An excellent scan! This photo shows just how much thought and preparation is needed in such an unforgiving environment!

u n dur trvail qui a du mérite et vos superbes photos souvenirs sont la pour en témoigner.... Bon weekend.

Your scans and the story to the pictures: really amazing !

Exceptional capture! Stay well!

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Maybe we would be better there now...

Oh, Isabel. I can tell you are worried about the situation in Portugal right now. Italy, especially Northern Italy, has been there too when the virus first struck us, so I understand how you must be feeling. We can only do our best and keep ourselves and the people we care about safe. Stay home as much as possible, wear a good mask and keep your distance if you go out. It's hard (and lonely) but it does work. At the hight of the crisis, Germany took some of our non-covid patients off our hands and it helped ease the burden on the health system. I hope Portugal will get help from its neighbors too and that you can overcome this awful moment.

Portugal is indeed at a similar point as Italy was in the first wave. So the whole country is locked down.
Problem is that we are a poor country and do not have the helps people receive in other countries like Germany, Holland, France, UK... and many rely on charity to eat.
But maybe the same in Italy...
Where I am there is no problem. My house in the serra is in an isolated hamlet, I have nature at my doorstep so no mask, no restriction, I can go hike for hours. My apartment at the sea... the village is deserted as there are no tourists, no workers either. I can go out for a couple of hours with my little dog without seeing a soul... it is weird but safe.
The only risky place would be the supermarket, but as I have fruits and vegetable from gardens I don't often need to go to one, let's say each 3 weeks and I choose the hour when it is almost empty, that is lunchtime.
As I take care of a vulnerable old person since 2018 who lives in the serra I have a permission to circulate, just have the doc file in my car to present to police if they stop me.
I guess in the middle of all this I am privileged...

Beautiful shot, George. I lived in Minnesota for a few years and we had to warm up the car engine in the morning too, but clearly not to this extreme ...

impressionnant !! Bon WE malgré tout ce froid

A terrific shot George, digging out is a little more extreme than scraping the car windscreen.

Wow!

I felt/feel the same way. I live in the city, but it's a quiet neighborhood and I have a big garden (for a city garden) and three large, beautiful parks only a 5 minute walk away. Also, I can work from home most of the time and I have not lost my job (actually just got asked to increase my weekly hours ... I must be one of very few people to have that happen in these times!). Most importantly, the people I love have so far been safe, although I have neighbors and acquaintances who were hit and some who lost their lives. Perhaps it was easier for Italy to get help in the first wave because neighboring countries were not yet affected and their resources were not yet strained. Still, I hope Europe can show we are called European Community for a reason and can pull together to help Portugal in its hour of need.

An amazing experience

When you see what is going on, or at least what we are aware of, about the vaccines you can have doubts about solidarity...
Some countries are helping accepting non-covid patients to be treated in their countries, which is very important because they also are emergency...

Once upon a time when snow was existing....