubed with ink.&lt;br /&gt;Study's the thing where the distinction&lt;br /&gt;Is unclear between nothing and nothing at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When there's fog, so much the better&lt;br /&gt;To wait for King Sebastian's return -&lt;br /&gt;Whether he comes or not!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poetry is grand, and goodness too, and dancing...&lt;br /&gt;But best of all are children,&lt;br /&gt;Flowers, music, moonlight, and the sun&lt;br /&gt;That sins only when aborting and not bearing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And more than all of this&lt;br /&gt;Is Jesus Christ&lt;br /&gt;Who knew nothing of finances&lt;br /&gt;Nor even claimed he had a library...&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-PT"&gt;P.S. The coarse drawing, done with a waterproof pen too thick in my notebook (I was too lazy to reach for the finer one) is of one of the plants we were not able to identify. The butterflies were identified with the help of the great guide “Borboletas de Portugal”, edited by E. Maravalhas and available at &lt;a href="http://www.tagis.org/"&gt;Tagis. (left to right: Lycaena phlaeas and Issoria lathonia)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-1904428464404645891?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/1904428464404645891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=1904428464404645891' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1904428464404645891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1904428464404645891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/05/ai-que-prazer-ah-how-delightful.html' title='Ai que prazer / Ah, how delightful'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sgd18jBbk1I/AAAAAAAAAx0/Xrniao6RwH0/s72-c/dscf0071RES.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-7592281832338998363</id><published>2009-05-05T17:44:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T18:57:15.787+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhibitions'/><title type='text'>Olhão - um património a descobrir</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBw8B5KreI/AAAAAAAAAxc/EnOEkPlgKgI/s1600-h/capa+olha%3Fo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBw8B5KreI/AAAAAAAAAxc/EnOEkPlgKgI/s320/capa+olha%3Fo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332386135409339874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Se estiveram na semana passada na EXPOMAR, em Olhão (6º Feira do Mar e das Actividades Náuticas), com certeza que não deixaram de ver a exposição de Ilustração Científica dedicada ao património natural do concelho de Olhão. A exposição incluiu 32 trabalhos feitos ao longo dos últimos anos pelo meu amigo&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);" href="http://www.efecorreia-artstudio.com"&gt;Fernando Correia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;. Para quem não pôde estar lá, aqui fica uma amostra dos seus trabalhos. Quem quiser conhecer mais, pode sempre comprar o livro do Fernando&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;"Olhão - um património a descobrir", uma edição da Câmara Municipal de Olhão.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBxDV6hf3I/AAAAAAAAAxk/3zg1EH8-H44/s1600-h/07.Peixe+galo-ZEUS+FABER.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBxDV6hf3I/AAAAAAAAAxk/3zg1EH8-H44/s320/07.Peixe+galo-ZEUS+FABER.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332386261042823026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If you've happened to be in Olhão's EXPOMAR last week (the 6th Fair of the Sea and Nautical Activities), I'm sure you didn't miss the Science Illustration Exhibition dedicated to the natural heritage of this region of the Algarve. The exhibition included 32 illustrations by my friend &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://www.efecorreia-artstudio.com"&gt;Fernando Correia&lt;/a&gt;. For those who didn't make it, here is a sample of his work. If you want to know more, you can always get his book &lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;"Olhão - um património a descobrir", an edition of the Olhão Town Council.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBxJQugUVI/AAAAAAAAAxs/MP4bBeYY7Ww/s1600-h/16.gaivota-asas-escuras+Larus+fuscus+ssp.+graellsii-gla%5Endula.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBxJQugUVI/AAAAAAAAAxs/MP4bBeYY7Ww/s320/16.gaivota-asas-escuras+Larus+fuscus+ssp.+graellsii-gla%5Endula.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332386362729451858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-7592281832338998363?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/7592281832338998363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=7592281832338998363' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7592281832338998363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7592281832338998363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/05/olhao-um-patrimonio-descobrir.html' title='Olhão - um património a descobrir'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBw8B5KreI/AAAAAAAAAxc/EnOEkPlgKgI/s72-c/capa+olha%3Fo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-5080465717423165033</id><published>2009-05-05T15:59:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T00:41:55.692Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature walks'/><title type='text'>Spring Walk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBUw5X98GI/AAAAAAAAAw0/BCZNC1V38O8/s1600-h/p1000254RES.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBUw5X98GI/AAAAAAAAAw0/BCZNC1V38O8/s320/p1000254RES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332355157818470498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Este fim de semana voltámos ao vale onde estivemos há dois meses para um belo passeio primaveril e eu aproveitei para tirar uma fotografia do mesmo local que mostrei no post anterior. A diferença é impressionante e mostra bem como a Primavera chegou de vez.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Vimos e identificámos muitas espécies de borboletas e várias plantas (mas decididamente, preciso de melhorar os meus conhecimentos neste campo!). Aqui ficam algumas imagens (todas as borboletas foram soltas após terem sido identificadas, claro está).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBY0BBLurI/AAAAAAAAAxU/fZECXliLYF4/s1600-h/p1000232RES.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 135px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBY0BBLurI/AAAAAAAAAxU/fZECXliLYF4/s200/p1000232RES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332359609456507570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBYptu7xkI/AAAAAAAAAxM/tjFvOnJZlkE/s1600-h/p1000264RES.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBYptu7xkI/AAAAAAAAAxM/tjFvOnJZlkE/s200/p1000264RES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332359432480998978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This weekend we went back to the valley for a wonderful spring walk and I took a picture of the same landscape I published in my last post. What a difference in just two months!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spring is definitely all around and we saw and identified many butterflies, and several wild flowers (I do have to improve my skills, here!). Here are a few pictures (all butterflies were released after identification, of course).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBXNa7ZJ1I/AAAAAAAAAw8/jREtYpp8iLs/s1600-h/p1000295.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBXNa7ZJ1I/AAAAAAAAAw8/jREtYpp8iLs/s200/p1000295.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332357846885017426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBXs57HRdI/AAAAAAAAAxE/Hd9eRAeaq98/s1600-h/p1000274.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 151px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBXs57HRdI/AAAAAAAAAxE/Hd9eRAeaq98/s200/p1000274.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332358387781289426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-5080465717423165033?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/5080465717423165033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=5080465717423165033' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5080465717423165033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5080465717423165033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/05/spring-walk.html' title='Spring Walk'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SgBUw5X98GI/AAAAAAAAAw0/BCZNC1V38O8/s72-c/p1000254RES.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-4660342547547907513</id><published>2009-04-29T10:18:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T02:15:08.763+01:00</updated><title type='text'>FELIZ DIA DA TERRA / HAPPY EARTH DAY!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sfgg0jqzYSI/AAAAAAAAAws/43eCOaOCrBI/s1600-h/p1000072res.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sfgg0jqzYSI/AAAAAAAAAws/43eCOaOCrBI/s320/p1000072res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330046246293037346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;style type="text/css"&gt;  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 2cm }   P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }  --&gt;  &lt;/style&gt;  &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I am the Earth and the Earth is me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Each blade of grass, each honey tree,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Each bit of mud, and stick and stone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Is blood and muscle, skin and bone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;And just as I need every bit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;of me to make my body fit,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;So Earth needs grass and stone and tree&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;And things that grow here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Naturally.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;That's why we celebrate this day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;That's why across the world we say:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;As long as life, as dear, as free,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I am the Earth and the Earth is me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Com algum atraso, porque não tenho estado por cá, aqui ficam, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; em celebração do Dia da Terra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;, este bonito poema de &lt;a href="http://www.janeyolen.com/"&gt;Jane Yolen&lt;/a&gt;, e uma lindíssima paisagem do Nordeste Transmontano, tirada perto de nossa casa, há dois meses atrás.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:85%;" &gt;With some delay, because I've been away for the whole week, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:85%;" &gt;here is my celebration of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:85%;" &gt; Earth Day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:85%;" &gt;, with a beautiful poem by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(67, 128, 89);font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);" href="http://www.janeyolen.com/"&gt;Jane Yolen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;, and a picture of one of the wonderful landscapes of the Portuguese Northeast, taken near our home, two months ago.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-4660342547547907513?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/4660342547547907513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=4660342547547907513' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/4660342547547907513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/4660342547547907513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/04/feliz-dia-da-terra-happy-earth-day.html' title='FELIZ DIA DA TERRA / HAPPY EARTH DAY!'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sfgg0jqzYSI/AAAAAAAAAws/43eCOaOCrBI/s72-c/p1000072res.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-2559808846348311648</id><published>2009-04-12T17:46:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-12T17:49:53.163+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Happy Easter! / Feliz Páscoa!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SeIbkhCJCnI/AAAAAAAAAwk/z54XiH9ylio/s1600-h/dscf0120.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SeIbkhCJCnI/AAAAAAAAAwk/z54XiH9ylio/s320/dscf0120.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323848023661939314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;Desejo a todos uma feliz Páscoa,com uma imagem da única coisa que consegui pintar (com as crianças) durante as últimas semanas!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wishing you all a happy Easter, with the only thing I've been managing to paint (with the kids) in the last weeks!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-2559808846348311648?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/2559808846348311648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=2559808846348311648' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2559808846348311648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2559808846348311648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-easter-feliz-pascoa.html' title='Happy Easter! / Feliz Páscoa!'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SeIbkhCJCnI/AAAAAAAAAwk/z54XiH9ylio/s72-c/dscf0120.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-7910258946576195368</id><published>2009-03-24T14:34:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-03-24T14:50:47.286Z</updated><title type='text'>Desafio - a 6ª foto</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Scjw44Yf3aI/AAAAAAAAAwc/PuDh_YymQ70/s1600-h/dsc00360.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Scjw44Yf3aI/AAAAAAAAAwc/PuDh_YymQ70/s320/dsc00360.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316764220109348258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em resposta ao desafio da &lt;a href="http://publicarparapartilhar.blogspot.com/"&gt;RUTE&lt;/a&gt;, segundo o qual devemos publicar a 6ªa foto da 6ª pasta do arquivo das fotos do nosso computador, aqui fica o que encontrei. Na verdade, fiz um bocadinho de batota, pois esta não é a 6ª, mas sim a 9ªa foto da pasta. É que na 6ª, 7ª e 8ª apareciam as minhas filhas em grande plano, e eu não gosto de as exibir assim. Quando forem maiores, elas decidirão se querem aparecer. Esta é uma fotografia da Bolota, uma das nossas cadelas, que infelizmente já morreu. A fotografia foi tirada em 2008, durante um intervalo num concurso canino. Entretanto, dêem uma espreitadela ao blog da Rute, pois vale a pena.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In reply to &lt;a href="http://publicarparapartilhar.blogspot.com/"&gt;RUTE's&lt;/a&gt;  challenge, according to which we should publish the 6th picture in the 6th file inside our PC's pictures' file, here's what I found. In reality, I did a little cheating, for this is not the 6th, but the 9th picture. The other three had my daughters in the foreground and I don't like to expose them like that. When they grow up, they'll decide if they want to show up. This is a picture of Bolota, one of our dogs, unfortunately not alive anymore. It was taken in 2008, during a break in a Dog Show. Meanwhile, go take a peek at RUTE's blog, it is worth a visit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-7910258946576195368?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/7910258946576195368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=7910258946576195368' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7910258946576195368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7910258946576195368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/03/desafio-6-foto.html' title='Desafio - a 6ª foto'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Scjw44Yf3aI/AAAAAAAAAwc/PuDh_YymQ70/s72-c/dsc00360.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-9123978006152340967</id><published>2009-03-11T17:24:00.008Z</published><updated>2009-03-11T17:52:47.204Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhibitions'/><title type='text'>Exhibition</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sbf1XssWMdI/AAAAAAAAAwE/Qpk8IXc23Kg/s1600-h/p1000137.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sbf1XssWMdI/AAAAAAAAAwE/Qpk8IXc23Kg/s320/p1000137.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311984072989749714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Na segunda-feira passada fui com as miúdas à abertura de mais uma exposição no &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/index.html"&gt;Espaço História &amp;amp; Arte&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;, do fotógrafo espanhol &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);" href="http://www.carmelocalvo.com/"&gt;Carmelo Calvo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Embora os enquadramentos urbanos não estejam entre os meus temas preferidos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;, estas imagens têm todas uma luz e um grão que lhes confere uma certa aura de mistério, que me agradou bastante.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last Monday I went with the kids  to the opening of a photography exhibition by &lt;a href="http://www.carmelocalvo.com/"&gt;Carmelo Calvo&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/index.html"&gt;Espaço História &amp;amp; Arte&lt;/a&gt;. Despite the fact that the urban settings are not among my favourite themes, these pictures have all misty look about them that I really liked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sbf268lrUoI/AAAAAAAAAwM/ALk2hrjKpE4/s1600-h/p1000139.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sbf268lrUoI/AAAAAAAAAwM/ALk2hrjKpE4/s320/p1000139.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311985778063790722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Depois de darem uma vista de olhos, as miúdas decidiram que também queriam criar qualquer coisa, por isso enfiaram-se nos escritórios da galeria a desenhar (sempre que aqui vimos, dá-lhes uma inspiração repentina...) E eu aproveitei para tirar mais uma fotografia através da janela interior, apanhando algumas das muitas pessoas que vieram à abertura da exposição e também um dos meus trabalhos preferidos do artista residente João Ferreira - a impressionante louva-a-deus que se vê do lado direito da imagem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After looking around, the girls decided they wanted to make some art too so off they went to the gallery office and started to draw (they always feel an urge of inspiration whenever they come here...) And I took the chance to take another picture through the window at some of the many people that attended the opening and catch as well one of my favourite sculptures by resident artist João Ferreira - the amazing Mantis you can see at the right side of the image.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sbf3JHDabcI/AAAAAAAAAwU/0aySolotjyU/s1600-h/p1000142.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sbf3JHDabcI/AAAAAAAAAwU/0aySolotjyU/s320/p1000142.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311986021391035842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-9123978006152340967?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/9123978006152340967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=9123978006152340967' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/9123978006152340967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/9123978006152340967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/03/exhibition.html' title='Exhibition'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sbf1XssWMdI/AAAAAAAAAwE/Qpk8IXc23Kg/s72-c/p1000137.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-3462837485891369846</id><published>2009-03-05T12:13:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-03-05T12:21:30.003Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plants'/><title type='text'>Signs of Spring</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sa_Dkyqpe1I/AAAAAAAAAv8/5equ5_4FSsg/s1600-h/Dente-de-leao.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sa_Dkyqpe1I/AAAAAAAAAv8/5equ5_4FSsg/s320/Dente-de-leao.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309677522536463186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Apesar de ainda estar bastante frio, os sinais da aproximação da Primavera aumentam a cada dia que passa. A semana passada vimos o primeiro dente-de-leão em flor deste ano e a minha filha mais velha fotografou as primeiras joaninhas da estação. Fica uma ilustração do primeiro, feita em acrílicos sobre papel de aguarela.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although it's still cold, spring is definitely arriving and we've been noticing more signs as each day goes by. Last week we saw dandelions blooming for the first time this year and my older daughter took pictures of the first ladybirds of the season. Here's an illustration of the first one, rendered in acrylics on watercolour paper.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-3462837485891369846?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/3462837485891369846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=3462837485891369846' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3462837485891369846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3462837485891369846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/03/signs-of-spring.html' title='Signs of Spring'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Sa_Dkyqpe1I/AAAAAAAAAv8/5equ5_4FSsg/s72-c/Dente-de-leao.