pardinus (@pardinus)
What can you find here? Amateur photography. Wildlife, nature and travelling, with the ocasional ranting. Oh, and a Splinterlands addict!
Dolce fare niente
At last! Nature's scents, sunsets, mountain rivers, family and friends: we don't need that much more, do we? My last getaway to one of my favorite places was too quick, but fortunately now I have a...
Looking ahead
Looking ahead, past the next crazy work week that awaits me. Maybe not as thoughtfully as the lonely bird, but still. Because beyond that week, lies what will hopefully a blissfull period of dolce ...
The golden hour
I almost forgot to join the fun in this week's Qurator's Photo Quest, and glad I didn't. Because this week's theme is one of my favourite nature's shows: sunsets! The colours in the sky as the big ...
Glossy featheredfriends
Two participations in a row in my favourite Hive contest! Let's see if I can continue the trend! :) For this week's SMAP, the theme remains free; and I'll focus in a special bird, one that was not ...
Anda meio mundo a enganar outro meio
The title is a portuguese saying, that translates to half of the world is fooling the other half. And lately, felt it in one of the usual suspects of said fooling... such that I decided to rant a l...
Big and small
Some animals come in two versions; and for this week's SMAP, we have one of our feathered friends in its big and small formats! Truth be told, they are two separate species, with their subtle diffe...
The Big Beach
Big Beach is the literal translation of Praia Grande, the name of this beach not far away from the westernmost tip of Europe. A few km north of Cabo da Roca (the said westernmost tip of Europe) the...
Reconnections
I had the opportunity of doing some nature walks in my last vacations not that long ago, but this nature surely hits different. Maybe it's the amount of childhood memories I have from this place, o...
Birds from the south
Taking advantage of the free theme for this week's SMAP, let me show you a couple more species I've found in my last vacations. Truth be told, the first one can be found throughout all the country,...
Made in Portugal
The end of another vacations, and me already longing for the next ones. So yes, these ones are still very fresh in my memory, yet still a perfect fit for a #monomad challenge. This time, it will be...
Rise of the mini predators
I recently returned from a calm week of vacations; I was looking torwards beach days and the dolce fare niente. That's what I got; and on top of that, I also had a couple bonus birdwatching session...
In the topic of amazing portuguese beaches...
My favourite beaches in the country lie more to the southwestern side, but there no denying that some of our most beautiful beaches (and we have tons of them!) are in the South. And today, you'll m...
Beach time!
Finally, vacations! About time I had some time off: one full week of relaxation, reading, and doing absolutely nothing, while soaking sun at the beach. This part of the country is known for its bea...
River guardians
Well, don't really know how good of a guardian are they... but they'll have to do. Since the theme for this week's SMAP is free, I'll place in the spotlight these beauties that stood in Nile's marg...
A different Venice
As the actual Venice, this one also has canals, although its far lesser known, and in a whole different country. A country I didn't had on my places to travel list, but where I found myself thanks ...