Crossing The Threshold

I was walking past a gym today while in town and there was an employee of the gym, distinguishable by his t-shirt, sitting outside taking a break.

I come from a family of readers.

I’ve been pretty good at keeping backups of my blog over the years, but occasionally life gets in the way and a quarterly or monthly (as I choose to do now) backup slips by.

While looking out of the kitchen window this morning (a slightly fuzzy photo) I saw my first Pacific Golden Plover (Kōlea) of the season.

Good Grief!

All credit to the artist(s) 🎨 This is the first new frontage to The Bunker since we have returned from Portugal.

A rainbow in the morning and one in the evening.

In February this year the small Portuguese town of Alcácer do Sal was devastated by floods.

I started this post over a month ago and thought that I had lost it, and then unexpectedly found it while preparing another post on the Pika platform.

Thursday 30th July, 2026 Flight AS844 LAX → OGG Reply by email

All credit to the artist(s) 🎨 This image of a part of the Bunker slipped through the cracks.

A small, hazy rainbow welcomed me back to the island this morning. 🌈 Reply by email

I’m a sucker for a new camera, photo editing or filter app (I’m talking here about the iOS world).

⌚ Well this is baffling me this morning.

This visit to Portugal has been dominated by my wife being thrown from a horse, fracturing her shoulder and the follow up care resulting from that.

✍️ Writing at 39,000ft.

🏙️ I love wandering through cities in the early morning, as the world awakes.

This visit to Portugal is now complete, mission accomplished (though I am still sad to leave).

I am sitting in a favourite coffee shop in Alcácer drinking a cold beer - yes, interesting coffee beans in this coffee shop - relaxing at the completion of a job.

A short post here.

☕ This is a coffee intensive afternoon - one to get through a phone call to insurance and catching up with bills, etc - a second to rest after having done all of that.

🛌 My bed wouldn’t let me get out of it this morning.

I am not a fast driver, at least I do not think that I am!

👨‍💻 Trying a test status post.

Refreshing rain falls, After a hot day, Cooling the air with a freshness that relaxes the evening.

🤫 It’s ssssoooo quiet and still this morning.