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-2800695696551996116</id><published>2009-02-19T23:48:00.008Z</published><updated>2009-02-20T00:17:33.725Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wildlife'/><title type='text'>Moorhen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SZ3wilHDYNI/AAAAAAAAAvs/rT6SAefSxsE/s1600-h/Galinha-de-%C3%A1guaRes.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 232px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SZ3wilHDYNI/AAAAAAAAAvs/rT6SAefSxsE/s400/Galinha-de-%C3%A1guaRes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304660412980224210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Fiz esta ilustração de uma galinha-de-água há muito tempo atrás e decidi repescá-la porque hoje vimos três destas aves no parque da cidade, ao pé do rio. Conseguimos aproximar-nos, mas assim que chegávamos demasiado perto, elas fugiam para a vegetação, para voltarem a saír apenas uns segundos mais tarde, assim que voltavam a sentir-se seguras. É um óptimo sítio para voltar com tempo, um par de binóculos, o caderno dos desenhos e uma máquina fotográfica com um bom zoom - certam&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;ente não aquela que eu levava e com a qual tirei esta fotografia a uma delas, em boa camaradagem com um pombo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; Depois de ver esta ave ao vivo outra vez, fico com a sensação que a minha ilustração não lhe fez justiça. A galinha-de-água é uma ave de aspecto delicado e gracioso e eu fi-la parecer demasiado pesada. Quer-me parecer que vou mesmo ter que voltar ao parque de caderno de desenhos na mão...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SZ3zKuaxE9I/AAAAAAAAAv0/5hIZbksCMzo/s1600-h/dscf0099RES.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SZ3zKuaxE9I/AAAAAAAAAv0/5hIZbksCMzo/s320/dscf0099RES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304663301696852946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did this illustration of a Moorhen a long time ago. I decided to pick it up, because today, we saw three of the in the town's park, along the river. We managed to get closer to them, but as soon as we got too close, they ran into the vegetation, to come out again within just a few seconds, as soon as they felt safe again. It's a great place to go back with time, a pair of binoculars, a sketchbook and a camera with a good zoom - certainly not the one I was carrying and allowed me to take this picture of one of them, in good companionship with a pigeon. After looking at the real thing again, I now find my illustration doesn't make justice to it. Moorhens are delicate and graceful and I made it look too heavy. I guess I do have to go back to the park, sketchbook in hand...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SZ3zKuaxE9I/AAAAAAAAAv0/5hIZbksCMzo/s1600-h/dscf0099RES.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-2800695696551996116?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/2800695696551996116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=2800695696551996116' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2800695696551996116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2800695696551996116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/02/moorhen.html' title='Moorhen'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SZ3wilHDYNI/AAAAAAAAAvs/rT6SAefSxsE/s72-c/Galinha-de-%C3%A1guaRes.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-2569942450778289178</id><published>2009-02-12T15:12:00.005Z</published><updated>2012-01-09T00:56:18.828Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature walks'/><title type='text'>Collecting</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SZQ-4zm4FvI/AAAAAAAAAvk/h2jrtah8q2A/s1600-h/dscf0059.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 257px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SZQ-4zm4FvI/AAAAAAAAAvk/h2jrtah8q2A/s400/dscf0059.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301931806968780530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Ainda sem tempo para desenhar. Mas pelo menos, tenho conseguido dar uns pequenos passeios ao fim do dia. Às vezes, entre mim e as miúdas, trazemos para casa pequenos objectos que lhes chamaram a atenção (uma pedra, um líquene) ou que eu gostaria de desenhar (os dois paus retorcidos). Daqui a uns dias, quem sabe...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No time for drawing, yet. But at least, I've been going out for short walks in the afternoon and sometimes, between me and the kids, we bring home small things that either caught their attention (a piece of limestone, a lichen) or that I'd like to draw (such as the two twisted twigs). In a few days, maybe...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-2569942450778289178?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/2569942450778289178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=2569942450778289178' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2569942450778289178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2569942450778289178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/02/collecting.html' title='Collecting'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SZQ-4zm4FvI/AAAAAAAAAvk/h2jrtah8q2A/s72-c/dscf0059.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-3367468628627207510</id><published>2009-02-02T15:24:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-02-02T16:50:47.541Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Currently reading...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SYcSgnPgimI/AAAAAAAAAvc/rDboc61Br5o/s1600-h/Nature+Study.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 323px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SYcSgnPgimI/AAAAAAAAAvc/rDboc61Br5o/s400/Nature+Study.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298223838123821666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Durante as minhas pesquisas na internet a propósito do ensino doméstico, encontrei um blogue muito interessante chamado &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);" href="http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Handbook of Nature Study&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;. É o diário das explorações pelo mundo natural de uma família americana. Para além do relato das suas experiências, ilustrado com belas fotografias, é costume lançarem regularmente desafios à participação de outras famílias, com base nas actividades propostas num livro antigo (1922), mas cheio de informações correctas e interessantes. O livro está disponível &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" href="http://www.archive.org/details/handbookofnature002506mbp"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;aqui&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; de forma gratuita, uma vez que já se encontra no domínio público, e foi assim que o comecei a ler. Estou a gostar muito, e cheia de vontade de pegar no caderno dos desenhos e ir para o campo...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During my web browsing through homeschooling subjects, I came across a wonderful blog called&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" href="http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Handbook of Nature Study&lt;/a&gt;. It is the online nature journal of an American family, illustrated with fine pictures and hosting regular challenges to other families based on &lt;span&gt;Anna Comstock's book Handbook of Nature Study. It's an old book &lt;/span&gt;(1922) but full of correct and very interesting information.&lt;br /&gt;The book is available &lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" href="http://www.archive.org/details/handbookofnature002506mbp"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for free download. I'm just starting to read it and already loving it, urging to pick up my sketchbook and go out to the field...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-3367468628627207510?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/3367468628627207510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=3367468628627207510' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3367468628627207510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3367468628627207510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/02/currently-reading.html' title='Currently reading...'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SYcSgnPgimI/AAAAAAAAAvc/rDboc61Br5o/s72-c/Nature+Study.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-1337013072332000612</id><published>2009-01-29T17:00:00.005Z</published><updated>2012-01-09T00:41:55.692Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature walks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Winter Walk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SYHhKzKA0HI/AAAAAAAAAus/60baMFKcQ5A/s1600-h/dscf0004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SYHhKzKA0HI/AAAAAAAAAus/60baMFKcQ5A/s400/dscf0004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296762212411560050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Um curto passeio de Inverno com as miúdas revelou-se uma boa oportunidade para um desenho. Elas fizeram o mesmo, até sermos interrompidas pela chuva, e obrigadas a correr de volta para casa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A small walk on a winter day with the kids turned out a nice opportunity for sketching. And they did their share to, until it started raining too much and we had to run back home:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SYJEkwcdKvI/AAAAAAAAAu0/1NtTISc7ub8/s1600-h/dscf0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SYJEkwcdKvI/AAAAAAAAAu0/1NtTISc7ub8/s200/dscf0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296871510011357938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SYJE10BB6mI/AAAAAAAAAu8/XkgJ7uT9F6s/s1600-h/dscf0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SYJE10BB6mI/AAAAAAAAAu8/XkgJ7uT9F6s/s200/dscf0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296871803027843682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-1337013072332000612?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/1337013072332000612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=1337013072332000612' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1337013072332000612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1337013072332000612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/01/winter-walk.html' title='Winter Walk'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SYHhKzKA0HI/AAAAAAAAAus/60baMFKcQ5A/s72-c/dscf0004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-75643369318578967</id><published>2009-01-23T17:16:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-01-27T22:21:22.488Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhibitions'/><title type='text'>Kids and the Arts</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SXn72SpCesI/AAAAAAAAAto/fwQMhTjGT94/s1600-h/dscf0144Res.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SXn72SpCesI/AAAAAAAAAto/fwQMhTjGT94/s400/dscf0144Res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294539747086203586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Desde pequeninas que levamos as nossas miúdas a visitar exposições de artes plásticas. É um tema que me interessa e nunca me ocorreu deixá-las em casa para visitar sozinha uma exposição.  E ainda bem, porque vejo que é raro elas não gostarem verdadeiramente da visita. Nas poucas ocasiões em que não se interessaram pelos objectos expostos, gostaram dos espaços amplos, que aproveitaram para brincar. Mas não foi o caso desta exposição de máscaras de José António Nobre.  Gostaram mesmo muito e observaram cada uma em pormenor, reparando nos objectos do dia-a-dia nelas integrados: garfos, funis, passadores, peças de fruta, pedaços de cortiça… Tenho impressão que nos próximos dias vão começar a aparecer mascaras lá por casa. Só espero que não desapareçam muitos talheres...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SXn-Cl1-abI/AAAAAAAAAt4/g00fBLFB260/s1600-h/mascara1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 103px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SXn-Cl1-abI/AAAAAAAAAt4/g00fBLFB260/s200/mascara1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294542157422422450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SXn-PNGn7zI/AAAAAAAAAuA/juKpNekx4RY/s1600-h/mascara2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SXn-PNGn7zI/AAAAAAAAAuA/juKpNekx4RY/s200/mascara2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294542374119665458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SXn-buxxXsI/AAAAAAAAAuI/jm8yrj9n-eQ/s1600-h/mascara3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 104px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SXn-buxxXsI/AAAAAAAAAuI/jm8yrj9n-eQ/s200/mascara3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294542589317439170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since they were little, we've been taking our kids to arts exhibitions. It's something I enjoy and it never crossed my mind leaving them at home so that I could go alone to an exhibition. I'm glad I didn't, for I feel they are developing a taste for it. In the rare occasions where the art objects do not catch their attention, they always enjoy the open spaces which they use to play. But this was not the case of this exhibition by José António Nobre. They really enjoyed looking at his masks built in a variety of materials, and noticing the use of familiar objects like forks funnels, strainers and even fruit. I have a feeling that some masks will start being created at home in the next few days. I just hope that cutlery doesn't start disappearing...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-75643369318578967?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/75643369318578967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=75643369318578967' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/75643369318578967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/75643369318578967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2009/01/kids-and-arts.html' title='Kids and the Arts'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SXn72SpCesI/AAAAAAAAAto/fwQMhTjGT94/s72-c/dscf0144Res.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-7680447424758449591</id><published>2008-12-02T21:51:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-01-27T22:22:22.592Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Bats for everyone</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/STWvFSQCzPI/AAAAAAAAAg8/YNQCDeO5t_w/s1600-h/dscf0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/STWvFSQCzPI/AAAAAAAAAg8/YNQCDeO5t_w/s400/dscf0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275315043867741426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Este era o aspecto do meu estirador há umas semanas atrás. Estava a trabalhar numas ilustrações para um livro infantil sobre morcegos, escrito por uma amiga. De repente, as minhas duas filhas desataram a desenhar morcegos a toda a hora... e aqui ficam alguns dos resultados.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is how my desk looked some weeks ago. I was working on some illustrations for a kid's book on bats written by a friend. Suddenly, both my kids developed a weird urge to draw bats... and here are some of the results.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/STWvTY3eLAI/AAAAAAAAAhE/euUJDxINoVY/s1600-h/morcegoC.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/STWvTY3eLAI/AAAAAAAAAhE/euUJDxINoVY/s320/morcegoC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275315286161894402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/STWvakkM5eI/AAAAAAAAAhM/PrIQXIAYxRE/s1600-h/morcegoM.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/STWvakkM5eI/AAAAAAAAAhM/PrIQXIAYxRE/s320/morcegoM.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275315409561380322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-7680447424758449591?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/7680447424758449591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=7680447424758449591' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7680447424758449591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7680447424758449591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/12/bats-for-everyone.html' title='Bats for everyone'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/STWvFSQCzPI/AAAAAAAAAg8/YNQCDeO5t_w/s72-c/dscf0001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-8362157606723766948</id><published>2008-10-31T17:28:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:16:14.352Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SQt2bngvAZI/AAAAAAAAAg0/gq88Za_vdpA/s1600-h/dscf0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SQt2bngvAZI/AAAAAAAAAg0/gq88Za_vdpA/s400/dscf0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263430806347383186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Esta sou eu, vista e retratada pela minha filha mais velha, que tem 7 anos. Gosto imenso deste estilo Picasso-Modigliani (de notar que ela nem sequer sabe quem são). Ainda por cima, ficou parecido! No fim, fiquei a pensar se o Picasso ou o Modigliani não teriam crianças por perto, que os tivessem influenciado no seu trabalho. Quando tiver um tempinho, a ver se dou uma vista de olhos nas biografias deles...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is me, as seen and portrayed by my older daughter, who's 7. I love it's Picasso-Modigliani style (by the way, she doesn't even know who they are). And on top of it, it does look a bit like me! Also, it left me wondering whether Picasso and Modigliani had any kids around them to influence their art. I think I'll have a look into their biographies when I have a little time...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-8362157606723766948?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/8362157606723766948/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=8362157606723766948' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8362157606723766948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8362157606723766948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/10/portrait.html' title='Portrait'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SQt2bngvAZI/AAAAAAAAAg0/gq88Za_vdpA/s72-c/dscf0001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-1554347361310756112</id><published>2008-10-22T14:35:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:12:40.252Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Big chestnut tree</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SP8v4F-b2JI/AAAAAAAAAgY/Qc-sPG8Hz1c/s1600-h/dscf0128_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SP8v4F-b2JI/AAAAAAAAAgY/Qc-sPG8Hz1c/s400/dscf0128_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259975530515257490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Gosto muito de castanheiros, especialmente quando são velhos e têm grandes &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;troncos torcidos e cheios de buracos, que servem de refúgio a uma quantidade de animais selvagens. &lt;/span&gt;Um dia, quero fazer uma ilustração de um castanheiro, com todos os pormenores e texturas do tronco. Para já, este Verão, fiz um apontamento rápido no meu caderno, que aqui fica.Os soutos são uma paisagem característica desta região e agora entramos na época em que os ouriços começam a caír (ontem comprei as primeiras castanhas da estação). Em tempos uma peça fundamental da dieta, a castanha foi relegada para segundo plano quando a batata foi trazida para a Europa. Nesta região, contudo, a castanha continua a ser muito apreciada, para além de ter um papel importante na economia local. Eu sou uma apreciadora de castanhas: cruas ou cozinhadas, em pratos doces ou salgados.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love chestnut trees. Especially when they are old, they have massive trunks full of twists and holes and they are a refuge to a variety of wild species.  One day, I want to make a real illustration of a chestnut tree, with all the trunk details and textures. Meanwhile, this summer I made a small sketch. This region is full of chestnut groves and now is the time when they start shedding their chestnuts to the ground (yesterday I bought the first ones of the season). Once a fundamental part of the diet, the chestnut was relegated to a lesser role when the potato was introduced in Europe. In this region, though, it is still very much appreciated, and used in a variety of dishes, apart from playing an important role in the local economy. I love them raw or cooked in any way.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-1554347361310756112?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/1554347361310756112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=1554347361310756112' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1554347361310756112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1554347361310756112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/10/big-chestnut-tree.html' title='Big chestnut tree'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SP8v4F-b2JI/AAAAAAAAAgY/Qc-sPG8Hz1c/s72-c/dscf0128_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-3890070852487808367</id><published>2008-10-11T20:40:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:13:12.412Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhibitions'/><title type='text'>Science Illustration Class Exhibition</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SPEC4lBvJxI/AAAAAAAAAgA/bIsKO6aNkXM/s1600-h/expo_alunos_I_CIENT+037.