Rise of the weekend

Looked with half an eye on it and felt grateful again just like many times before. 

Some shots that made my week

Monday arose like a flying bird.

Another view on a well-known object 

One of these dawns

A root-caused broken branch

The human's sense of order will get back nature "right-a-way"

The view that leaves always this gratefulness

As seen on Saturday

Time for a siesta in a special way

Shared berries from a buddy of mine

Symmetrie in nature is just an illusion

We love things that are equalized. But that's just only a feeling or even just an opinion. Nature doesn't know anything about that one-thing-like-the-other it seems.

For example, divide a picture of your face into the left and right side, copy one this and mirror the copy together with the origin. If one does so, one will face a picture of another. It will appear to you as looking wrong, a kind of deformation.

My left face halves merged together as one

My right face halves merged together as one

The original face

Maybe the last picture in the row appears to myself more natural because it's my day to day face that I have to look at in the mirror. But the versions above, both the left-mirrored as well as the right-mirrored appearing to be unnatural. They're too equal, too smooth. Here one's missing this kind of special, we're looking for in every face we look at. Maybe that happens unconsciousness but that's what we do. 

If you take a look at the surface only, things will appear symmetric to you for sure: there are two ears, eyes, nostrils for example. If you compare two of these things in detail you will find out that there are not the same. They are not congruent. That's the way nature is working: There are no things like an absolute concordance. Everything that was ever created is particular, is something special.

If nature strikes back II

Bring back nature back to where it belongs if one ask a lot of people: under control of mankind.

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It was a surprise to see in the morning how fast they did their job. It's not a typical behavior in these parts of the world to start getting things done without delays. But there I stood at the same place as yesterday and saw the outcome. The branches have been lying naked on the ground, a red-white barrier tape fluttered in the morning breeze and some raindrops sounded a sad song down from a grey painted sky.

It became clear to me that there had not been a possibility to hesitate. The whole area is very popular for visitors just in times of vacations. Hundreds of people passing by every day, men, women, children. It would be dangerous to leave it damaged as it became from the outbreak of the free willing tree.

But don't be afraid. The man got back his control over nature, at least at this single point of the whole. And so it is possible to enjoy the pretty water volcanos again just like in the following movie.

But unfortunately, it's not natural. It's handmade, well-handcrafted no doubt. But this will never be the same as a self-grown tree.

If nature strikes back. Anyway.

Was there storm last night, I asked myself on the way down to work this morning, when a broken branch came into my sight:

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But it wasn't that what I thought first. The earth around the trunk was broken, the heavy stone slabs been pushed away as if they were toys:

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Discovering this made clear to me, that the little earthquake caused by the roots of this tree was the reason for breaking the branch. It destroyed the balance, so the branch has to be sacreficed to get the balance back. It seemed to me as if the tree had given away a part of itself to make a step forward to its own freedom.

What's the story of this old tree, standing there for the pleasure of humans, giving shadow in the summer sun and while winter remembering us of rebirth ? He is a part of nature, he is one naturally being. All being, all nature got an inner desire to grow, to develop. But how can this go on if surroundings keep you down in the ground if the earth around you isn't able to breathe because it's hidden below the construction of mankind? It's not possible to unfold yourself if there is someone whos trying to tell you how you have to be and how the expression of yourself has to look like.

The earthbroken root this morning. It reminded me of two things. You got to stay yourself to overcome obstacles. And the root of any unfolding is freedom. Sometimes you got to - break free!

Shot the day twice times

Today's morning rose like a painting in the sky.

Monday Morning

This motive found me by accident while I had my little walk along at the waterside in Park of Nations at lunch break. 

A view through constructions

Der Übergang - The Crossover

The new episode from my podcast show. I hope you will enjoy it, even the little confusion within.

When a simple thing makes my day

Today's Lunch. I kept it simple but all handcrafted.

• Cheeseburger
• Purree made with potatoes, milk and butter
• Crispy bacon &onions dressing
• Some dried tomatoes and olives

That's it!

Open Up Your Ears

This one is for all who wants to listen to some episode of my new Podbean-podcast Tell-2-Show. The content that is to hear in this account until this day is not created on Podbean but on Anchor. There I used a different name. I called it "Chris:Is" and keep in mind: the episodes are spoken in German. For those who want to give it a shot: Have fun!

First of all - I'm curious. I'm not showing this all the time, in every place, or to everyone. But curiosity is one of the engines that keep me running. I love to discover new things. To figure out how they're working. To try to use them and make them my own by knowledging about them.
The second step in this process is that I'm getting bored sooner or later with the things I was celebrating first. When it seems to me, that I've discovered all that's worth to know I'm going to put that thing into an archive and then - I have to look for something new.
It nowadays it is not literally that way. Nowadays nobody has to look for something. The new is omnipresent in every given moment and one cannot save oneself before the flood in a proper way. Open the eyes in the morning, taking the first breath, unlock the smartphone, listen to the news, going out for work - this all means to face every time the new these days.

I put no blame on these things, no way! What I try to do is to explain why here is one more podcast host & channel with my face on the label. It is not because the old became usual or something like that. And, to be honest, it is not at first because I cannot withstand the new that coming ma way day in day out. First of all, it's about me. It's about my curiosity and my tending to getting bored after a while about the things which once excited me.

Friday's Dusk

We took our next ride, called a car from one of the car services and headed into the central city of Lisbon.

The friendly guy blessed the Friday night

Next stop - one of our favorite places in the beautiful capital of Portugal: "Delirium Tremens Bar"
We discovered the magic of this place last summer and since then we cannot hold back from coming here over and over again. It's a special place and for me, there is nothing left to get it better.
Most important, of course, the beer. As the brewery claims by themselves that this "Delirium Tremens" beer is dedicated as the best one in the world. Well, for me there can be no doubt about it. And seriously, nobody else I invited to try was not following my opinion.
Also, there got a comfortable ambiance, well-prepared food, live Sport-TV, if there are interesting things to see and the staff, is always lovely and they're not only making a job.

The logo of the location - it speaks louder than words

A selection of the beers served here

It was Friday night and the Lisbon party people came out and searched for pleasure. As always this hotspot was very busy too. But what happiness: When we turned around the corner the Poolbillard table seems to wait just for us. And so the games could be started.

Selfie shot with Nino, one of the guys at this night

A last view at the street at night down from one of the cosy balconies, where you can sit as best when only two people want to spend some time here:

Friday's Diner

Checked out a new location, a Portuguese restaurant recommended by a friend.

What you can see on the Pictures:

1. A pot for two, rice with seafood. I shared it myself with David and both we got to say: very delicious!
2. Grilled Dorade, which was Nino's choice. He shared little pieces with us and this fish was well prepared too.
3. Tomato rice with breaded prawns came along to the table for Dani.

It's been a nice start for the weekend. The restaurant is named "Sem Palavras" which literally means "without words". Okay, to be honest, it is well-prepared food that the guys presenting. But the complete surroundings wasn't as breathtaking as I experienced it at other places here in Lisbon.
The really special thing for me has been in the end what was following ...

Friday Rising

A morning view like this one is always flashing me.

It's setting the mood for the rest of my day. Can't hold back from taking pictures and share it.