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Monday, 28 July 2025

Monday Murals - Bordalo and others in Viseu

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.

Thanks Sami 

Some odd murals around Viseu.

Painted by "Bigod" aka João Domingos, inspired by the winemaking traditions of the Dão region (in the centre of Portugal). It can be found in Rua Escura (Dark street :) )

"In Vino Veritas" (In wine there is truth), painted for the 2016 Tons de Primavera (Colours of Spring) by Draw & Contra (Frederico Draw and Rodrigo Alma), at Rua Silva Gaio 52.

            


This last one called "Barbary Baby and Mom Monkey" , was created by Bordalo IIaka Artur Bordalo, who was born in Lisbon in 1987. 

He grew up watching his grandfather - Artur Real Bordalo da Silva, a famous Portuguese artist, paint landscapes of Lisbon. 

He's renowned for his large scale art installations using trash and discarded materials, to raise awareness about waste and environmental issues. The mural can be seen in a dilapidated house at Rua do Coval 219 and was created in 2020.

This mural seems to have lost some pieces...

              


He's got some beautiful murals all over the world, I saw two of his murals in Lisbon a few years ago, and there's one in Porto too. 

The Bee - mural at the LX Factory in Lisbon.


The Fox - at Avenida 24 Julho (Avenue 24 July), in Belem (Lisbon) not far from the Mercado da Ribeira (a food and produce market).



The Rabbit, in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto.



Wednesday, 23 July 2025

Monthly Wrap-up - June - and Signs

Linking to Tom's signs. Please check his blog for other signs from around the world.

Sunday 1st - the start of Winter with temperatures still in the mid 20's C (68F+)

I visited my friend/neighbour Maria, who had been discharged from hospital the week before after an op to take her some food.

Monday 2nd - public holiday - WA (Western Australia) day. Once again this year it rained, so only Fremantle seemed to be celebrating with outdoor music events. With Jose away, I decided to stay home and instead did a bit of decluttering and gave away stuff on Buy Nothing.

I also decided to re-paint my kitchen island and laundry cupboards, that I had painted two years ago. The blue I had used then was not exactly what I had imagined, so because we have a black countertop, I decided on black, and I'm so much happier with the result.

We installed the Ikea kitchen and laundry cupboards about 16 or 17 years ago. We bought the glossy type for the kitchen, but bought the cheaper unglossed version for the laundry. A few years later I noticed they were getting yellowish, reason I painted the 2 top doors white and the others in blue and now in black.

Black & white - the last incarnation of the laundry cupboards

The blue phase - painted in 2023

The all white original laundry

Thursday 5th - took my first shingles vax (free over 65 years of age), the 2nd dose will in 6 months time later.

Sunday 8th - Staff of our medical clinic met at Henry M's Cafe in the suburb of Manning, for a farewell high tea for 2 colleagues retiring end of June.

Most of the Doctors and receptionists at the farewell (I'm third on the right)

             


Thursday 12th - Just as I woke up and opened the bedroom curtains I spotted the sunrise. 


Friday 13thIn the morning I met up with my friend W for coffee at the nearby Riverton Cafe.

In the early afternoon I attended a physiotherapy appointment for my hand at the Claremont Hospital- my last one, as the therapist agreed it wasn't doing anything and I was just wasting money.

I went to the local shopping centre - Claremont Quarter  - where they had a free immersion art installation - The Airship Orchestra - 16 inflatable "beings" (some up to 8mt tall) that responded with movement to noise and music. The exhibition ran from the 21st May to the 17th June. It was quite cool :)

                

On the top floor, the luxury fashion label boutique "Camilla" had it's windows covered in Portuguese inspired decorations, with photos of streets, tiles, churches...

This from the website: The "Rua do Universo" collection, in particular, is a tribute to Portugal, with designs reflecting the country's rich cultural heritage and Camilla's own travel experiences. 


That evening, after 4 weeks in Lisbon, Jose departed to Doha (Qatar) where he would be staying with Karina and Thomas for 2 weeks to break up the long flight home and to spend time with our daughter. 

They attended free classical music concerts, enjoyed outdoor dinners by the pool, swam daily in the pool. It was very, very hot, so people don't usually go out during the day, but socialize when the weather cools in the early evening.