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SPEC4lBvJxI/AAAAAAAAAgA/bIsKO6aNkXM/s400/expo_alunos_I_CIENT+037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255985411153405714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;A semana passada foi a inauguração da exposição dos trabalhos dos meus alunos do curso de Ilustração Científica. Apesar de nem todos os projectos que foram levados para casa terem sido terminados a tempo da exposição, as paredes estavam cobertas de excelentes trabalhos. Parabéns a todos! Se passarem por Bragança, podem vê-los ao vivo no  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/index.html"&gt;Espaço História &amp;amp; Arte&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; até ao final do mês de Outubro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week was the opening of the exhibition with my student's artwork. Although they did not finish in time all the projects they took home, the walls were covered with beautiful illustrations. Congratulations to all! If you stop by Bragança, you can visit the exhibition at &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/index.html"&gt;Espaço História &amp;amp; Arte&lt;/a&gt; until the end of the month.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-3890070852487808367?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/3890070852487808367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=3890070852487808367' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3890070852487808367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3890070852487808367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/10/scence-illustration-class-exhibition.html' title='Science Illustration Class Exhibition'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SPEC4lBvJxI/AAAAAAAAAgA/bIsKO6aNkXM/s72-c/expo_alunos_I_CIENT+037.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-3779448835844471866</id><published>2008-08-09T16:52:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:52:55.731Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Summer time</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SJ2-T29-k7I/AAAAAAAAAf4/hiwtekJST1A/s1600-h/piscina1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SJ2-T29-k7I/AAAAAAAAAf4/hiwtekJST1A/s400/piscina1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232547590456644530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SJ2-D7dO_cI/AAAAAAAAAfw/1A-FU50SeiY/s1600-h/piscina2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 143px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SJ2-D7dO_cI/AAAAAAAAAfw/1A-FU50SeiY/s200/piscina2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232547316783578562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No Verão há mais tempo para desenhar. As miúdas, no entanto, preferem nadar, e é preciso tomar conta delas. As braçadeiras, chinelos, toalhas e uma flor ou outra, tornam-se os motivos possíveis (caneta à prova de água e lápis de cor no caderno de desenhos).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summer time brings more time for sketching. The girls prefer to swim. I have to watch them, so slippers, arm bands, towels and the occasional flower are the handy subjects (water-proof pen on my sketchbook).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-3779448835844471866?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/3779448835844471866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=3779448835844471866' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3779448835844471866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3779448835844471866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/08/summer-time.html' title='Summer time'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SJ2-T29-k7I/AAAAAAAAAf4/hiwtekJST1A/s72-c/piscina1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-4847197397693122601</id><published>2008-07-30T23:06:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T01:13:25.703Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Music Festival</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SJGaeBx9BHI/AAAAAAAAAfI/luIlfb8qiM4/s1600-h/Pal%C3%A1cios.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SJGaeBx9BHI/AAAAAAAAAfI/luIlfb8qiM4/s400/Pal%C3%A1cios.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229130483018564722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;No fim de semana passado fomos a um festival de música tradicional, numa aldeia próxima. Começou com um pequeno concerto na igreja, com o Paulo Preto, dos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.galandum.co.pt/"&gt;Galandum Galundaina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;, e Emiliano Toste, um músico açoreano com uma voz lindíssima. A maior parte das pessoas da aldeia estava lá, incluindo bebés, avós e bisavós. E todos cantaram e todos entraram na discussão acerca do significado de uma palavra que aparecia numa velha canção (no final chegou-se à conclusão que era uma alfaia antiga, que alguns dos mais velhos ainda tinham usado). Depois do concerto na igreja, a festa continuou lá fora, com diferentes grupos de gaiteiros &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; de aldeias vizinhas, portuguesas e espanholas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;(a gaita-de-foles é um instrumento tradicional nesta região). Foi a primeira vez que fui a um festival de música organizado localmente, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;para&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; as pessoas locais. Havia visitantes de fora (como nós), e até um casal de turistas, mas tudo aquilo era verdadeiramente genuíno, o que se vem tornando raro. Como já se percebeu, gostei muito e fiquei cheia de vontade de lá voltar, daqui  um ano.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;O desenho foi feito na igreja, no final do concerto, quando uma das aldeãs mais velhas foi convidada a cantar algumas cantigas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last weekend we went to the most wonderful traditional music festival in a nearby village. It started with a small concert in the village's church by Paulo Preto from &lt;a href="http://www.galandum.co.pt/"&gt;Galandum Galundaina&lt;/a&gt; and Emiliano Toste, a musician from the Azores who has the most beautiful voice. Most of the villagers were there, babies, grandparents and grand-grandparents included. And they all sang and they all joined the discussion on the meaning of a particular word in an old song (it turned out to be an ancient agricultural instrument some of the older had still used). After the concert in the church, the party went on outside, with different bagpipes' groups (bagpipes are a regional tradition) from neighbour villages both in Portugal and Spain playing their music. It was the first time I went to a music festival organised by the local people &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; the local people. There were visitors, of course (like us), even a couple of tourists, but the whole thing was truly genuine, something that is becoming quite rare. Needless to say, I loved it and I want to go back next year.&lt;br /&gt;The sketch was done at the end of the church concert, when one of the older villagers was invited to sing a few songs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-4847197397693122601?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/4847197397693122601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=4847197397693122601' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/4847197397693122601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/4847197397693122601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/07/music-festival.html' title='Music Festival'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SJGaeBx9BHI/AAAAAAAAAfI/luIlfb8qiM4/s72-c/Pal%C3%A1cios.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-6266809614074325777</id><published>2008-07-24T09:33:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:27:13.670Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhibitions'/><title type='text'>Scraper board III</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SIhIfC5_lnI/AAAAAAAAAfA/6z__OBYGjMg/s1600-h/ilusFil.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SIhIfC5_lnI/AAAAAAAAAfA/6z__OBYGjMg/s200/ilusFil.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226507065756718706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SIhIT_n_obI/AAAAAAAAAe4/w1BI8cZ6apg/s1600-h/ilusNina.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SIhIT_n_obI/AAAAAAAAAe4/w1BI8cZ6apg/s200/ilusNina.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226506875897356722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Mais algumas ilustrações em curso feitas em scraper board pelos meus alunos. Se quiserem ver os trabalhos terminados, só têm que reservar um dia no início do Outono para vir até Bragança. Nessa altura, o &lt;a href="http://www.historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/"&gt;Espaço História &amp;amp; Arte&lt;/a&gt; albergará uma exposição dos trabalhos realizados ao longo do curso e posso garantir que a visita valerá a pena.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few more scraper board illustrations in progress from students. If you'd like to see the finished pieces, all you have to do is schedule a day to visit Bragança by the beginning of Fall. The &lt;a href="http://www.historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/"&gt;História &amp;amp; Arte gallery&lt;/a&gt; will be hosting an exhibition of the works finished throughout the class and I can assure you it will be worth a visit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-6266809614074325777?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/6266809614074325777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=6266809614074325777' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6266809614074325777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6266809614074325777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/07/mais-algumas-ilustraes-em-curso-feitas.html' title='Scraper board III'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SIhIfC5_lnI/AAAAAAAAAfA/6z__OBYGjMg/s72-c/ilusFil.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-8770965644270795306</id><published>2008-07-19T15:36:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:33:55.219Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhibitions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Time to see</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SIJo7GJBWSI/AAAAAAAAAeI/pBws3xA39Ko/s1600-h/dscf0024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 380px; height: 434px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SIJo7GJBWSI/AAAAAAAAAeI/pBws3xA39Ko/s400/dscf0024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224853882173217058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;!--   @page { margin: 2cm }   P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }  --&gt;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="pt-PT"&gt;Ontem fui com as miúdas à cidade, visitar o &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="pt-PT"&gt;recém-inaugurado &lt;a href="http://www.mensageironoticias.pt/noticia/543"&gt;Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais&lt;/a&gt;. Ainda estávamos a estacionar o carro e já passava diante dos nossos olhos uma imagem que se tornou comum durante as férias escolares: filas de crianças, guiadas por monitores, munidos de sonoros apitos (que&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="pt-PT"&gt; soam igualzinho aos da polícia), a caminho de mais uma actividade de ocupação dos tempos livres.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="pt-PT"&gt;Chegadas ao Centro (cuja entrada – que bom! - é gratuita até ao final do ano), fomos prevenidas por uma funcionária, para termos cuidado nas escadas, pois andavam vários grupos dos tempos livres a visitar as exposições. Achei a recomendação estranha, mas rapidamente percebi a razão... As crianças corriam, literalmente, de sala em sala, encarregadas de descobrir determinados pormenores nos quadros (um título, uma técnica, etc.), como parte de jogos organizados. Que giro, pensei, é uma maneira engraçada de lhes chamar a atenção para as obras que depois, podem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="pt-PT"&gt; observar com mais calma e outros olhos. Só que o depois não veio. Os grupos sucediam-se uns aos outros a uma velocidade vertiginosa e não havia tempo para mais nada. A certa altura cruzei-me com uma monitora que comentava com outra, visivelmente &lt;i&gt;stressada&lt;/i&gt;: “Temos que nos despachar, senão não conseguimos acabar, estão aí a chegar os outros quarenta!”. Enquanto nós víamos uma sala, passavam por nós dois ou mais grupos a correr. Que pena, pensei eu, que não tenham tempo para reparar no pormenor das folhas e das sementes coladas naquela tela que encantou a M. e a deixou a pensar em fazer “uns quadros das minhas histórias do Viki com umas colagens como estas”, ou para correrem na sala ampla, como a C., onde uma instalação nos permite deixar os nossos passos marcados no granulado espalhado pelo chão...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" align="left" lang="pt-PT"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; O&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; desenho rápido lá de cima foi feito no final da visita, na esplanada do café do centro, situada num pequeno mas agradável jardim. As miúdas correram na relva, brincaram com a água da fonte, de onde “salvaram” um bicho-de-conta, beberam um sumo e também fizeram desenhos. Passámos aqui uns 20 minutos, se tanto. Neste espaço de tempo, vimos chegar e partir três grupos de miúdos. Entravam em fila, sentavam-se nas cadeiras da esplanada com ar afogueado e ao fim de poucos minutos, sem terem tido tempo para beber uma água que fosse, já estavam outra vez a formar filas em direcção à saída, sob o olhar atento dos não menos afogueados monitores.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="pt-PT"&gt;Bem sei que para muitos miúdos, estas actividades são, provavelmente, a única oportunidade que terão de visitar um espaço como este. Mas há duas coisas importantes que estão em falta no meio de tudo isto: tempo e espaço. Para pararem e verem, em vez de correrem e olharem, para usufruírem do sítio onde estão ou, simplesmente, para não fazerem nada, se for isso que lhes apetecer. Como disse o jornalista João Pereira Coutinho, hoje “a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; criança nasce, não numa família mas numa pista de atletismo, com as barreiras da praxe: jardim-escola aos três, natação aos quatro, lições de piano aos cinco, escola aos seis. E um exército de professores explicadores, educadores e psicólogos, como se a criança fosse um potro de competição.” Esqueceu-se que a corrida começa normalmente mais cedo, aos quatro meses, quando o bebé vai para a ama. E que, aparentemente, não tem fim, pois nem nas férias os deixam descansar...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;              &lt;style type="text/css"&gt;  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 2cm }   P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }  --&gt;  &lt;/style&gt;  &lt;p class="western" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="left" lang="en-GB"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-family:arial;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SIIAkr7YIBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/uV6pV3BQ7pI/s1600-h/GB3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SIIAkr7YIBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/uV6pV3BQ7pI/s400/GB3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224739147970256914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;" align="left" lang="en-GB"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;Yesterday I took the kids to town, to visit the brand new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mensageironoticias.pt/noticia/543"&gt;Graça Morais Contemporaneous Art Centre&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt; We were still parking our car and we already had before our eyes what has become a typical school holiday scene: lines of children guided by instructors, armed with whistles (that sound just like those of the traffic police), heading for one more holiday activity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;" align="left" lang="en-GB"&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;When we arrived at the Centre (free entrance until the end of the year – cool!), we were warned by the workers “Be careful in the stairs, there are several holiday activity groups visiting the exhibitions”. I found the recommendation weird, but soon understood the reason for it... The children ran – literally! - from room to room searching for specific details in the paintings (a title, a technique, etc.), as part of some organised game/contest. How nice, I thought, it's a clever way to call their attention to the pieces which they can later look at more quietly and with a different perspective. The thing is, that later moment did not happen. The&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;groups of children followed each other at an astonishing speed and there wasn't time for anything else. At a certain point, I overheard an exchange of words between two visibly stressed instructors: “We have to hurry, otherwise we won't be able to finish! The other 40 will arrive at any minute!”. While the girls and I visited one room, two or three groups went past us running. What a pity, I thought to myself, that they won't have time to notice the detail of the leaves and seed glued to that canvas that M. liked so much and left her wanting to “make paintings out of my stories with collage like that” or run like C. across the large room, where an art installation allows us to leave our tracks along a floor covered with some coloured granulate thing...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;" align="left" lang="en-GB"&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;I did the sketch above in the coffee-shop of the Centre, which opens to a small but nice-tended garden. The girls ran in the grass, played with the fountain water, from where they saved a bug from drowning, they drank juice and water and they also made their own drawings. We spent around twenty minutes here, at the most. During this lapse of time, we watched three  groups of children come and go. They arrived in a line, sat at the tables panting for a few minutes, after which they started lining again, no time for a drink, headed to the exit under their (also panting) instructors' supervision.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="western"  style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;" align="left" lang="en-GB"&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;I know that for many kids, this sort of organised activity is probably their only chance to visit a place like this. But two important things are missing in all of it: time and space. To stop and see, instead of run and look, to enjoy the place and the moment, or even to do nothing if that's what they feel like doing. As the journalist João Pereira Coutinho rightly pointed out, today “the child is not born into a family, but into a racing lane, with the usual obstacles: kindergarten at three, swimming lessons at four, piano at five, school at six. And an army of teachers, tutors, educators and psychologists, as if the child was a racing colt.” He only forgot that the race usually starts as early as at four months, when a nanny takes charge of the baby. And that apparently it never stops, for they're not given a rest, nor even during the holidays...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-8770965644270795306?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/8770965644270795306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=8770965644270795306' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8770965644270795306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8770965644270795306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/07/ontem-fui-com-as-midas-cidade-visitar-o.html' title='Time to see'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SIJo7GJBWSI/AAAAAAAAAeI/pBws3xA39Ko/s72-c/dscf0024.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-8608907255236773088</id><published>2008-07-16T10:21:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:29:09.940Z</updated><title type='text'>More scraper board</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SH3AC-BU4nI/AAAAAAAAAdo/B0uAp10Lvh0/s1600-h/ilusDEtel.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SH3AC-BU4nI/AAAAAAAAAdo/B0uAp10Lvh0/s200/ilusDEtel.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223542300060476018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SH2_6LGbjcI/AAAAAAAAAdg/d7iPWYcuNd8/s1600-h/ilusGab.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SH2_6LGbjcI/AAAAAAAAAdg/d7iPWYcuNd8/s200/ilusGab.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223542148952722882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Mais algumas ilustrações em curso dos meus alunos, feitas em &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;scraper board&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;. Espero que gostem!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few more scraper board illustrations in progress from my students. Enjoy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-8608907255236773088?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/8608907255236773088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=8608907255236773088' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8608907255236773088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8608907255236773088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-scraper-board.html' title='More scraper board'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SH3AC-BU4nI/AAAAAAAAAdo/B0uAp10Lvh0/s72-c/ilusDEtel.