Esta plantinha fofa estรก comigo hรก mais de um ano, portanto, jรก se adaptou ao novo ambiente do meu apartamento. Parece que estรก indo muito bem, jรก que muitos caules novos estรฃo saindo de sua base e na prรณxima primavera terei que separar as novas plantas e reenvasรก-las. O clima no meu apartamento em Londres nรฃo se assemelha de forma alguma ao seu habitat natural … Continue reading Haworthia fasciata ๐ต๐ฑ๐ต๐น
The succulent I am featuring in this post is a bit different from the other ones in my collection, in the sense this is the closest plant I have to a cactus, although in a very small size. I have had this little cutie for more than five years now and it has grown only two thirds more than its original height. The deeper red … Continue reading Echinocereus rigidissimus rubrispino ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฑ
A green oasis in a jungle of concrete Continue reading Snapshots from the Barbican
With this post I am taking advantage of the new feature added to the WP app that makes it easier and more attractive to embed links from other internet pages and apps into blog posts. I thought it would be nice to showcase here the 10 most popular pictures of the month from my Instagram account. These are ranked by number of likes they have … Continue reading My most popular IG pictures in August ๐๐ท๐ฑ
One of the subjects that always caught my attention as a beginning photographer was churches and, in general, places of worship. The architecture of the churches, especially the Gothic ones, is of great appeal to those who attend them in terms of their relationship with the divine and supernatural dimension. The large vaults that lift us to the sky and the stained glass windows that … Continue reading Architecture photography ๐ท๐ผ๐
Originally, these were some tiny plants I bought from an online garden shop, without knowing much about their needs and their botanical name. The only thing I knew was that these are very slow growing succulents that look like little stones. Their name comes from the Ancient Greek for “stone face” (ฮปฮฏฮธฮฟฯ – lithos, meaning “stone,” and แฝฯ – ops, meaning “face”) as one may … Continue reading Lithops hallii ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฑ
One of my favorite photographic subjects is nature, in all its possible expressions, even if the most extraordinary natural spectacle is undoubtedly a sunset, with its fleeting explosion of colours. The reflections of the sun on the water make every end of the day even more exciting, with combinations of contrasting nuances and compositions of shapes and shadows. What I find particularly attractive in my … Continue reading Seascape Sunsets ๐๐๐
La pequeรฑa planta que presento aqui pertenece a un gรฉnero diferente al de las otras de mi colecciรณn de suculentas. Esta planta pertenece al gรฉnero llamado kalanchoe, que en realidad proviene de un nombre chino. Esto significa que este grupo de plantas tiene orรญgenes en Asia y รfrica, a diferencia de las Amรฉricas, que son el lugar original de otras grandes familias de suculentas, y … Continue reading Kalanchoe thyrsiflora ๐ต๐ฑ๐ช๐ธ
One of my favourite subjects for photography is nature, in all its possible expressions, and landscapes feature highly amongst my preferred sources of inspiration. Constrained most of the times by urban skylines I then like framing very open spaces with contrasting colours, where nature prevails. There is something magical about capturing a landscape and crystallising a distinct moment in the ever changing process of natural … Continue reading Landscape photography ๐ ๐๐
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