The view that draws me back…
Looking down the years of our Portuguese home, there’s an image that appears over and over. It’s the bridge, Ponte Romana, in Tavira, with its lovely backdrop. Many’s the evening I’ve idled, with a glass of port, watching the dip and swoop of the swifts. Trying hard to catch their flight on camera, in an unsuspecting moment.
It’s just one reason to keep me going back.
This week Brie Anne at The Daily Post asks if you have a ‘muse‘. Something to which you are drawn again and again.
Meanwhile Cate has just six words at Show My Face. How about you?
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Muse.”
restlessjo 
one of my fave cities in my country 😀 glad to see you had a great time! PedroL
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I have a home there 🙂 Thank you so much for spending time with me.
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you´re more than welcome 🙂
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Wow! These views are just beautiful…love them all.
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Hi, Mr. B! Yes, I think you’d like it here! The beaches are beautiful too 🙂
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The colours of the sun are breath taking. Especially bouncing off the water. Stunning!
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One of my favourite places to spend sunsets. Thank you 🙂
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So very, very beautiful gallery, Jo! Love your photos here. 🙂
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Thanks, Amy 🙂 As you know, it is the loveliest place and I’ve been lucky to go there so often
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such a charming place, Jo! and the shimmering water at night is just beautiful! 🙂
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My ‘home from home’, LolaWi. 🙂 I’m so lucky!
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Das Licht des Südens wundervolle Stimmungen, ich mag deine Bilder ! Ernst 🙂
Switzerland hat keinen Platz mehr auf der Visitor Map 😦
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Die Schweiz hat eine Schönheit, die alle ihre eigene. Ich war nur das Glück, einmal am Luganer See besuchen.
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It is such a calming place Jo. Am sure it gives you so much peace just watching the birds.
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Wish I was there right now, Bebs, but cause for celebration- Summer has arrived in the UK 🙂 🙂
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A view you can call your own Jo … how super to think of that in the dead of an English grey Winter 🙂 Lovely pictures of the golden hour …. and a good twicthing spot by the looks of it too Hope you’re enjoying the sunshine and warmth up where you are … next week … wow …
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Warmth is so easy to get used to, Poppy 🙂 I have a friend who’s coming over from Tavira to watch Wimbledon. She may be hoping for cooler weather 🙂 I certainly wouldn’t want to play tennis in it (but Rafa might 🙂 )
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Reflective, awe-inspiring, a reason to revisit!
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Thanks a lot, Renee 🙂 I do hope to!
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This is such a beautiful photo Jo – I can see why this bridge would draw you back time and time again and it looks so lovely in the night light with all the lights twinkling in the background 🙂
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It’s a lovely part of the world, Rosemay. Preparing ourselves for an English heatwave next week, but never sure if it will reach our little patch of coast 🙂
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Yes I think it will be hotter in the south but you never know if the wind is blowing in the right direction it may well reach the North! 😃
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Some views are worth 102 looks!
My Six Words
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I might have to agree with you 🙂
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I so agree, having seen it “in the flesh”, it’s a stunning view!
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It is, Tanya! Must get another flight organised 🙂
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Such a beautiful vista, Jo.
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I must stop looking at it, Ann. Just gets me hankering again 🙂
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Buona domenica Giovanna !
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Un bacio! 🙂
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What a dreamy gallery Jo! I am not surprised you are greedy for more of this.Will you be returning in winter?
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Mick would love to be there for his birthday next month, Madhu, but so far I haven’t booked flights. It’s probably too hot (fine for a beach bum like Mick 🙂 ) and flights are expensive, but we’ll certainly be back before too long. 🙂
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This is beautiful, Jo. I love the lights reflecting off the water. I’m constantly trying to capture pictures of swifts but they’re always too fast for me 😉
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I think I got 2 or 3 blurs and counted them a success, Dianne. God loves a trier 🙂
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I can see why it draws you back, especially that golden light in the first reflections. I’m on my laptop and at last I can see your slide show for the other reasons.
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Sorry, Meg! I keep forgetting that the slideshow is invisible on phones. IPads too? It’s a shame because they make a nice change from having to scroll (and scroll!) down. A nice way to break up the page. 🙂 Anyway… thanks!
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I’m better connected here with laptop, owned for a year and barely used. it is a good way to display photos, and you don’t have to apolgise for my technology! I’m also running an old iOS on my iPad.
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That time of day is so calming and your view is something to behold, Jo. I can see where it is your anchor and holds your heart. You describe your muse beautifully. 🙂
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Thanks, Lynne. 🙂 It seems so long since we were there, but it’s only April. I’m always greedy for more.
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what a lovely vista- no wonder you return again and again!
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It’s a lovely place, Kathe 🙂 I don’t know how many times I must have said that… a few!
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