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-8304124480813129733</id><published>2008-07-12T22:49:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:42:44.261Z</updated><title type='text'>Proud</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHkqhZ_tCCI/AAAAAAAAAc4/FIFY_emrlvo/s1600-h/ilusCris.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHkqhZ_tCCI/AAAAAAAAAc4/FIFY_emrlvo/s320/ilusCris.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222251996314929186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHkqqwA0gDI/AAAAAAAAAdA/Q-AZItIgQp0/s1600-h/ilusRui.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 177px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHkqqwA0gDI/AAAAAAAAAdA/Q-AZItIgQp0/s320/ilusRui.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222252156844015666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHkqYn9L0nI/AAAAAAAAAcw/AD1eVM1nKaE/s1600-h/ilusAna.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 227px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHkqYn9L0nI/AAAAAAAAAcw/AD1eVM1nKaE/s320/ilusAna.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222251845443637874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Finalmente, publico aqui alguns dos trabalhos dos meus alunos, como prometido. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" &gt;Infelizmente, não tenho imagens de nenhuma ilustração terminada, apenas trabalhos em curso - o que, de certa maneira, acaba por ser mais interessante, pois permite ver como a coisa evolui. Hoje, três gatos (na técnica de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" &gt;scratch board&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" &gt;), outros se seguirão nos próximos dias. Estou tão orgulhosa!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm finally posting some of my students' work, as promised. Unfortunately I have no pictures of the finished illustrations, just of work in progress - which, in a way, ends up being more interesting, for you can have a taste of how the thing evolves. Three cats today (scratch board technique), more subjects will follow in the next days. I'm so proud!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-8304124480813129733?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/8304124480813129733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=8304124480813129733' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8304124480813129733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8304124480813129733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/07/proud.html' title='Proud'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHkqhZ_tCCI/AAAAAAAAAc4/FIFY_emrlvo/s72-c/ilusCris.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-8452621098484360275</id><published>2008-07-10T10:30:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:31:12.893Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Sketchbooks</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHXZDuk-D7I/AAAAAAAAAcg/JcQwux_IdV4/s1600-h/2008Sketchbook2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHXZDuk-D7I/AAAAAAAAAcg/JcQwux_IdV4/s400/2008Sketchbook2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221318001071886258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Apesar de não andar a desenhar tanto como gostaria, consegui termin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;ar outro caderno. Aqui ficam as duas últimas páginas. Agora estou a braços com a agradável tarefa de decidir qual o caderno que irei começar a seguir...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Em baixo, uma imagem de duas páginas do primeiro caderno da minha filha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHXYml-wFLI/AAAAAAAAAcY/ZVnk669hCHs/s1600-h/2008CadernoM2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHXYml-wFLI/AAAAAAAAAcY/ZVnk669hCHs/s400/2008CadernoM2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221317500547896498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;mais velha.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Ela ainda não está "viciada", mas de vez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; em quando lá preenche umas páginas, e é muito engraçado observá-la enquanto o faz.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Although I haven't been sketching as often as I'd like to, I managed to finish another sketchbook. Here are the last two pages. Now I'm in the middle of the very agreeable task of deciding which one to start next... Below are two pages from the first sketchbook of my older daughter. She's not addicted yet, but she sketches once in a while, and it's fun to watch her do it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-8452621098484360275?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/8452621098484360275/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=8452621098484360275' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8452621098484360275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8452621098484360275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/07/sketchbooks.html' title='Sketchbooks'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHXZDuk-D7I/AAAAAAAAAcg/JcQwux_IdV4/s72-c/2008Sketchbook2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-5140866498571776979</id><published>2008-07-08T21:44:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:45:17.884Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Working Hard</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHPTkU3VPiI/AAAAAAAAAcI/ihwapTr5n00/s1600-h/2008Sketchbook1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHPTkU3VPiI/AAAAAAAAAcI/ihwapTr5n00/s400/2008Sketchbook1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220749014082076194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Já lá vão uns dias, afinal parece que o tempo livre não foi tanto como eu pensava que ia ser, uma vez começado o curso de ilustração... Em breve, irei aqui mostrar alguns trabalhos dos meus alunos. Entretanto, aqui fica mais um apontamento conseguido durante uma das aulas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's been a while, in the end, I didn't have so much spare time as I was wishing for after the beginning of my illustration class... I'll soon be posting some of my student's work. Meanwhile, here is another sketch I managed during one of the classes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-5140866498571776979?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/5140866498571776979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=5140866498571776979' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5140866498571776979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5140866498571776979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/07/j-l-vo-uns-dias-afinal-parece-que-o.html' title='Working Hard'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SHPTkU3VPiI/AAAAAAAAAcI/ihwapTr5n00/s72-c/2008Sketchbook1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-2715416968121599635</id><published>2008-06-03T16:24:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:46:18.340Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Illustration Class</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SEVim2vrdzI/AAAAAAAAAb4/HfM5bxGMmcQ/s1600-h/dscf0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SEVim2vrdzI/AAAAAAAAAb4/HfM5bxGMmcQ/s400/dscf0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207676963793893170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Esta é a F., uma das minhas alunas do curso de Ilustração Científica que teve início há cerca de duas semanas. A minha ideia era desenhar toda a turma, mas rapidamente desisti, pois passei a maior parte das três horas a passar de um lugar para outro. Nunca deixo de me espantar como este trabalho aparenta ser tão diferente, quando visto de perspectivas diferentes: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;muito calmo para &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;quem está a aprender e um corrupio, para quem está a ensinar (já passei várias vezes pelas duas experiências, por isso sei do que estou a falar!). Espero, em breve, poder colocar aqui imagens dos trabalhos deles (só preciso de me lembrar de levar a máquina fotográfica...). Apesar de terem começado há pouco tempo, já há trabalhos muito bons.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is F., one of my students in the Science Illustration class I've been teaching for around two weeks now. I wanted to sketch the whole class, but I rapidly gave up, for I spent most of the three hours going from one person to another.  It never ceases to amaze me how this work looks so different when seen from the student and teacher point of view: very relaxed and very busy.  I've done it several times as one and the other, so I should know! I hope that soon I'll be able to post some  of my students' work (I just need to remember to take the camera with me next time). They are just beginning, but they are already producing great work.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-2715416968121599635?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/2715416968121599635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=2715416968121599635' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2715416968121599635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2715416968121599635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/06/illustration-class.html' title='Illustration Class'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SEVim2vrdzI/AAAAAAAAAb4/HfM5bxGMmcQ/s72-c/dscf0001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-8164860687571747842</id><published>2008-05-20T15:13:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:47:46.280Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plants'/><title type='text'>Yellow Flag / Lírio-amarelo-dos pântanos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SDLf_v0v-hI/AAAAAAAAAbo/9YvzHdfu1wI/s1600-h/L%C3%ADrio.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SDLf_v0v-hI/AAAAAAAAAbo/9YvzHdfu1wI/s400/L%C3%ADrio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202466805828811282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;          &lt;style type="text/css"&gt;  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 2cm }   P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }  --&gt;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Já há algum tempo que os lírios floresceram, em redor da piscina biológica, mas ainda não tinha tido tempo de vir aqui deixar a respectiva ilustração. Esta é uma das mais de duzentas espécies do género &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Iris,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; todas elas interessantes para observar a relação entre as plantas e os insectos polinizadores, como as abelhas (que por aqui também abundam...) Pela sua forma e disposição das pétalas, a flor constitui uma excelente plataforma de aterragem para os insectos. Estes, ao explorarem o interior em busca do néctar, entram em contacto com os estames produtores de pólen, assim como com o estigma, receptor. Como as flores são bastante grandes, é fácil observar esta actividade. Esta planta possui também propriedades medicinais e era bastante utilizada, em tempos antigos, como purgante, vomitivo e antiparasitário. Hoje em dia, raramente se usa, devido ao sabor extremamente acre e ao facto de poder causar diarreias e vómitos violentos. O que eu hei-de tentar é usá-la para fazer pigmentos (mas às escondidas das pequetinhas, que a planta é tóxica e capaz de causar irritações na pele a algumas pessoas). Ao que parece, a partir das flores é possível obter um pigmento natural de cor amarela muito bonito e da raíz, um outro de cor castanha. (A ilustração foi feita em grafite e aguarela)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Yellow Flags are blooming since quite a while, but I hadn't had time to come here a post an illustration so far. This is one of the more than two hundred species of the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Iris&lt;/span&gt; genus, all of them good examples of the relationship between plants and pollinator insects, such as honeybees (which are also abundant around here...). As they explore the interior of the flowers looking for nectar, the insects touch the stamens loaded with pollen, as well as the receptor stigma. The large sized flowers of the Iris allow us to easily watch this activity. The Yellow Flag has medicinal properties and was used in old times as purging, emetic and anti-parasite.  It is seldom used nowadays because of its extremely acrid nature and also because it can cause violent vomiting and diarrhea. What I do want to try one of these days is to make natural dyes out of it (but without my children seeing, for the plant is toxic and known to cause skin irritation s in some people). It seems that a beautiful yellow dye can be obtained from the flowers and a brown one from the roots. &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;(The illustration was rendered with pencil and watercolour)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-8164860687571747842?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/8164860687571747842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=8164860687571747842' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8164860687571747842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8164860687571747842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/05/yellow-flag-lrio-amarelo-dos-pntanos.html' title='Yellow Flag / Lírio-amarelo-dos pântanos'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SDLf_v0v-hI/AAAAAAAAAbo/9YvzHdfu1wI/s72-c/L%C3%ADrio.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-9095872914229155770</id><published>2008-05-18T10:05:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:48:41.832Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Pausing at the gas station</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SC9_0v0v-gI/AAAAAAAAAbg/GsMnIV9cLW8/s1600-h/Maaio1-2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SC9_0v0v-gI/AAAAAAAAAbg/GsMnIV9cLW8/s400/Maaio1-2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201516638803851778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Íamos de viagem pela IP e o L. parou numa estação de serviço para beber um café. Eu fiquei no carro com uma das miúdas (que talvez estivesse a dormir, já não me lembro bem) e reparei nesta senhora, sentada nas mesas dos piqueniques, à espera da família (que provavelmente também tinha ido tomar café). Mas tive pouca sorte, porque eles regressaram e levaram-na dali antes de eu conseguir terminar o desenho. Via-se que a senhora ia contrariada (se calhar o condutor não era lá grande coisa,  imagino eu, e pela lei das probabilidades provavelmente não andarei muito longe da verdade). Senhora desaparecida, dediquei-me aos ramos do chorão, que pendiam sobre o lugar agora vazio. Mas o L. também chegou, e como já íamos atrasados, também estes ficaram por acabar (vicissitudes de quem vive no interior desertificado, não há bichas na estação de serviço, que nos rendam um desenhito...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were riding on the highway and L. stopped at a gas station for an expresso. I stayed in the car with one of the girls (maybe she was sleeping, I don't remember anymore) and noticed this old lady, sitting at the picnic tables, waiting for her family (who had probably gone for an expresso as well). Bad luck, the family came back and took her away before I could finish my sketch. I could see she was not very happy to leave (maybe the driver was not very  sensible. I'm just guessing but I'm probably not far from the truth, taking into account our road accidents' statistics). With the lady gone, I concentrated on the falling branches of the tree, now over her empty seat. But L. soon arrived too, and because we were running late, the branches were left unfinished as well (such is the drama of living in the remote inner country, no queuing time for sketching...)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-9095872914229155770?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/9095872914229155770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=9095872914229155770' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/9095872914229155770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/9095872914229155770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/05/pausing-at-gas-station.html' title='Pausing at the gas station'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SC9_0v0v-gI/AAAAAAAAAbg/GsMnIV9cLW8/s72-c/Maaio1-2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-2823247743869502643</id><published>2008-05-17T14:03:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T21:28:48.677Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Meeting Room</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SC7aYf0v-eI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/F2HwT_-hsis/s1600-h/dscf0004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SC7aYf0v-eI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/F2HwT_-hsis/s400/dscf0004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201334734053964258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Os dias que se seguiram não foram tão descontraídos. Basicamente, estivémos metidos numa sala de reuniões, desde as nove da manhã até às sete da tarde. Felizmente, o trabalho era interessante e só tive tempo para um desenho rápido, num dia em que já estava com tanta fome que já não me conseguia concentrar nas discussões. Azar dos azares, não tinha a caneta nova à mão!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The next days were not so relaxing. We were basically shut in a meeting room from 9 AM till 7 PM. Luckily, the work was globally interesting and I only had time for one quick sketch, one day when I was getting so hungry that I could not concentrate in the discussions anymore. And I did not have the new pen at hand!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-2823247743869502643?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/2823247743869502643/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=2823247743869502643' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2823247743869502643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2823247743869502643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/05/meeting-room.html' title='Meeting Room'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SC7aYf0v-eI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/F2HwT_-hsis/s72-c/dscf0004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-5991801229368458499</id><published>2008-05-13T00:01:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T00:42:57.448Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SCjNfv0v-dI/AAAAAAAAAbI/lY0oGD_ZgE4/s1600-h/dscf0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SCjNfv0v-dI/AAAAAAAAAbI/lY0oGD_ZgE4/s400/dscf0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199631715096590802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Mais uma viagem a Bruxelas, desta vez com um tempo excelente e meia tarde livre (um luxo raro...) que usei para visitar a Zona Oficial de BookCrossing da cidade (praticamente abandonada, uma desilusão), fazer umas compras e, claro está, desenhar. Aqui fica o resultado, o famoso Manneken Pis que, vá-se lá saber porquê, atrai tantas multidões. A tinta da minha caneta estava mesmo a chegar ao fim (tive que comprar outra no dia seguinte) por isso o desenho está pouco nítido. Se clicarem na imagem, ela aumenta de tamanho e vê-se melhor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another trip to Brussels, this time with great weather and half an afternoon free (a rare luxury...) which I used to visit the city's Official BookCrossing Zone (a disappointment, practically abandoned), do some shopping and, of course, some sketching. Here's the result, the famous Manneken Pis statue taht - God knows why - attracts so many people. The ink on my pen was coming to the end so the whole sketch looks a bit faded out (I had to buy another one next morning). If you click on the image you'll see a better, enlarged version.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-5991801229368458499?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/5991801229368458499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=5991801229368458499' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5991801229368458499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5991801229368458499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/05/mais-uma-viagem-bruxelas-desta-vez-com.html' title=''/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SCjNfv0v-dI/AAAAAAAAAbI/lY0oGD_ZgE4/s72-c/dscf0003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-7311787523265494111</id><published>2008-04-12T18:08:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:50:01.024Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhibitions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wildlife'/><title type='text'>Science Illustration Exhibition</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SAC0dPzp4eI/AAAAAAAAAbA/T7MiE1SZ0Uk/s1600-h/ExpoH%26A.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SAC0dPzp4eI/AAAAAAAAAbA/T7MiE1SZ0Uk/s400/ExpoH%26A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188345185283203554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:78%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;you can click on the image to enlarge it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Enquanto o curso de ilustração científica  de que falei no meu último post estiver a decorrer , um pequeno conjunto de ilustrações minhas estará em exibição no mesmo espaço. Estou neste momento a organizá-las e empacotá-las. Entretanto, aqui ficam algumas das escolhidas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;While the Science Illustration Class I spoke about in my last post is ongoing, a small selection of my illustrations will be displayed at the gallery. I'm currently putting them together and packing them. Meanwhile, here are some of those I've chosen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-7311787523265494111?