1 outubro: Dia Mundial da Música

Dia da Criança

A minha irmã na Camacha - Levada da Serra (ilha da Madeira), junto a uns pereiros

18 agosto 1947 (2 anos)

postagem do ano passado:

International children´s day

Dia da Mãe - Para Sempre

Para Sempre

Por que Deus permite
que as mães vão-se embora?
Mãe não tem limite,
é tempo sem hora,
luz que não apaga
quando sopra o vento
e chuva desaba,
veludo escondido
na pele enrugada,
água pura, ar puro,
puro pensamento.

Morrer acontece
com o que é breve e passa
sem deixar vestígio.
Mãe, na sua graça,
é eternidade.
Por que Deus se lembra
- mistério profundo -
de tirá-la um dia?
Fosse eu Rei do Mundo,
baixava uma lei:
Mãe não morre nunca,
mãe ficará sempre
junto de seu filho
e ele, velho embora,
será pequenino
feito grão de milho.

Carlos Drummond de Andrade



           
            Nossa Senhora do Ó (séc XIV) Museu de Lamego




For Always

Why does God allow
that mothers go away?
A mother has no limit,
she is time without hour,
light that does not fade
when the wind blows
and the rain falls.
A velvet hidden
on wrinkled skin,
pure water, clean air,
pure thought.

Death happens
to what is brief and goes by
without leaving a trace.
a mother, in her grace,
is eternity.
Why must God remember
- profound mystery -
to take her away someday?
Were I the king of the world,
I would create a law:
a mother does never die,
she will always stay
with her child
and her child, though old,
will be little
like a maize grain

Carlos Drummond de Andrade

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Mother´s Day Traditions

“She" was a song written by Charles Aznavour and Herbert Kretzmer in 1974. It was recorded by Aznavour in different languages besides English. In 1999 Elvis Costello recorded a new version of “She” for the film Notting Hill.

Happy Mother´s Day!

Earth Day 2013

Entrosa, Boaventura - Madeira Island. 

Patagónia

Pico, Azores

                                                                  Península Valdés, Argentina

Margarita island 

Andes

South  Dartmouth, MA, USA

Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd.

Alvor, Portugal

Caracas, Venezuela- a city surrounded by the Avila mountains

Cape Verde

It has been observed since 1970.

Santarém, Portugal

Guinea- Bissau

Los Roques, Venezuela

Earth Day was founded by the American senator Gaylord Nelson as a way of promoting environmental awareness.

Cap Skirring, Senegal

Madeira Island

Happy Earth Day 2013!

Fotografias:

Carlos Alberto Ferreira

Joana Teles Fazendeiro

Maria Teresa Relva

Happy Father´s Day

Georges de La Tour (1593-1652) Joseph (1642) in Louvre Museum

There are many saints called Joseph, but the greatest of all, of course, is the husband of Mary and the foster father of Jesus. 

Joseph , the son of Jacob, was chosen to be the spouse of Mary when he was 30 years old. According to tradition he died when he was 60 years old, in the year 29 A. D.

In Portugal, Father´s Day is on March 19, Saint Joseph´s Day.

Happy Father´s Day!

"Any Fool Can be a Father, but it takes a real man to be a Daddy"

Philip Whitmore Snr

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