OBRAS, side-sewn bookform:
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Cover |
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Title Page |
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Page 2 with needlepoint |
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From across the Atlantic, from Italy, meeting up at the Lisbon Airport, Let the Obras adventure begin. |
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Scorched dry wheat grass, two kinds of oak, Cork Oak and a live oak called Stone Oak, both a dusty green. |
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The sky is a different blue today, a thinner blue. Does that mean it will be hotter? |
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Ancient grave cairn. The entrance is aligned to the summer solstice. |
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The sky is a filled with wispy clouds. For the first time the hard blue has been interrupted. |
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Wash Day |
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Market Day |
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Clean Sheet Day |
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Castle of Evoramonte |
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Walked to the abandoned train station |
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Exterior walls have a base-board of color often adobe red, yellow ochre or brilliant blue |
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Each Marble building block of Estremoz Castle has a signature hieroglyph |
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Street Cobblestones are made of chipped marble |
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Second Saturday potluck dinner. No Lentils |
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One week left. Began collecting gifts for family and friends. |
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Another day in Portugal |
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Marble Quarry |
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Grape Netting (life hack) |
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Artist talk and group potluck dinners are every Wednesday and Saturday |
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Night Sky |
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Beautiful stone floors |
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Red Curtains, Gold curtains, Long curtains to keep out the afternoon heat |
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signature page |