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/7311787523265494111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=7311787523265494111' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7311787523265494111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7311787523265494111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/04/science-illustration-exhibition.html' title='Science Illustration Exhibition'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/SAC0dPzp4eI/AAAAAAAAAbA/T7MiE1SZ0Uk/s72-c/ExpoH%26A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-5262031037774564112</id><published>2008-04-10T12:20:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T21:31:13.070Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhibitions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wildlife'/><title type='text'>Science Illustration Class</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R_34bPzp4ZI/AAAAAAAAAaY/HVaWzgoAOnY/s1600-h/ILUSTRA_CIENTIFICA.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R_34bPzp4ZI/AAAAAAAAAaY/HVaWzgoAOnY/s400/ILUSTRA_CIENTIFICA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187575492784021906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Dentro de aproximadamente um mês, quando tiver despachado todos os relatórios e papeladas que me têm mantido ocupada nos últimos meses, poderei finalmente relaxar um pouco e divertir-me, com a orientação de um curso de ilustração científica no fantástico&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/index.html"&gt;Espaço História e Arte&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; Podem ver todos os pormenores&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/2008/04/inscries-curso-de-ilustrao-cientfica.html"&gt;aqui.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Within a month, approximately, I'll be done with all the reporting and paperwork that has been keeping me busy for the last months. Then, I'll be relaxing and having fun, teaching an illustration class at the fabulous &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/index.html"&gt;História e Arte Gallery&lt;/a&gt; - yay! You can check out all the details &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/2008/04/inscries-curso-de-ilustrao-cientfica.html"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-5262031037774564112?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/5262031037774564112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=5262031037774564112' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5262031037774564112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5262031037774564112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/04/science-illustration-course.html' title='Science Illustration Class'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R_34bPzp4ZI/AAAAAAAAAaY/HVaWzgoAOnY/s72-c/ILUSTRA_CIENTIFICA.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-8751871810998685967</id><published>2008-04-09T18:17:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T21:32:25.074Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>At the restaurant</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R_z6afzp4YI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/N3TwpfC_wQk/s1600-h/dscf0005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R_z6afzp4YI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/N3TwpfC_wQk/s400/dscf0005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187296203945664898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Ainda a trabalhar arduamente, mas esta manhã tive mesmo que saír. Depois de andar de um lado para o outro a fazer uma data de recados, passei algum tempo na biblioteca com as miúdas, e depois almoçámos no sítio do costume. Enquanto elas faziam os seus próprios desenhos nas toalhas de papel  (que maus hábitos lhes estou a passar...), eu desenhei as pessoas que estavam sentadas na mesa mais próxima. O desenho não o mostra, mas era um grupo bem heterogéneo. A mulher parecia uma dona de casa normal, o rapaz de costas, uma espécie de punk rural (seja lá o que isso for) e o homem do qual só se vê um pouco da cabeça careca, um daqueles intelectuais urbanóides. Gostava de saber sobre o que é que eles conversavam.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still working hard, but this morning I really had to go out. After running a series of errands, I spent a bit of time with the girls at the library and then we had lunch at the usual place. While they made their own drawings on the paper towels (they're definitely picking up my bad habits...) I sketched the group sitting at the nearest table. You can't see it from here, but it was a really heterogeneous looking group. The woman looked like an ordinary housewife, the guy with his back to us looked like some kind of rural punk (whatever that means) and the other one from whom you see just a bit of bald head, looked just like one of those urbanoid intellectuals. I wonder what they were talking about.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-8751871810998685967?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/8751871810998685967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=8751871810998685967' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8751871810998685967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8751871810998685967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/04/at-restaurant.html' title='At the restaurant'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R_z6afzp4YI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/N3TwpfC_wQk/s72-c/dscf0005.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-2560437504537768618</id><published>2008-03-21T22:56:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-02-09T21:34:21.872Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Sleeping</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R-Q9e1DO-cI/AAAAAAAAAaI/VJUOwpZoNeo/s1600-h/dscf0025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R-Q9e1DO-cI/AAAAAAAAAaI/VJUOwpZoNeo/s400/dscf0025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180333071228926402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Tem havido tanto que fazer ultimamente, que me tenho visto obrigada a trabalhar até tarde quase todos os dias. Encontrar tempo para uma sesta, ou para ler meia dúzia de páginas antes de dormir tornou-se um luxo. Talvez tenha sido por isso que senti vontade de desenhar este homem, que dormia no avião uns lugares à frente do meu, na semana passada. Eu tinha estado a fazer exactamente o mesmo até aí, mas acordei com as rajadas de vento que abanavam o avião. Como não consegui voltar a adormecer, decidi tirar o caderno da pasta, para que não chegasse ao fim da viagem por abrir.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's been so much do do in the past weeks, that I've been working late almost every day. Finding time for a nap, or a bit of reading before going to sleep has become a rare luxury.  Maybe that's why I felt compelled to sket this guy, who was sleeping in the airplane ahead of me last week. I had been doing exactly the same until that moment, but woke up due to the strong wind gusts that were shaking the plane. Since I was unable to get back to sleep, I decided to take out my sketchbook, so that it wouldn't come to the end of the trip unopened.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-2560437504537768618?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/2560437504537768618/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=2560437504537768618' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2560437504537768618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2560437504537768618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/03/sleeping.html' title='Sleeping'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R-Q9e1DO-cI/AAAAAAAAAaI/VJUOwpZoNeo/s72-c/dscf0025.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-6015957666447082136</id><published>2008-03-19T15:40:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:20:32.674Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Sketching at the Science Centre</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R-E2XBnvHTI/AAAAAAAAAaA/RdFa4s-lWic/s1600-h/dscf0024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R-E2XBnvHTI/AAAAAAAAAaA/RdFa4s-lWic/s400/dscf0024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179480815652773170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;Na segunda-feira levei as miúdas ao Centro Ciência Viva, que fica mesmo a lado do rio Fervença. O edifício tem enormes paredes de vidro, que permitem ver lá para fora quase como se estivéssemos na rua. Foi assim que fiz este desenho, enquanto elas se divertiam a visitar o centro com uma das monitoras.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Monday I took the kids to the Science Centre, located right next to the river Fervença, that runs across Bragança. The Centre has large glass walls and the scenery is great. I did this sketch sitting next to one of these walls, while the kids had fun visiting the centre with one of the guides.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-6015957666447082136?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/6015957666447082136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=6015957666447082136' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6015957666447082136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6015957666447082136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/03/sketching-at-science-centre.html' title='Sketching at the Science Centre'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R-E2XBnvHTI/AAAAAAAAAaA/RdFa4s-lWic/s72-c/dscf0024.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-6694045492270357488</id><published>2008-03-06T12:45:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:20:32.832Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhibitions'/><title type='text'>Unfinished</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R8_qM_EQoLI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/2W4TqgY3utk/s1600-h/inacabado.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R8_qM_EQoLI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/2W4TqgY3utk/s400/inacabado.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174612005680619698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este foi o último trabalho que comecei no curso de aguarelas do ano passado, mas que não consegui terminar, uma vista do centro da cidade no dia da Feira das Cantarinhas, uma das mais emblemáticas da cidade. Vendem-se milhares de cantarinhas de cerâmica, de todos os tamanhos e feitios, e oferecem-se áqueles de que mais gostamos. É também nesta feira que costumam aparecer as primeiras cerejas do ano, artisticamente enroladas ao longo de pequenos pauzinhos, que se seguram na mão e se vão comendo enquanto se passeia pela feira.&lt;br /&gt;Voltando às aguarelas, amanhã abre a exposição dos trabalhos dos alunos - podem espreitar &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/2008/03/inaugurao-exposio-de-aguarelas.html"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt; alguns dos que vão estar expostos e, já agora, aparecer por lá. Eu vou lá estar, claro - com sorte, pode ser que me sinta inspirada para acabar o que deixei a meio...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was the last work I started in last year's watercolour course, but didn't have time to finish. It has been untouched since then. It shows the main town's square, on the day of one of the most popular fairs. The small red and dark dots you see on the stands are thousands of ceramic vases of all sorts and sizes. We buy them and offer them to those we love. The first cherries of the year are also sold here, artistically arranged around small sticks that we nibble at, while browsing the fair.&lt;br /&gt;Back to the watercolours, tomorrow is the opening of exhibition of the student's work. You can take a peek &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/2008/03/inaugurao-exposio-de-aguarelas.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and drop us a visit if you are so inclined. I'll be there and try to get inspired enough to finish what I have started...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-6694045492270357488?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/6694045492270357488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=6694045492270357488' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6694045492270357488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6694045492270357488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/03/unfinished.html' title='Unfinished'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R8_qM_EQoLI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/2W4TqgY3utk/s72-c/inacabado.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-8723083140168710399</id><published>2008-02-28T21:12:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:20:33.042Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Springy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R8ckCyaWKJI/AAAAAAAAAZw/TbDYVPm30EU/s1600-h/dscf0011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R8ckCyaWKJI/AAAAAAAAAZw/TbDYVPm30EU/s400/dscf0011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172142327368919186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Primavera aproxima-se a olhos vistos. Esta manhã tomei o meu café na rua, enquanto ouvia um pica-pau lá em cima, no souto e apreciava os primeiros narcisos no jardim. Enquanto isso, as miúdas entretinham-se com paus, pedras e areia. Antes de regressar ao computador (tenho TANTO que fazer!) não pude resistir a fazer um desenho rápido de uma das flores, com caneta preta e lápis de cor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spring is definitely approaching. This morning I sipped my coffee outside, listened to a woodpecker in the chestnut grove and watched the first blooming narcissus in the garden, while the girls played with stones and sticks and sand. Before returning to the computer (I have SO MUCH work to do!) I couldn't help making a quick sketch of one of the flowers with black pen and coloured pencils.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-8723083140168710399?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/8723083140168710399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=8723083140168710399' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8723083140168710399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8723083140168710399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/02/primavera-aproxima-se-olhos-vistos.html' title='Springy'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R8ckCyaWKJI/AAAAAAAAAZw/TbDYVPm30EU/s72-c/dscf0011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-384981776968132591</id><published>2008-02-22T00:57:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-02-24T15:09:50.269Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>My book is out!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R74ecyaWKII/AAAAAAAAAZo/kdTD81PY4Ew/s1600-h/biop.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R74ecyaWKII/AAAAAAAAAZo/kdTD81PY4Ew/s400/biop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169602902185355394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Já está pronto desde o final do ano passado, mas só há pouco tempo é que consegui reunir coragem e lê-lo neste formato definitivo, tal era o medo de encontrar gralhas! Felizmente, não são muitas e o projecto gráfico da 1000olhos ficou realmente bonito. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Para mais informações ou para adquirir o livro podem ir &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" href="http://www.biopiscinas.pt/encomenda_livro.html"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt; ou &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" href="http://www.1000olhos.pt/shop_livros.html"&gt;aqui.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been ready since the end of December, but it has only been a while since I could convince myself to actually read it in it's final format, such was the fear to find too many misprints. Fortunately, they're not too many and the graphic project by 1000olhos turned out really great. For more information or purchasing this book on biological swimming pools, you can go &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biopiscinas.pt/encomenda_livro.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="http://www.1000olhos.pt/shop_livros.html"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-384981776968132591?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/384981776968132591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=384981776968132591' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/384981776968132591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/384981776968132591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/02/my-book-is-out.html' title='My book is out!'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R74ecyaWKII/AAAAAAAAAZo/kdTD81PY4Ew/s72-c/biop.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-5685013534523268619</id><published>2008-02-15T13:47:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-02-24T15:10:55.368Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>A solar telescope</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R7Wl2CaWKHI/AAAAAAAAAZg/BJxuG8A0t8U/s1600-h/dscf0017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R7Wl2CaWKHI/AAAAAAAAAZg/BJxuG8A0t8U/s400/dscf0017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167218495256406130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;A última vez que fomos à biblioteca, a minha filha mais velha, de 6 anos, queria trazer todos os livros "de planetas" que lá havia. Concordámos que traria apenas dois, e que nas próximas idas à biblioteca, traria os outros. E é assim que, nestes últimos dias, temos andado a ler sobre o sistema solar, galáxias, telescópios e coisas do género. Anda tão entusiasmada que, apesar de ter começado a aprender a ler há muito pouco tempo, ontem fui dar com ela agarrada ao livro, a ler sózinha os nomes dos planetas do sistema solar. Gostou especialmente de uma ilustração de um telescópio solar, que mostra como um espelho no cimo de uma torre reflecte a imagem do sol ao longo de um túnel subterrâneo, no fundo do qual outro espelho volta a enviar a imagem para cima, até à sala de observação, onde se encontram os astrónomos. Fomos lá para fora com um espelho, para lhe mostrar como a coisa funciona. Depois de se divertir a dirigir a luz do sol em varias direcções, foi a casa buscar o livro, saiu outra vez, foi buscar uma pá minúscula e começou a escavar o seu próprio telescópio solar... assim provando que não há impossíveis, quando se tem seis anos de idade...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last time we went to the library, my oldest daughter (6 yo) wanted to bring all the books "on planets" she found. We agreed that she would choose two, and the next time we went there we would bring more. So we've been reading about the solar system, galaxies, telescopes and the like. She's so excited, that yesterday, I found her reading he names of the solar system's planets by herself (she has just started to learn how to read). She especially liked an illustration of a solar telescope, showing how a mirror on top of a tower reflects the sun along a subterranean tunnel and then another mirror at the bottom sends the image up to an observation room where the astronomers work. We went outside with a small mirror so that I could show her how it works. After having fun directing the sun's light in several directions, she went in, fetched the book,  went out again and with a tiny shovel, started to dig her own solar telescope... and so proving there is no impossible when you're six...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-5685013534523268619?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/5685013534523268619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=5685013534523268619' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5685013534523268619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5685013534523268619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/02/solar-telescope.html' title='A solar telescope'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R7Wl2CaWKHI/AAAAAAAAAZg/BJxuG8A0t8U/s72-c/dscf0017.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-2713314797236380612</id><published>2008-02-11T10:37:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:20:33.391Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>My cluttered desk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R7An_SaWKGI/AAAAAAAAAZY/TeQEqJY2yvc/s1600-h/dscf0014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R7An_SaWKGI/AAAAAAAAAZY/TeQEqJY2yvc/s400/dscf0014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165672740821543010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;Este fim de semana aproveitei as sestas da tarde da mais pequena, e o facto de a mais velha andar lá fora entretida com o pai, para trabalhar. Ontem a sesta da pequenita durou perto de três horas. A certa altura eu já estava tão farta de escrever relatórios, que resolvi fazer uma pausa e desenhar o que tinha à minha frente. O resultado foi este, uma secretária cheia de tralha (e o desenho nem sequer a mostra toda). Consolo-me com as palavras de Einstein, que sofria do mesmo mal: "Se uma secretária cheia de tralha é sinal de uma mente cheia de tralha, então de que é sinal uma secretária vazia?