Xata's photos
Complementary colours for TSC
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Estrelinha, Centaurium erythraea
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Centaurium erythraea, Gentianaleae
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Penedos, No hope tree
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Monte Gordo, Sunset
Penedos, Hope
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Castro Marim, Train Station
Castro Marim, Casa Algarvia
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THIS IS A TYPICAL HOUSE FROM ALGARVE. BEFORE MASS TOURISM AND CONCRETE INVASION WE LIVED IN HOUSES LIKE THIS ONE, THE BAND ON THE TOP IS CALLED "PLATIBANDA" AND THEY WERE ALL DIFFERENT. ON TOP WE HAS NO ROOFS BUT A TERRACE, CALLED "AÇOTEIA" TO PUT FIGS AND DAMASCUS TO DRY, ALSO ALMONDS AND THE LAUNDRY.
NOWADAYS AND YEAR AFTER YEAR THOSE HOUSES ARE REPLACED BY STUPID BUILDINGS, BUT MONEY IS MONEY, UNFORTUNATELY.
A WAY OF LIFE I MISS...
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Vila Real de Santo António, Decay
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OLD TUNA FACTORIES. NO MORE TUNA FISHING IN THE AREA... A NEW AND DEFINITIVE PERIOD OF DECLINE IN TUNA FISHING BEGAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY DUE TO PRODUCTION COSTS, THE REDUCTION IN CATCHES AND THE FLOODING OF THE EXTERNAL MARKET WITH CANNED TUNA FROM OTHER COUNTRIES THAT CAUGHT THEIR CATCHES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND OFF THE COAST OF ANGOLA.
Cynara cardunculus, Castro Marim
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Centaurium erythraea, Gentianaleae
Cistanche phelypaea, Lamiales
Daucus carota
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Cistus crispus
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THOSE ARE ALMOST OVER, I AM A LITTLE LATE IN PUBLISHING! NEXT YEAR WE WILL SEE THIS AGAIN...
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Cistus crispus, Cistus monspeliensis
Cistus monspeliensis
Penedos, Thirsty Land Poetry
Hippodamia convergens
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Ajuga iva, Lamiales
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