Sunday 13 March 2011

Cultivated Fields


São Miguel Island, Azores Archipelago, Portugal

22 comments:

Sylvia K said...

Another breathtaking place! Wow! I would love to be there right now!! Definitely better skies than we have right now! Terrific captures as always, JM! Hope you have a wonderful week!

Sylvia

tapirgal said...

This is so striking! You have such an interesting country. I know I will try to visit someday.

黄清华 Wong Ching Wah said...

Those who cultivated here are the lucky ones...

magda said...

Fields by the see !!!
Amazing photo !!!

irinapictures said...

People are amazing beings. Do so much to be admired. But often can disappoint, too.

Debbie Taillieu said...

For a minute, I thought this was Ireland! All the time I've spent in Portugal, and I missed this! Beautiful!
Have a fabulous day!
Debbie's Travels

Ola said...

It's so pretty there!

Margaret said...

One of my favorite places!

DIGITAL WORLD PAGES ARCHIVE said...

Wonderful photos! Very beautiful and interesting place!

art is in the kitchen said...

Thanks for showing us this beautiful part of Portugal! I hope the islands remain as pristine for a long long time! Love to visit the Azores one of these days!

Photo Cache said...

very clever, good use of resources.

Lowell said...

Incredibly beautiful shots. I spent a night in the Azores in February of 1957 while in the U.S. Navy, on the way to Rabat, Morocco.

Don't remember much except we almost crashed - I think we were flying the old 4-engine DC-3's...and got hit by a side wind coming in for a landing...we stopped right at the edge of the runway where the land dropped off to the ocean!

We stayed in some USAF barracks, and I remember something about goat's milk and goat's cheese.

I remember the Azores being very beautiful but I think I was shaking so hard I couldn't see anything very well!

joo said...

Awesome! The fields look like a patchwork:)

Anonymous said...

Wow - what stunning azure seas!

Barb said...

Jm,amazing pics.Hope your having a great week....Barb

Travel France Online said...

Mother Nature's checkerboard by the sea! great...

Francisca said...

These shots are of course beautiful, JM, but forgive me, I can't help but think about the devastation on part of the coast of Japan... and wonder how long it will take for that landscape to get back its original beauty.

Unknown said...

@Francisca: I share the same feeling. Absolutely!

Siddhartha Joshi said...

This is wow...am tired after a long day's work, and its so soothing to see pictures like these...

Fabien said...

J'aime beaucoup la première, la brume lui donne un petit air irlandais

Cezar and Léia said...

Muito 10 essas fotos e a idea do cultivo, mesmo num lugar tão diferente!
Hj eu estou muito contente porque descobri um mercadinho portugues por aqui, fiz umas comprinhas! :)
Léia

Small City Scenes said...

Totally amazing to see farmed fields right up to the edge and into the sea. Breath-taking. What is being grown?