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I spent part of the weekend working, while the small one had her afternoon naps and the older one was busy outdoors with her daddy. Yesterday, the nap lasted almost three hours. Eventually, I was so sick of typing in my keyboard that I took a break to sketch what I had before me. This was the result. I know, I know... and the sketch doesn't even cover the whole desk. Anyway, I take refuge in Einstein's words, who apparently had a similar problem: "If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign of?"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-2713314797236380612?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/2713314797236380612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=2713314797236380612' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2713314797236380612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2713314797236380612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/02/my-cluttered-desk.html' title='My cluttered desk'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R7An_SaWKGI/AAAAAAAAAZY/TeQEqJY2yvc/s72-c/dscf0014.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-8985392556962191727</id><published>2008-02-09T11:29:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:20:33.568Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Sketching at the mall</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R62UwiaWKEI/AAAAAAAAAZI/QlZY46nMZLY/s1600-h/dscf0015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R62UwiaWKEI/AAAAAAAAAZI/QlZY46nMZLY/s400/dscf0015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164947909255768130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;Aqui estão dois apontamentos feitos no centro comercial, enquanto tomava conta das miúdas, que brincavam no parque, e esperava por uma amiga que viria almoçar connosco. Estava tudo muito calmo e o par de adolescentes  e a senhora às compras na banca dos perfumes eram os únicos motivos disponíveis, para além das minhas filhas e de mais um garoto que brincavam no parque. "Estás a desenhar-nos, mamã?" perguntou a mais velha, ao que eu tive que responder "Não". É que como estou constantemente a desenhá-las, desta vez resolvi variar o tema.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;These are two sketches done at the mall, while looking after the kids, who were playing in a park, and waiting for a friend who would join us for lunch. It was a very quiet hour and the pair of teenagers and the woman shopping at the perfume stand were the only subjects I  could choose from, apart from my children and one more kid in the park. Since I am constantly sketching my daughters, this time I chose the adults instead, and had to answer "No", when my eldest asked "Are you drawing us, mummy?".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-8985392556962191727?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/8985392556962191727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=8985392556962191727' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8985392556962191727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8985392556962191727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/02/sketching-at-mall.html' title='Sketching at the mall'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R62UwiaWKEI/AAAAAAAAAZI/QlZY46nMZLY/s72-c/dscf0015.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-4690194586265690627</id><published>2008-02-04T16:41:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:20:33.869Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>In the park</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R6bPA5b_x4I/AAAAAAAAAZA/PgMOeDJrpr8/s1600-h/dscf0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R6bPA5b_x4I/AAAAAAAAAZA/PgMOeDJrpr8/s400/dscf0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163041637152049026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;Levei as miúdas ao parque dos baloiços e fiz este desenho rápido. Teve que ser mesmo a correr, porque a mais pequena não pára quieta e está constantemente a pedir ajuda para descer do escorrega grande - podem vê-la, hesitante, depois de ter subido até ao cimo, enquanto a mais velha baloiça, toda contente, no "burro do Schrek", como elas lhe chamam. Caneta à prova de água e aguarelas, no caderno Moleskine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I took my kids to the park and did this quick sketch. I had to be really fast, because the small one is constantly moving around and asking for help to go down the big slide - you can see her hesitating, after climbing to the top of it, while the older one bounces happily on "Schrek's donkey", as they call it. Waterproof pen and watercolour wash on Moleskine sketchbook.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-4690194586265690627?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/4690194586265690627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=4690194586265690627' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/4690194586265690627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/4690194586265690627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/02/in-park.html' title='In the park'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R6bPA5b_x4I/AAAAAAAAAZA/PgMOeDJrpr8/s72-c/dscf0002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-1757637626938922705</id><published>2008-01-31T18:15:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:20:34.074Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Second sketch of the year</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R6ISipb_x3I/AAAAAAAAAY4/LjCSz-Cgt2Y/s1600-h/dscf0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R6ISipb_x3I/AAAAAAAAAY4/LjCSz-Cgt2Y/s400/dscf0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161708509368141682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;No dia a seguir ao primeiro, fiz o segundo desenho do ano no &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;sketchbook.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt; Desta vez estava na sala de reuniões e aproveitei um momento em que se discutiam assuntos não directamente relacionados com o meu trabalho. À esquerda, em baixo, colei o cartão do restaurante onde jantei nessa noite, e de que gostei bastante - como normalmente acontece, sempre que como nesta cidade. Apesar de tristonha no exterior (principalmente por causa do clima e dos edifícios escuros), Bruxelas tem interiores surpreendentemente apelativos e cada loja, cada restaurante, consegue ser único, original e acolhedor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The day after the first one, I did the second sketch of the year. This time I was in the meeting room and I took profit of a moment when some issues were being discussed that didn't concern my work directly. On the left I glued a card from the  restaurant where I had dinner that night. I liked it a lot, as often happens when it comes to eating in this city. Although it is a bit dull on the outside (mostly due to the weather and the dark coloured buildings), Brussels has amazing interiors and each shop, each restaurant is really unique, original and inviting.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-1757637626938922705?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/1757637626938922705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=1757637626938922705' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1757637626938922705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1757637626938922705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/01/second-sketch-of-year.html' title='Second sketch of the year'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R6ISipb_x3I/AAAAAAAAAY4/LjCSz-Cgt2Y/s72-c/dscf0002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-6279099455373167939</id><published>2008-01-28T14:59:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:20:34.326Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscapes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Finally drawing again...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R59dq5b_x2I/AAAAAAAAAYw/DWt1RLJS4r8/s1600-h/dscf0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R59dq5b_x2I/AAAAAAAAAYw/DWt1RLJS4r8/s400/dscf0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160946689544013666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Já lá ia algum tempo desde o último desenho, e a principal razão é que não tenho feito um único risco... Tenho andado ou demasiadamente ocupada, ou então, quando tenho tempo, não me apetece desenhar. Já aprendi a não dar demasiada importância a estas "brancas". Acontece o mesmo com outras coisas de que gosto muito, como, por exemplo, ler. Mais tarde ou mais cedo, as coisas voltam ao normal. Tudo isto para dizer que aqui está, finalmente, o primeiro desenho do ano. Não é nada de especial, mas é o primeiro, e só&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt; por isso,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt; estou contente. Mostra um dos muitos edifícios da Comissão Europeia, em Bruxelas. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;Uma ou duas vezes por ano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;, eu vou a este, onde a DG Ambiente tem os seus gabinetes. Desta vez, cheguei cedo para a reunião. Confesso que ponderei seriamente entre o desenho e um capucino, mas áquela hora, não havia um único café aberto à vista e para além disso - milagre dos milagres - não estava a chover! Por isso fiz um apontamento rápido do edifício, com um pouco do jardim envolvente. Foi pena não ter levado as aguarelas - o edifício é quase todo feito de vidro, e muito bonito, o que não fica muito evidente no meu desenho a caneta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's been a while, and the main reason is that I haven't been drawing a line... I've been either too busy, or, when I'm not, I just don't feel like doing it. I've learned not to give this too much thought or worry. It happens the same with other things I love doing, like reading, and after a while, the urge to do it somehow comes back as strong as before. All this to say that here's my first drawing of the year. It isn't much of a drawing, but it's the first, and I'm happy with it. It shows one of the many European Commission's buildings in Brussels. I go to this one, where DG Environment has it's headquarters, once or twice a year for meetings. This time I arrived early. I confess I seriously pondered between a warm cappuccino and the drawing, but there wasn't an open cafeteria in sight and - oh miracle - it was not raining. So I just did a quick sketch of the building, with a bit of the surrounding garden.  Pity I didn't bring my watercolours, for the building is mostly glass and quite beautiful and this is not obvious from my pen sketch.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-6279099455373167939?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/6279099455373167939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=6279099455373167939' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6279099455373167939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6279099455373167939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/01/finally-drawing-again.html' title='Finally drawing again...'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R59dq5b_x2I/AAAAAAAAAYw/DWt1RLJS4r8/s72-c/dscf0001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-2765556558780077133</id><published>2008-01-03T15:47:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:20:34.592Z</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R30Eq8xHnsI/AAAAAAAAAYg/CwcsPbvzzQM/s1600-h/BCLabel2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R30Eq8xHnsI/AAAAAAAAAYg/CwcsPbvzzQM/s400/BCLabel2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151278684694879938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R30EgsxHnrI/AAAAAAAAAYY/G6NE8Z4WXkw/s1600-h/BCLabel1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R30EgsxHnrI/AAAAAAAAAYY/G6NE8Z4WXkw/s400/BCLabel1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151278508601220786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;Ano novo, projecto velho. Finalmente, as etiquetas do BookCrossing com as minhas ilustrações estão prontas para impressão. Agora, só temos que escolher entre estas duas versões. O que é que acham?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New year, old project. Finally, the BookCrossing labels with my artwork are ready to go to print. Now, all we have to do is choose from the two versions above. What do you think?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-2765556558780077133?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/2765556558780077133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=2765556558780077133' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2765556558780077133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2765556558780077133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2008/01/ano-novo-projecto-velho.html' title=''/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R30Eq8xHnsI/AAAAAAAAAYg/CwcsPbvzzQM/s72-c/BCLabel2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-3936673154157204355</id><published>2007-12-22T09:16:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-02-09T21:26:53.233Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscapes'/><title type='text'>Boas Festas / Merry Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R2zWqqw7jFI/AAAAAAAAAYA/oul5gBkLJ5E/s1600-h/CardSnow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R2zWqqw7jFI/AAAAAAAAAYA/oul5gBkLJ5E/s400/CardSnow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146724502700002386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Já lá vai algum tempo, mas sabem como é nesta altura do ano... Fica uma imagem da serra de Montesinho com neve (aguarela s/ papel Arches). Boas Festas para todos!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's been a while, but you know, it's that time of the year...  I leave you with an image of Montesinho mountain in the snow (watercolour on Arches paper). Merry Christmas to you all!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-3936673154157204355?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/3936673154157204355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=3936673154157204355' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3936673154157204355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/3936673154157204355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/12/boas-festas-merry-christmas.html' title='Boas Festas / Merry Christmas'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R2zWqqw7jFI/AAAAAAAAAYA/oul5gBkLJ5E/s72-c/CardSnow.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-2001262070833643916</id><published>2007-11-24T10:50:00.003Z</published><updated>2012-01-09T01:01:29.758Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscapes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R0gG4kZybJI/AAAAAAAAAXw/_LVybyYXET0/s1600-h/dscf0053.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R0gG4kZybJI/AAAAAAAAAXw/_LVybyYXET0/s400/dscf0053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136362943930330258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Este é mais um desenho feito no fim de semana de observação de aves. Do outro lado do caminho, em frente ao observatório, fica esta ruína, que foi em tempos um pombal. Construído em adobe, a erosão do vento e da chuva deram-lhe este aspecto arredondado, que em conjunto com as cores quentes da terra, resultam numa estrutura muito bonita. Mesmo em ruínas, continuam a ter um importante papel como habitat de nidificação para uma pequena espécie de falcão, os peneireiros-das-torres. Apesar de nesta altura do ano eles estarem longe, em sítios onde os invernos são mais suaves, as ruínas não estavam vazias: um minúsculo mocho-galego olhava-nos, poisado na zona mais perto do chão.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is another sketch from our birdwatching weekend. Right across the bird observatory lies this ruin. It was once a typical dovecot and I find its  warm colours and rounded shape, modeled by the wind and rain erosion, very appealing. Even as ruins, they serve an important function as nesting habitat for the locally abundant Lesser Kestrel. At this time of the year, these are far away in warmer places, but the ruin was not empty: a tiny Little Owl was standing in the lower part, looking at us.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-2001262070833643916?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/2001262070833643916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=2001262070833643916' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2001262070833643916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2001262070833643916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/11/este-mais-um-desenho-feito-no-fim-de.html' title=''/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/R0gG4kZybJI/AAAAAAAAAXw/_LVybyYXET0/s72-c/dscf0053.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-1009734165997850532</id><published>2007-11-15T21:11:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-02-09T21:35:18.120Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscapes'/><title type='text'>Green all over</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Rzy9j0ZybHI/AAAAAAAAAXg/qR8LvjpAKQU/s1600-h/Penacal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Rzy9j0ZybHI/AAAAAAAAAXg/qR8LvjpAKQU/s400/Penacal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133186098355399794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Este é o último trabalho que fiz nas aulas do Curso de Aguarelas. Provavelmente já só terei tempo de fazer mais outro, porque apenas temos mais quatro aulas até ao final do curso. Tenho a certeza que esta aguarela não vos vai parecer nada de especial, mas a verdade é que foi a mais difícil que fiz até hoje. Praticamente só tem tons de verde, e eu sempre achei as árvores muito difíceis de pintar. Se não tivesse tido o apoio do professor, provavelmente tê-la-ia deixado a meio. Tem muitas falhas - como, por ex.,  demasiadas  sobreposições - mas ainda assim, fiquei contente por ter conseguido acabá-la. Mas ainda mais contente estou, por ser este o vale que fica logo abaixo da minha casa...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;This is the last watercolour I painted in my classes. I'll probably just make one more, for there are only four more classes to go. I'm sure this doesn't look like anything special to you, but it was surely the most difficult watercolour I've done, ever! There's green everywhere, and I've always found trees very difficult to handle. If it wasn't for my teacher's support, I would have given up halfway through it. It has lots of flaws - like too much layering, for instance - but still, I'm happy I was able to do it.  But I'm even more happy to have this valley just below my house...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-1009734165997850532?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/1009734165997850532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=1009734165997850532' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1009734165997850532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1009734165997850532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/11/green-all-over.html' title='Green all over'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Rzy9j0ZybHI/AAAAAAAAAXg/qR8LvjpAKQU/s72-c/Penacal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-7044132262957483428</id><published>2007-11-14T00:44:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-09T01:15:48.574Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscapes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Bird observatory sketch</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RzpKOFMuE4I/AAAAAAAAAXY/uTzSLZXu1bg/s1600-h/dscf0052.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RzpKOFMuE4I/AAAAAAAAAXY/uTzSLZXu1bg/s400/dscf0052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132496331116254082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;No fim de semana passado fomos a um sítio fantástico do outro lado da fronteira. Bem no interior da província espanhola de Castilha-Leão, a paisagem é uma enorme planície de terra árida, cultivada de vastos campos de cereais, onde se podem observar grupos de abetardas a pastar, umas aves enormes que fazem lembrar vagamente as avestruzes. Em tempos, estas terras estiveram cobertas pelo mar e vestígios da sua presença podem ainda hoje ser observados: são as numerosas lagoas de água salobra, que albergam uma avifauna muito rica, tal como os gansos e os patos que vimos às centenas. Aqui em cima está um dos desenhos que fiz - mostra o observatório de aves de Otero de Sariego. Foi feito com caneta preta,mas depois apeteceu-me dar-lhe um bocado de cor. Como não tinha levado nada, socorri-me dos lápis de cor das miúdas...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;Last weekend we went to this great place just across the border. Deep inland of the Spanish Castilla-León province, the landscape is a huge plain of arid land, cultivated with vast cereal fields where the ostrich-like Great Bustards can be seen grazing in groups. Once, this land was covered by the sea. Traces of it can still be seen in the many shallow salted lagoons that today host a rich bird fauna, such as the geese and ducks we saw by the hundreds. Above is one of the sketches I did, showing the bird observatory of Otero de Sariego. I did it with a black waterproof pen, but then I felt like adding some colour to it. Unfortunately, I had no other art supplies with me, so I had to use my kid's coloured pencils...