To make me jealous Jose sent me this beautiful sunset photo taken from Karina's house, with the pool and the lagoon waters just a few steps down 😎


                   

Tuesday 17th  - had dinner with my friend/neighbour Maria at Tiramisu Pizzeria in Parkwood. I had Chicken Scaloppine with mushrooms.

                

Thursday 19th - I woke up to a very, very foggy day, hardly had visibility to the end of the road, so it was a slow drive to work. In the evening news we were shown how the city buildings weren't visible from above.


After work I had a Spirometry to test for asthma due to long term cough. No asthma I can report, so I'm now using an awful tasting nose spray, which is helping.


Friday 20th - Met with Dr J at the lovely French Praline Cafe in Mt Pleasant, for a bit of a chat about work.

        

On the way home I drove via The Esplanade, around the Swan River, with the city to my left. Stopped a few time when I spotted some murals (always a bonus) and captured a rainbow too.


Monday 23rd - woke up and checked my Whatsapp and lots of messages from Karina and Jose re Iran's missile attack to an American military base in Doha.

Apparently the powers that be were advised of the attack so were prepared. The three of them were about to go out to dinner when they heard the "booms" and came out to check. Jose even filmed the missiles going one way and the other! They got a bit of a fright, but luckily it was over very quickly and the air space opened up 1 hour later.


Tuesday 24th - fetched Maria and her friend Michelle, for another dinner for the Community Harvest group, this time at an italian restaurant - Forchetta, in the suburb of Canning Vale. Nice food and service, and good company.

Friday 27th - coffee with Gill and Jan at "Spill the beans" cafe in the southern suburb of Rockingham, just across the beach. It was a nice sunny day and we sat in the outdoor area.

Saturday 28th - Jose arrived in Perth safe and sound, from his overnight flight from Qatar.



Monday, 21 July 2025

Monday Murals - at Santiago Park in Viseu

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.

Thanks Sami 

At Santiago Urban Park (at Cidade Salamanca street), I found a couple of murals.

Aurora - Painted in July 2021, by "Os Ruido" (The noise), the name of a creative project by Portuguese artists Draw (Frederico Soares Campos) and Alma (Rodrigo Guinea Gonçalves), the mural was inspired by Spring colours

         


Painted by Portuguese artist Bigod (João Domingos), who uses the stencil technique. This mural can be seen in same park, and was inspired by the gardens in Viseu.


This next mural was also at the park (maybe at the back of the Aurora mural, but can't recall now). On top left says "check-up" and shows a man who is bound and gagged in front of a computer.
Couldn't find any info on the artist.



Viseu sign at Santiago Park

Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Signs: Personalised number plates

 Linking to Tom's signs. Please check his blog for other signs from around the world.


I saw this first sign just last week when I went to my local supermarket and had to laugh. I do hope the blind man isn't the driver 🤣🤣










Not sure what BA stands for?




Monday, 14 July 2025

Monday Murals - School murals in Viseu

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.

Thanks Sami 

Mural painted in August 2020 by Jorge Charrua, for the CubomagicoViseu program (MagiccubeViseu). It was inspired by a reflection on the importance of personal space as an extension of our personal expression and identity. It is a crucial place in human development, where we can get to know ourselves, experiment and fail. 

It can be seen at Basic School 1 CEB of Ribeira, at Largo Major Monteiro Leite 90, in Viseu.





Another mural at the same school was painted by Pedro Podre, and portrays Almeida Moreira, a former military Captain, collector, professor, artist, and an important figure in Viseu in his time.
He was the founder and first director of the National Museum Grão Vasco, was a Municipal councillor. As administrator of the Tourism Committee, he was responsible for promoting Viseu in the cinema, public art, and photography.
The panel of blue tiles that could be seen in one of my previous post was commissioned by Captain Moreira to beautify the Rossio curve, now one of Viseu's iconic features.
He was born in 1873 and died in 1939.





      Tiled wall, commissioned by Captain Moreira to beautify the Rossio curve.

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Monthly Wrap-up - May and Signs

Joining Tom for the SIGNS meme. Check his blog to see other signs from around the world.

Friday 2nd - we attended the Annual General Meeting of the Perth Codfish Association, held at the Portuguese Club. After the meeting we had dinner at the club. Jose bought Portuguese custard tarts for the table, from the bar.

                          

Saturday 3rd - voting for the Federal election.

