Street Art in Sesimbra

After the weather we’ve been having recently I’ve decided I need some sun on here, and unless the weather turns as predicted, let’s face it looking at holiday photos is the only way I’ll get some sun. So today we’re heading back to Sesimbra, which is just outside Lisbon for a look at some amazing street art. At first I didn’t notice them as art, but as we walked past more and more obvious pieces despite the heat we retraced our steps to capture some of those we’d overlooked to start with.

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The character of the man in the one above, and its unassuming ‘canvas’ is outstanding. It doesn’t matter what the words mean, to me at least.

We passed fishermen parallel to the beach, which couldn’t be mistaken for graffiti.

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The polaroids were also quite unexpected.

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And that’s before we saw the whale, which was opposite our hotel and somehow we’d missed as we left the hotel.

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But look more closely - yes that’s a gap partway down the body. I told you they were something special didn’t I?

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But I couldn’t let a post of a Portuguese town go by without a tile or two - or even a couple of doorways which caught my attention with all their faded glory.

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Sigh. We’re not planning to travel abroad this year, but hopefully when things are a little less unusual we’ll be planning a trip somewhere fantastic.

Wisteria at Wisley

One of the advantages of visiting RHS Wisley at this time of year is to see some wisteria close up. I hadn’t realised before we went, but of course it makes perfect sense for Wisley to have wonderful wisteria. On this visit we tried many new paths, and after a wander through a garden full of box and ivy and leaving through this grand gateway we were about to head straight into the flowering wisteria.

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And unusually straight past the peonies both in flower and in bud, well for the time being anyway.

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Wisteria really is a wonderful plant, and I’m sure you can understand the pull to see it much closer up.

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Wisteria is plentiful in our local area, it’s even in our neighbouring gardens - but I’ve not been able to get up this close to any of them. Isn’t it magnificient?

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I have contemplated our own plant, and growing it against the cottage wall at the bottom of our garden would work well for us. I’m less sure if it would work quite so well for our neighbours living in the cottage though, so it’s never happened. I just have to admire from afar, or up close if I get the chance.

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The wisteria had fairly grand surroundings.

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And happy bed fellows.

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With a final backward glance we headed off to explore more of what the gardens had to offer, and spoiler, there was plenty more to see.

PoCoLo

Post Comment Love 21-23 May

Welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked and share some of that love. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’re here.

This week I seem to have spent a fair amount of time talking about and watching the weather. It’s been most bizarre; showers, sun, wind and even hail - none of which are usual weather for May. At Wisley last weekend I found myself remarking on the plants in flower, thinking that they were out early. But then realising it’s usual for them to be out in May, but somehow it didn’t feel like May.

There’s forecasts of warmer weather in June, let’s just hope that’s right!

A FLOWERING EUPHORBIA AT RHS WISLEY

A FLOWERING EUPHORBIA AT RHS WISLEY

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