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-7044132262957483428?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/7044132262957483428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=7044132262957483428' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7044132262957483428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/7044132262957483428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/11/bird-observatory-sketch.html' title='Bird observatory sketch'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RzpKOFMuE4I/AAAAAAAAAXY/uTzSLZXu1bg/s72-c/dscf0052.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-2109631433637051722</id><published>2007-11-05T14:18:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-22T01:00:07.321Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Almost ready!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Ry8ny5ucXsI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/kPUgUIJ9SCs/s1600-h/livropiscinas.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Ry8ny5ucXsI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/kPUgUIJ9SCs/s400/livropiscinas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129362256040844994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Está quase pronto, o livro sobre piscinas biológicas em que trabalhei durante o final do ano passado e início deste ano. Este fim de semana estive a fazer a revisão das provas e estou mesmo contente com o aspecto gráfico conseguido pela&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.1000olhos.pt/"&gt;1000Olhos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;. O livro vai estar pronto no final do mês e pode ser comprado &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.biopiscinas.pt/"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;. Ficam duas páginas, para dar uma ideia do aspecto que vai ter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The book on biological pools I've been working on from the end of last year till the beginning of this one is almost ready. I've been proofreading all weekend and I'm really happy with the layout achieved by &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);" href="http://www.1000olhos.pt/"&gt;1000Olhos&lt;/a&gt;. The book will be out by the end of this month and it can be purchased &lt;a href="http://www.biopiscinas.pt/"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt; Above are two pages, to give you an idea of how it will look like.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-2109631433637051722?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/2109631433637051722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=2109631433637051722' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2109631433637051722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2109631433637051722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/11/almost-ready.html' title='Almost ready!'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Ry8ny5ucXsI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/kPUgUIJ9SCs/s72-c/livropiscinas.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-4138970076192047892</id><published>2007-11-01T11:16:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-22T01:01:36.399Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Weee!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RynhsZucXrI/AAAAAAAAAXI/Zvb0pmoQyCU/s1600-h/BC1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RynhsZucXrI/AAAAAAAAAXI/Zvb0pmoQyCU/s320/BC1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127877803674197682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RynhM5ucXqI/AAAAAAAAAXA/uWbOkTkBIag/s1600-h/BC2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RynhM5ucXqI/AAAAAAAAAXA/uWbOkTkBIag/s320/BC2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127877262508318370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Estou tão contente! Depois de alguma discussão no forum do &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" href="http://www.bookcrossing.com/"&gt;BookCrossing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;, decidimos que eu prepararia a arte final para as propostas 1 e 2 de ilustrações para as novas etiquetas para livros do BookCrossing, e que a Marcenda as enviaria, juntamente com uma nota explicativa, à equipa da organização americana para ver o que eles achavam. E aqui está a resposta deles:&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"&gt;O trabalho é lindo! A ideia que lhe está na base é perfeita. Estou entusiasmada com aquilo que propuseram! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"&gt;Vou enviá-lo ao nosso designer gráfico para que ele o integre numa nova etiqueta e depois envio-a novamente a vocês para que a vejam antes de ir para a gráfica.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;Iupiii!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm so happy! After some discussion in the &lt;a href="http://www.bookcrossing.com/"&gt;BookCrossing&lt;/a&gt; forum, we've decided that I would prepare final artwork for&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;proposals 1 and 2 for new BXing labels and Marcenda would send them together with an explanation note to the BookCrossing staff to see what they thought of it. And here's their reply:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"&gt;The art is lovely! The idea behind it is perfect. I'm thrilled with what you've come up with! I'll send it to our graphic designer to lay up in a new label and send it back to you for viewing before we go to print.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Weee!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-4138970076192047892?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/4138970076192047892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=4138970076192047892' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/4138970076192047892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/4138970076192047892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/11/weee.html' title='Weee!'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RynhsZucXrI/AAAAAAAAAXI/Zvb0pmoQyCU/s72-c/BC1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-1478265391997233942</id><published>2007-10-27T12:01:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:20:36.136Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Some sketches for BookCrossing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RyMsDxyyIuI/AAAAAAAAAWw/QEI6MX8bYUw/s1600-h/BC3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RyMsDxyyIuI/AAAAAAAAAWw/QEI6MX8bYUw/s200/BC3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125989244295324386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RyMr7hyyItI/AAAAAAAAAWo/eLcx5WSMBd8/s1600-h/BC2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RyMr7hyyItI/AAAAAAAAAWo/eLcx5WSMBd8/s200/BC2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125989102561403602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RyMrxxyyIsI/AAAAAAAAAWg/BIX3T6RKx-g/s1600-h/BC1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RyMrxxyyIsI/AAAAAAAAAWg/BIX3T6RKx-g/s200/BC1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125988935057679042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;Alguns de vocês já sabem que eu sou membro do &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);" href="http://www.bookcrossing.com/"&gt;BookCrossing,&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt; uma fantástica comunidade internacional de pessoas que gostam de livros. Esta organização nasceu nos EUA, mas o número de membros provenientes de diferentes países tem vindo a aumentar consideravelmente. Por isso, a loja está a preparar novo material, tal como as etiquetas para os livros - traduzido em diferentes línguas - incluindo o português. Inicialmente, pensaram em utilizar como motivo gráfico o livro corredor que é símbolo do BookCrossing, mas depois decidiram pedir a opinião aos membros. E depois de alguma discussão no forum português, lançado por uma das bookcrossers portuguesas mais activas, a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);" href="http://palavrasdosoutros.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marcenda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;, concordámos em tentar propor um novo motivo, que de alguma forma capturasse o espírito da língua e do BookCrossing, juntando três elementos: azulejos portugueses, um astrolábio, e o livro corredor. O astrolábio, um instrumento de navegação que durante muitos anos permitiu aos portugueses a possibilidade exclusiva de navegar em mar aberto, portanto, vital na descoberta de rotas marítimas para diferentes continentes, simboliza aqui o mundo, no qual nações de diferentes continentes foram unidas por uma língua comum. Os azulejos são também motivos comuns a monumentos de todos estes países e o livro corredor, bem, esse já anda a correr há muitos séculos, mas agora, mais do que nunca, através da comunidade de bookcrossers de língua portuguesa, que não tem parado de crescer. Assim sendo, aqui ficam três estudos. Por favor, digam se preferem a opção 1 (o de cima), 2 (o da esquerda) ou 3 (o da direita), ou se não gostam especialmente de nenhuma delas e devemos continuar a procurar outra coisa (não se acanhem!). Notem, por favor, que isto são apenas esboços grosseiros, os desenhos estão toscos (sobretudo o astrolábio) e foram feitos rapidamente com lápis de cor, enquanto que a arte final deverá ser em aguarelas. Ah, e apesar de as opiniões dos bookcrossers serem aquelas que vão ser tidas em conta, para efeitos de selecção (ou não), eu também gostava de ouvir as opiniões dos não-bookcrossers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Some of you already know I'm a member of &lt;a href="http://www.bookcrossing.com/"&gt;BookCrossing,&lt;/a&gt; an amazing international book lovers' community. Because the number of members from several countries of this US-born organisation have been increasing, their supply store is preparing to go to print with new bookplates in other languages, including Portuguese. They've thought about using Ballycumber, our running book, as the art but have ultimately decided to get the people's opinions for this. After some discussion in the forum, launched by one of our most active members, &lt;a href="http://palavrasdosoutros.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marcenda,&lt;/a&gt; we've agreed to try to propose a new piece of art that somehow captures the spirit of the language and BookCrossing, joining three elements: Portuguese tiles, an astrolabe and Ballycumber.  The astrolabe, a navigational instrument that for many years, gave the Portuguese the exclusive ability to navigate open waters, hence vital in the discovery of maritime routes to  other continents, is here a symbol of the world, where nations from different continents were united by a common language. The tiles, too, are typical feature in monuments of all those countries and the running books, well, they have been running for centuries, of course, and now more then ever between a fast Portuguese-speaking bookcrossing community.&lt;br /&gt;So here are three drafts.  Will you please send your opinions, whether you prefer option 1 (top), 2 (left) or 3 (right), or none of them and we should keep trying to find something better. (don't be shy!). Please note that these are rough sketches, the drawings are coarse, with little detail and all were quickly rendered with coloured pencils, while the final art is supposed to be watercolour. Oh, and although the bookcrossers' opinions will be the ones that ultimately count, I'd like to hear that of the others, too.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-1478265391997233942?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/1478265391997233942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=1478265391997233942' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1478265391997233942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1478265391997233942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/10/some-sketches-for-bookcrossing.html' title='Some sketches for BookCrossing'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RyMsDxyyIuI/AAAAAAAAAWw/QEI6MX8bYUw/s72-c/BC3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-6527241087258351410</id><published>2007-10-24T11:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:20:36.263Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscapes'/><title type='text'>More from my watercolour classes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Rx9BlK2gyUI/AAAAAAAAAVY/_2oxm13gjxg/s1600-h/dscf0028.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Rx9BlK2gyUI/AAAAAAAAAVY/_2oxm13gjxg/s400/dscf0028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124887007794874690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;Este é o segundo trabalho que termino nas minhas aulas de aguarela. Mostra a minha filha mais velha e um dos nossos cães num dos passeios que por vezes fazemos nas redondezas na nossa casa. Estou a gostar muito desta dose artística semanal, até porque, ultimamente, o tempo que tenho dedicado a este tema se tem resumido a estas duas sessões de duas horas cada... Decididamente, tenho que ver se melhoro este estado de coisas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the second work I manage to finish during my watercolour classes. It shows my oldest daughter and one of our dogs during one of the walks we usually do near our house. I'm really enjoying this weekly  art doses. Actually, these two hours twice a week are about all the art time I'm getting lately... I definitely need to improve this situation.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-6527241087258351410?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/6527241087258351410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=6527241087258351410' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6527241087258351410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6527241087258351410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/10/more-from-my-watercolour-classes.html' title='More from my watercolour classes'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Rx9BlK2gyUI/AAAAAAAAAVY/_2oxm13gjxg/s72-c/dscf0028.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-1854856693922894277</id><published>2007-10-13T18:50:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:20:36.397Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscapes'/><title type='text'>Watercolour Classes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RxIa162gyTI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/1LtiGjNojhk/s1600-h/dscf0021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RxIa162gyTI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/1LtiGjNojhk/s400/dscf0021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121185239906961714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;Pouco tempo depois de ter regressado de férias, um amigo falou-me de um curso de aguarelas, que ia ter lugar na nossa cidade, organizado por uma galeria de arte que abriu recentemente e que eu andava a querer visitar há já algum tempo. Assim, juntei o útil ao agradável, inscrevi-me no curso, e antes da primeira aula, visitei a galeria. Gostei imenso dos trabalhos expostos: as lindíssimas e estranhas esculturas em madeira e metal de João Ferreira (vejam &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/2007/10/exposio-de-escultura.html"&gt;esta&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/2007/10/exposio-de-escultura_16.html"&gt;esta&lt;/a&gt;) e as belíssimas aguarelas de Manuel Ferreira, o nosso professor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt; (podem ver uma &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/2007/10/curso-de-aguarela.html"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;. A imagem mostra o meu primeiro (e até agora único) trabalho feito durante o curso, uma vista da parte antiga da cidade, dentro das muralhas do castelo. A casa do lado direito, ao fundo, foi inventada por mim, em substituição de uma mais feia que, na realidade, lá está. Uma das coisas boas que desenhar e pintar nos permite, é mudarmos a realidade como nos parecer melhor!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Right after I came from holidays, a friend told me about a watercolour course that was going to take place &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;in our town, organised by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;an art gallery that had recently opened. I've been wanting to visit this gallery for some time, but the holidays came in between, so I hadn't had the chance to do it yet. So I just joined two good things together: I enrolled in the course and I finally visited the gallery before going in my first class and I must say I really liked the amazing and exquisite wood and metal sculptures of João Ferreira (just take a look at &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/2007/10/exposio-de-escultura.html"&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/2007/10/exposio-de-escultura_16.html"&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;), and the beautiful watercolours of Manuel Ferreira, who happens to be our teacher (you can see one of them &lt;a href="http://historia-e-arte.blogspot.com/2007/10/curso-de-aguarela.html"&gt;here).&lt;/a&gt; The picture above shows the first (and so far only) work I did during the course. It is a view of the old town, inside the castle walls. The house on the far right was made up by me, to replace an ugly one that is actually there. One of the good things about painting and drawing is that you can change reality as you see fit!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-1854856693922894277?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/1854856693922894277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=1854856693922894277' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1854856693922894277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1854856693922894277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/10/watercolour-classes.html' title='Watercolour Classes'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RxIa162gyTI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/1LtiGjNojhk/s72-c/dscf0021.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-2215981122795628855</id><published>2007-10-12T17:00:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T15:31:10.264Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature walks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature conservation/environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscapes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Landscape spoilers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RxAItK2gyRI/AAAAAAAAAU8/GehnVoq3Bhg/s1600-h/dscf0020.