Autumn in the Garden

Malhadal

Malhadal | Junho 2011

Malhadal

Malhadal | Julho 2015

Malhadal is a special place. Incredibly quiet in the Winter, there's something of that stillness that holds even in the Summer, when the river pool is full of happy, chattering people. It has dense, dark green vegetation that dives straight into the water, and it's an immense pleasure to swim there, eyes very close to the water surface that mirrors the dark trees and, at the same time, shines bright with thousands of tiny stars of reflected sunlight.

I've been watching the night sky

Pergulho | Julho 2015

Pergulho, my mother's tiny village, is one of my favorite places on earth. It's very humble and unassuming, but I love its pine trees & shale woods, the winter brooks made by the rain, its old houses, its silence. It's also home to this special library and this place that I love.
And above all this, it has a vast sky that becomes immense by night, beautiful beyond words, so full of stars impossible to see in the city, planes silently roaming in the distance, and the milky way so clearly visible. It has witnessed countless family conversations, even in the dead of Winter, because we simply can't resist it.

a secret library

Pergulho | Julho 2015

Estes detalhes pertencem a uma biblioteca privada onde nunca me canso de estar. É pequenina, a maior parte do tempo um pouco esquecida, mas tem uma selecção excepcional, feita de Clássicos, livros de Arte, Filosofia e Ciências. Está cheia de pequenos tesouros, desde objectos bonitos a livros herdados, muito antigos, e tenho um prazer imenso em subir a uma cadeira e percorrê-la durante muito tempo, explorando livros e pormenores ao acaso, até finalmente escolher uma obra e me afundar no sofá enorme, por horas esquecidas, a ler.

These details belong to one of the best private libraries I have the privilege of knowing. It's small and unassuming, sometimes even a little forgotten, but it has an amazing, classic selection that makes it a pleasure to browse through. It also harbours some well chosen objects, and small family treasures that I love to discover and honour.