The Labor party won with a majority, giving the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese a second term in office, which had not happened since 2004 - a big win for Australian values, fairness and opportunities for all.

The opposition leader Peter Dutton not only lost the election, but lost his own seat in Parliament with his "Trump" like ideas.


After voting I had coffee with my colleague Sue, who had already finished work, enjoying a holiday a few weeks before her retirement at the end of June.

Jose and I picked olives from our small tree to marinate. They will be covered in water, which gets changed daily for 1 month.

Tuesday 6th - I had a day off work and together with Jose we joined our friends W & L for lunch at the Subiaco Hotel pub. After that I accompanied Jose to a specialist appointment not far away.

rainbow on the way home

Friday 9th - a very full day that started by picking up our friends W & L and driving to the Wanneroo Showgrounds (in the northern suburbs) to attend the Caravan & 4 Wheel drive Show.

On our return while Jose sat with L watching TV, W and I walked around Subiaco's main streets to admire the "Subi Blooms" exhibition for Mother's day weekend (9-11 May).

And these were the temperatures for the week. Quite warm for the beginning of Winter (1st May to 31st July)

The sun just setting with us on the way home crossing the Swan River, the city buildings on left

Then it was time to go home and get ready for my Italian friend and neighbour Maria's birthday, with a dinner at the Italian club in Fremantle. The following day she would be going to hospital for an operation.

Saturday 10th - Mother's day dinner with our son at Yuki Japanese Restaurant.

Flowers, chocolates & home-made jam for Mother's day

Tuesday 13th -  Took Jose to the airport for his flight to to Lisbon via Doha. He would be away 6 weeks, to start his treatment for dental implants, which are 1/3 of the price of the quote he got from our local dentist. On his way home he will stay 2 weeks with Karina and Thomas in Doha.

Friday 16th - My second visit to Murdoch Hospital, this time to pick up my friend Maria, but the specialist wasn't happy with the progress and she had to stay a few days longer.

Great signs in the hospital walls

The hospital gardens were pretty and serene, with ducks and bird song.

That evening I had dinner with Monica, an ex-blogger who I met in Perth many years ago. She now lives in her home country of Brazil. Her children live here and she travels to Perth every year to visit them. This time she came to meet her newborn grandchild. We had seafood at "The Rusty Old Boat Fish & Chips in the suburb of Guildford. And they had a mural :)

Sunday 18th - Portuguese elections for which we voted by post a few weeks earlier.

Wednesday 21st - Appointment with my rheumatologist - there's been no change with the medication I had started on in mid February. He reduced the dosage and added another medication and was hoping for an improvement to my hand in a couple of months.

Friday 23rd - After my yearly dental check-up (all well) I drove to inner city suburb of Subiaco to meet with my friend W for coffee. After our get-together, I drove to the nearby suburb of  Mount Lawley, for lunch with our friend Vina, to celebrate her 91st the following day.

Saturday 24th - Olive picking with another person from our Community Harvest group, for our second batch of olive oil - we picked just about 60kgs, as we had an amazing tree. Another two people had picked the day before, so in total we got 100kgs!

Tuesday 27th - The Community Harvest members got together for dinner at the house one of the members, each taking a share plate.

Thursday 29th - Sunrise at 6,59am, as seen from my bedroom window, while preparing to go to work. (I usually leave home at 7,20 to be at work at 7,45, when I open the clinic, although the Drs only start at 8,30am).

Friday 30th - Meeting of the committee of the Codfish Academy at Coogee Boatshed restaurant. Due to noise after making it impossible to talk, after dinner we went to one of member's houses within walking distance, to discuss events planned for the year.

Saturday 31st - Portuguese Women's Association, 6th anniversary dinner - "Ties of friendship", at South Fremantle Football Club.

Catering supplied by Benny's Bar & Cafe, in Fremantle - one of the young owners is Portuguese - the food is always very taste and well presented.

Portuguese tarts (pasteis de nata) and the anniversary cake were ordered from a home-baker, and they were delicious.

Entertainment provided by a Brazilian singer Marcio Mendes, who sang songs from the iconic 84 years old Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos, and by the very talented Portuguese/Australian singer Catarina Viegas Schuett.


Birds in the garden:


Sun setting in my street, seen from my car mirror:


Not a great photo, but full moon on the 12th of May, from my house