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RxAItK2gyRI/AAAAAAAAAU8/GehnVoq3Bhg/s400/dscf0020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120602348420385042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;É a primeira vez que vou escrever um post deste tipo, mas tenho mesmo que o fazer, por isso, espero que me desculpem. A questão tem relação com a imagem aqui em cima, que representa uma vista da serra de Montesinho, parte de um Parque Natural e também de uma rede de áreas naturais de importância a nível europeu, a Rede Natura 2000. É aqui que vive a mais importante das últimas populações de lobo ibérico, aves de rapina e uma lista quase infindável de fauna selvagem, assim como espécies raras, muitas delas endémicas, da nossa flora. Há muitos anos que venho até aqui, para um passeio, para mostrar a amigos que vêm de fora, ou simplesmente para um piquenique com a família, como foi o caso neste Verão, quando fiz este desenho. Infelizmente, a serra tem vindo a mudar e as perspectivas de futuro são de que vá ficar ainda pior. Tudo começou com algumas ventoinhas, de um parque eólico no lado espanhol, uma área que, ao contrário da nossa, não é protegida (porque em Espanha, tanto quanto sei, não existem parques eólicos dentro de áreas protegidas, o que, aliás, me parece muito bem). Em vez de ter requerido um estudo de impacto ambiental, como seria seu dever, o governo português comportou-se como se nada estivesse a acontecer. E o número de torres foi crescendo. Durante o nosso piquenique, bem tentámos olhar para o outro lado e - à semelhança do governo - fazer de conta que não era nada e continuar a usufruir o nosso dia no campo. Só que foi impossível. Estávamos perto da fronteira, e mesmo olhando noutra direcção, não conseguíamos escapar ao &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;barulho&lt;/span&gt; do parque eólico! Um som constante e desagradável, semelhante ao de uma autoestrada ou tráfego de uma grande cidade, na distância. Simplesmente horrível para quem percorreu uma série de quilómetros em busca de um dia num espaço natural, rodeado pelos sons calmantes da natureza... Connosco levámos uma das nossas cadelas, e ao vê-la entrar em pânico com aquele ruído (que para os ouvidos sensíveis de um canídeo deve ser bem mais perturbador), não pudémos deixar de pensar naquilo porque estarão a passar os pobres lobos... Mas as notícias verdadeiramente más não são, sequer, estas, e sim o facto de o ministro do Ambiente ter declarado publicamente que vai levantar a interdição de construção de parques eólicos dentro do Parque Natural de Montesinho (PNM) que foi proposta pelos seus técnicos. Proposta esta, suportada por estudos que provam que, para Portugal atingir os níveis desejáveis de produção de energia eólica, não há necessidade de sacrificar qualquer área protegida. Muitos habitantes locais, ncluindo - evidentemente - os operadores turísticos, são contra a instalação de parques eólicos. A grande maioria, no entanto, não faz a menor ideia daquilo que se está a passar. As razões do ministro? As velhas e tristes razões políticas. Não os interditando, os parques eólicos serão possíveis sob certas condições, que não são nem objectivas nem claras, e portanto podem ser usados como moeda de troca para obter apoio político. A proibição dos parques eólicos faz, por enquanto, parte do regulamento do Plano de Ordenamento do Parque Natural de Montesinho, que está neste momento em discussão pública. Eu vou preencher a minha &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ficha de participação&lt;/span&gt;, disponível &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" href="http://portal.icnb.pt/ICNPortal/vPT/Artigos/Files/NOVOS+PLANOS+DE+ORDENAMENTO.htm#Plano%20de%20Ordenamento%20do%20Parque%20Natural%20de%20Montesinho"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;, na qual vou declarar o meu apoio à manutenção da interdição, não só dos parques eólicos, como de outras grandes infraestruturas "que descaracterizem significativamente a paisagem" (alínea j) do artigo 8º do Regulamento). Convido-vos a todos, desde que nisso acreditem, a fazer o mesmo. O formulário está em português, mas pode ser preenchido noutras línguas, por pessoas de qualquer nacionalidade. Pode ser enviado pelo correio para: Parque Natural de Montesinho, Bairro Rubacar, R. Cónego Albano Falcão, lote 27, 5300-044 Bragança, Portugal. Mas temos que nos despachar, porque a data limite é já o dia 17 de Outubro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the first time I'm writing this kind of post, but I really have to do it, so I hope you will forgive me. It has to do with the picture above, a view of Montesinho, a beautiful and wild landscape, part of a Natural Park and also a network of natural areas of European importance known as Natura 2000. This is where the most important of the last Iberian wolf populations lives, the home of birds of prey and an array of other incredibly diverse wild fauna as well as rare, often endemic flora. Living close, I've been going there for many years for a walk, to show it to visiting friends, or just for a picnic with my family, as was the case this summer, when I did this sketch. Unfortunately, things are not how they used to be and the threat is that they will get much worse in the near future. It all started with a few wind towers on the Spanish side of the border, which is not protected (because in Spain, as far as I know and is, in my opinion, very logical, there are no windfarms inside protected areas). Instead of demanding an environmental impact assessment, as was its duty, the Portuguese Government just pretended nothing was happening. So the number of towers just kept growing. During our picnic, we tried looking the other way and - like the Government - pretend nothing was happening and go on enjoying our day in the wilderness. But it was impossible. We were near the border and even if we looked the other way, we could not escape the sound of it! A constant, buzzing sound, just like that of motorway or city traffic in the distance. Truly horrible, for someone looking for a day in the wild, surrounded by the soothing sounds of nature... We had also taken one of our dogs with us and watching her panicking over the noise (probably much worse for the sensible dog's ears), we couldn't help wondering about what was happening to the poor wolves... But the really bad news is the Portuguese Minister of the Environment has publicly declared that he wants to change the interdiction of building windfarms inside the Park, that has been proposed by his technicians. This proposal is supported by a series of studies that have proved that for Portugal to reach a desirable level of green energy production through windfarms, there is no need to sacrifice any protected area. Many people of the area, including, of course, tourism operators, are in favour of keeping the windtowers away from the Park. The great majority have no idea about what is going on. So why is this happening, you may ask? The old, sad reason: politics. By not interdicting them, the windfarms will be possible under certain conditions, which are neither clear or objective, meaning it will always be possible to use them to get political favour. The windfarm interdiction is part of the regulation of the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Plano de Ordenamento do Parque Natural de Montesinho&lt;/span&gt;, currently under public discussion. I am filling in my participation form (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ficha de participação&lt;/span&gt;), available &lt;a href="http://portal.icnb.pt/ICNPortal/vPT/Artigos/Files/NOVOS+PLANOS+DE+ORDENAMENTO.htm#Plano%20de%20Ordenamento%20do%20Parque%20Natural%20de%20Montesinho"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, where I am declaring my support to the proposed regulation, that windfarms, together with other large infrastructures that represent landscape spoilers, should not be allowed inside the Park.  I invite all of you who believe in this, to do the same. The form is in Portuguese, but you can fill it in in your own language, sign it and mail it to&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;: Parque Natural de Montesinho, Bairro Rubacar, R. Cónego Albano Falcão, lote 27, 5300-044 Bragança, Portugal&lt;/span&gt;. But we need to hurry, the deadline to submit our opinions is the 17th of October.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-2215981122795628855?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/2215981122795628855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=2215981122795628855' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2215981122795628855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/2215981122795628855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/10/landscape-spoilers.html' title='Landscape spoilers'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RxAItK2gyRI/AAAAAAAAAU8/GehnVoq3Bhg/s72-c/dscf0020.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-6563435550193432444</id><published>2007-10-06T15:49:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T01:16:29.477Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscapes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Last one from the holidays</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RwekZ62gyOI/AAAAAAAAAUk/uWqPD5u6veg/s1600-h/ferias2007-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RwekZ62gyOI/AAAAAAAAAUk/uWqPD5u6veg/s400/ferias2007-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118240266731440354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;E aqui está o último desenho das férias - e este foi mesmo o último, feito numa das idas à praia já perto do fim das férias. O sol já se tinha posto, mas o meu marido e a minha filha mais velha não davam sinais de querer voltar para casa...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the last sketch from the holidays - and this was really the last one I did, in one of our last days on the beach. The sun had already set, but my husband and older daughter didn't seem to be willing to go back home...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-6563435550193432444?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/6563435550193432444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=6563435550193432444' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6563435550193432444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6563435550193432444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/10/last-one-from-holidays.html' title='Last one from the holidays'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RwekZ62gyOI/AAAAAAAAAUk/uWqPD5u6veg/s72-c/ferias2007-4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-4281746712444880212</id><published>2007-10-03T00:25:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T01:18:08.731Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscapes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Still another sketch from the holidays</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RwLYRa2gyMI/AAAAAAAAAUU/WyfHM5isELc/s1600-h/ferias2007-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RwLYRa2gyMI/AAAAAAAAAUU/WyfHM5isELc/s400/ferias2007-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116889920423643330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Pronto, está quase, já só falta este e mais um, para acabar de mostrar os desenhos das férias! Este foi feito a correr, enquanto esperava que as miúdas se despachassem para irmos dar um passeio. Mostra um casal de agricultores, a descascar maçarocas de milho e a espalhá-las no chão para secar, num campo mesmo em frente à "nossa" quinta. Fizeram isto todos os dias em que lá estivémos, quer o céu estivesse nublado, quer um tórrido sol. Quando nos levantávamos (não era assim tão cedo, mas pronto...) o homem já lá estava, depois a mulher juntava-se a ele até uma certa hora em que desaparecia (provavelmente para tratar do almoço), para depois regressar outra vez à tarde, quase até ao pôr do sol. Todos os dias me espantava com a paciência e a perseverança deles, perante o tamanho do campo e do trabalho que tinham pela frente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O.K., I'm almost finished, there's this one and then just one more to go! This is a 5 min. sketch done while waiting for the kids to get ready for a walk.  It shows a man and wife farmers, peeling corn-cobs and spreading them on the ground to dry in a field just across "our" farm. They did this every single day while we were there, either it was cloudy or the hottest of days . When we got up (O.K., not very early, but still...), the man was already there, then the wife would join him, then go away (probably to prepare lunch) until they got together again in the afternoon almost until sunset. The size of the field and the work ahead of them just left me amazed at their patience and perseverance.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-4281746712444880212?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/4281746712444880212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=4281746712444880212' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/4281746712444880212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/4281746712444880212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/10/still-another-sketch-from-holidays.html' title='Still another sketch from the holidays'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RwLYRa2gyMI/AAAAAAAAAUU/WyfHM5isELc/s72-c/ferias2007-3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-1294767777409520763</id><published>2007-09-29T12:39:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T01:18:52.564Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscapes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>More sketches from the summer holidays</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Rv49Ha2gyLI/AAAAAAAAARM/MMDIrSgSr9s/s1600-h/ferias2007-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Rv49Ha2gyLI/AAAAAAAAARM/MMDIrSgSr9s/s400/ferias2007-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115593424415803570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Aqui está mais um desenho feito durante as férias. Na segunda semana o tempo esteve um bocado instável. Alguns dias, houve mesmo trovoada e bastante chuva, que felizmente costumavam durar apenas metade do dia. Quando calhava passarmos a tarde na quinta, às vezes dávamos passeios pelos campos em redor ao fim do dia. As miúdas adoravam procurar os caracóis que infestam as plantações de batata doce e amendoim, tão abundantes aqui e tão raros onde nós vivemos. Este desenho foi feito durante um desses passeios.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's another sketch from the summer holidays. During the second week, the weather was a bit unstable and some days there were storms and rain, that fortunately usually lasted just half of the day. When we spent the afternoon at the farm, we sometimes went for a walk across the neighbouring fields at the end of the day. The girls loved looking for the snails that infest the sweet potato and peanut crops, very abundant here and quite scarce where we live. I did this sketch during one of those walks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-1294767777409520763?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/1294767777409520763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=1294767777409520763' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1294767777409520763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/1294767777409520763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/09/more-sketches-from-summer-holidays.html' title='More sketches from the summer holidays'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Rv49Ha2gyLI/AAAAAAAAARM/MMDIrSgSr9s/s72-c/ferias2007-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-6803127185719568876</id><published>2007-09-26T11:52:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T01:19:20.544Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Rvo7F62gyKI/AAAAAAAAARE/7rYhy18iwOk/s1600-h/dscf0009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Rvo7F62gyKI/AAAAAAAAARE/7rYhy18iwOk/s400/dscf0009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114465299715901602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Mais um desenho das férias (caneta preta à prova de água, no Moleskine). Aqui, um pormenor do quarto, enquanto a mais pequenina fazia a sesta. Como se pode ver, parte importante das nossas malas foi ocupada por cães de peluche!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another drawing from the holidays (waterproof black pen on Moleskine). This is a detail of our bedroom, while the small one made her nap. As you can see, an important part of our holiday  &lt;br /&gt;packing was filled with softy dogs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-6803127185719568876?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/6803127185719568876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=6803127185719568876' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6803127185719568876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/6803127185719568876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/09/mais-um-desenho-das-frias-caneta-preta.html' title=''/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/Rvo7F62gyKI/AAAAAAAAARE/7rYhy18iwOk/s72-c/dscf0009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-8834897928875331225</id><published>2007-09-23T14:45:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T01:20:01.348Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Back from holidays</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RvZ1Da2gyII/AAAAAAAAAQw/Q1WY9NaMEZM/s1600-h/dscf0011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RvZ1Da2gyII/AAAAAAAAAQw/Q1WY9NaMEZM/s400/dscf0011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113403128533796994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Chegámos! Passámos belos momentos em algumas das mais bonitas praias do país. Nadámos, pescámos, passeámos, brincámos, lemos e eu fiz uns desenhecos. Não tantos como gostaria, mas mesmo assim ainda trouxe alguns que vale a pena mostrar (acho!). Todos feitos no caderno de esboços Moleskine - ao qual demorei um bocadinho a adaptar-me devido à superfície extremamente lisa e escorregadia das folhas. Decididamente, não é o ideal para aguadas com aguarelas, mas em contrapartida é excelente para desenhar com caneta. Mas chega de conversa. Aqui fica o primeiro desenho - não foi o primeiro a ser feito, mas é o primeiro a ser mostrado, por ser o meu preferido. Mostra a minha filha mais velha à beira da piscina biológica do turismo rural onde ficámos. Nos próximos dias, vou mostrar mais alguns. Entretanto, tenho que pôr em dia as visitas aos outros blogues!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;We're back! We spent great moments in some of the most beautiful beaches of the country, swam, fished, walked, played, read and I also did a little sketching. Not as much as I would have liked to, but there are at least a few worth showing here (I think!). All of them done on my Moleskine sketchbook and I found it a bit hard to get used to the extremely smooth surface of the paper - and definitely not suitable to add watercolour washes, but great for working with ink. So enough talk and here's the first sketch from the holidays - not the first one I did, but the first one I want to post, because it's my favourite. It shows my 6 yo looking at the biological pool of the farm where we were staying. I'll be posting more on the days that follow. Now, there's a lot of catching up to do on other arts blogs!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-8834897928875331225?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/8834897928875331225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=8834897928875331225' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8834897928875331225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8834897928875331225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/09/back-from-holidays.html' title='Back from holidays'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RvZ1Da2gyII/AAAAAAAAAQw/Q1WY9NaMEZM/s72-c/dscf0011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-8360596970081465941</id><published>2007-09-02T20:49:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T01:17:15.879Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Holidays!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RtsRg2sJs-I/AAAAAAAAAQY/dLvqcjH3vQg/s1600-h/dscf0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RtsRg2sJs-I/AAAAAAAAAQY/dLvqcjH3vQg/s400/dscf0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105693858688775138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"&gt;Agora que todos parecem estar de regresso, nós vamos, finalmente, de férias! São apenas cerca de duas semanas, mas temos todos estado a contar os dias que faltam. Como quase toda a gente, vamos para a costa, mas agora que as aulas estão para começar, já se foram quase todos embora. Não vou dar notícias  durante algum tempo,  por isso  aqui fica um desenho feito o ano passado, no mesmo sítio. Fi-lo com a minha filha mais nova (na altura com 2 anos) ao colo - tinha acabado de adormecer e não quis correr o risco de a acordar... Para este ano, as  aguarelas e as canetas já estão na mala, assim como um Moleskine novinho em folha (o meu primeiro!), por isso espero regressar com alguma coisa para mostrar aqui! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that everybody seems to be coming back, we're finally going on holidays. Just for about two weeks, but we've all been counting the days. Like most people in this country, we're heading towards the coast, but fortunately, now that school is about to begin, the crowds are gone. You won't be hearing from me for a while, so I'll leave you with a sketch done last year at the same place. I drew it with my smallest daughter (aged 2 at the time) on my lap - she had just fallen asleep and I didn't want to wake her up... This year, I've already packed my art supplies, including a brand new Moleskine (my first!), so I'm hoping to come back with a few new sketches to share!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-8360596970081465941?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/8360596970081465941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=8360596970081465941' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8360596970081465941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/8360596970081465941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/09/holidays.html' title='Holidays!'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RtsRg2sJs-I/AAAAAAAAAQY/dLvqcjH3vQg/s72-c/dscf0003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331668458780926557.post-5703891367965053023</id><published>2007-08-29T15:19:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:20:37.489Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketchbook'/><title type='text'>Sketchbook</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RtWFLGsJs9I/AAAAAAAAAQQ/FnqZGQruOCc/s1600-h/Mariana.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RtWFLGsJs9I/AAAAAAAAAQQ/FnqZGQruOCc/s400/Mariana.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104132178515178450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tem sido um Agosto movimentado, com visitas de família e amigos. Pouco tempo para pinturas ou desenhos. Aqui fica um dos poucos feitos nos últimos dias. Uma das minhas sobrinhas, durante uma pescaria/piquenique (principalmente piquenique...) no lindíssimo rio Douro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's been a busy August, with visits from family and friends. Not a lot of time for painting or sketching. So here's one of the few simple sketches I did of one of my nieces  during a fishing/picnic (mostly picnic, really...) outing we did some days ago to beautiful Douro river.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/331668458780926557-5703891367965053023?l=pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/5703891367965053023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=331668458780926557&amp;postID=5703891367965053023' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5703891367965053023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/331668458780926557/posts/default/5703891367965053023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pequeteartjournal.blogspot.com/2007/08/sketchbook.html' title='Sketchbook'/><author><name>AnaGF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09114850064762738271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmgLl0E8i08/TzmIoyw4vFI/AAAAAAAABLc/zAuFz3jowmU/s220/foto2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d5iXbUxS0j8/RtWFLGsJs9I/AAAAAAAAAQQ/FnqZGQruOCc/s72-c/Mariana.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry></feed>
