the Valley

28 September, 2012


It's raining in Lisbon today. I spent the entire day working on projects for school. Picking up a film roll from the lab was my treat. Especially since my entire weekend implicates only homework. But it is all for a good reason. Next weekend I'll be heading for Algarve. 


Now I would be lying if I'd said that I didn't think of home sometimes while I'm here in Portugal. I think of my valley, which I've historically had a hate/love relationship to. I used to feel so bound by the the mountains, so limited. As a child I looked across the river and watched the cars passing by. I wished I'd be with them, heading east, to somewhere where I could see the horizon.

Whenever I go back there nowadays, I feel safe. When the things to accomplish are so many, that just the thought of organizing it makes me want to give up, I look at these pictures. They sooth. Shortage of something we so badly want, but can't have here and now, leads to tremendous gratitude when we finally find it again. That is the beauty of everything.
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7 comments:

  1. Stunning shots! I feel the same way, I miss my mountains when I'm away for too long! xx

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  2. at first, i thought you might be back in Norway. these pictures remind me of all the places i've been to in Norway - especially the one you share with us everyday in your photographs!

    here in Madrid it is also raining - i'm actually in the process of writing a post about it, but i thought i should post something else so i could spend more time on it.

    anyway.. have a great weekend. enjoy the ambivalence. it is sooo worth it!


    it must be (so)... liberating

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  3. I lived in the mountains when I first came here, and I found them very claustrophobic…now I live in gentler hills, much better!
    I love that feeling of picking up a film, so exciting! I just picked one up yesterday after many, many weeks of not shooting :)

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  4. As always, such lovely photos. They always have so many emotions behind them. I've been dreaming of home lately too, it's also in a remote place surrounded by nature. So relaxing.

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  5. I love these photos, Anna! The photos of your valley remind me of the mountains where we live now. I think the mountains are kinda comforting :)

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  6. Wow, wow, wow, such gorgeous photos! And lovely thoughts to accompany them.

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  7. These pictures are so lovely!

    Your words are pretty interesting because I've always lived by the sea, even if I hate going to the beach and sunbathing, and when I'm not near it I miss it terribly, it makes me feel safe, too, going back to it.

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