Cute carrot :)

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Lisbon

The capital of Portugal, Lisbon (Portuguese: Lisboa) has experienced a renaissance in recent years, with a contemporary culture that is alive and thriving and making its mark in today's Europe. Perched on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon is one of the rare Western European cities that face the ocean and uses water as an element that defines the city. Lisbon enchants travelers with its white bleached limestone buildings, intimate alleyways, and an easy going charm that makes it a popular year round destination.

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The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo is a children's book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, that tells the story of a mouse's walk in the woods. The book has sold over 10.5 million copies, has won several prizes for children's literature, and has been developed into plays on both the West End and Broadway.
The Gruffalo was initially published in 1999 in the United Kingdom by Macmillan Children's Books (ISBN 0-333-71093-2) as a 32-page hardback edition, was followed six months later by a paperback edition, and subsequently by a small-format board book edition. It was penned for readers aged three to seven, and is about 700 words long. It is written in rhyming couplets, featuring repetitive verse with minor variance. More...
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Évora

Évora is a Portuguese city in the municipality of Évora. As of 2004^[update], it had 41,159 inhabitants.
Due to its well-preserved old town centre, still partially enclosed by medieval walls, and a large number of monuments dating from various historical periods, including a Roman Temple, Évora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is also a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network. ^More...

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Colorful angel :)

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"Sacred Hearts", Sarah Dunant

Sarah Dunant (born Linda Dunant 8 August 1950, in London, England) is the author of many international bestsellers, most recently Sacred Hearts, the completion of her Italian historical trilogy.
Sarah Dunant's work ranges over a number of genres and eras, going from hard-boiled detective fiction to historical thriller. Her narratives are hard to categorise due to their inventive treatment of time and space, and a favoured device of hers is to run two or more plot strands concurrently, as she does to great effect in Mapping the Edge. A common concern running through her work is women's perceptions and points of view, but the serious stuff is always embedded deep below the surface. Her work is polished and taut, and her handling of narrative pace is nearly always impeccable.
Her characters are frequently women of the world, able to hold their own against men and open to sexual experimentation and rule-breaking, which drives a lot of her plots' energy. This is probably because even when she sets her story in Renaissance Florence, as she does in The Birth of Venus, the 'whodunit' plot construct still persists, and the quest to solve a mystery or a crime carries on alongside the emotional involvements of the characters. Having said that, it would not be adequate to say that she writes 'thrillers', since there is much more to be found in the books than generic thriller-type entertainment.

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Designer Anne Geddes

Anne Geddes, MNZM, (b. September 13, 1956) is an Australian-born photographer, clothing designer and businesswoman who now lives and works in New Zealand. She is known for her stylized depictions of babies and motherhood. Typical images show babies or young children dressed as fairies and fairytale creatures, flowers, or small animals. She has described herself as "a baby freak."
 

"I had always imagined that there would be so few words to adequately
describe how I feel about babies, which is why I have spent the past 25 years photographing them...

I am touched by their infinite, delicate beauty, their enormous potential, their unique personalities from the minute they are born, and the overwhelming sense of responsibility parents feel from the minute they first cradle their tiny newborn.

My own desire is that my imagery will help to create a strong
platform of hope and promise for humanity and the future." 
                                                                                        Anne Geddes

 
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Lisboa

Lisbon  is the capital city and largest city of Portugal, with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limitson a land area of 84.8 km² (33 sq mi). The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 millionon a area of 958 km² (370 sq mi), it is the 9th most populous urban area in the European Union. About 2,831,000 people live in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (which represents approximately 27% of the population of the country). Lisbon is the westernmost large city located in Europe, as well as its westernmost capital city and the only one along the Atlantic coast. It lies in the western Iberian Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and the Tagus River. More...

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Portuguese collection of the Azares (limited edition)

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Trumpet

The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments,dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are constructed of brass tubing bent twice into an oblong shape, and are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the trumpet. More...

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Portugal

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More bookmarks sent on my birthday :)

 

Thanks for the birthday greeting Merce from Spain :) I liked the bookmark made of recycled paper with cats and Santa Claus , plastic bookmark with a rose, as well as beautiful and with a wooden ladybird, but I have the same ladybird from the past , I will exchange this one;)

Thanks for the birthday greeting Pam from England :)

Thanks for the birthday greeting Catia from Portugal :)

Thanks for the birthday greeting Noel from Belgium :)

Spanish costume, 1931 show unidentified Jorge Herold

From National Museum of the Theater,Portugal.
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Costumes by "Two kings and a sleep",1958 Mário Cesariny

From National Museum of the Theater,Portugal.
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Wooden handmade bookmark, from the north of Portugal

I very grateful to Ana, for this bookmark and for Easter greetings .:)

Mermaid

A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature with a female human head and torso and the tail of a fish. Mermaids are represented broadly in folklore, literature, and popular culture. More...

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From Lisboa Municipal Bookstore

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Bodyguard of my book :)

Who folds a leaf down the Devil will toast Brown , who Makes a Mark or Blot, the Devil will toast Hot; who Steals this book the Devil shall cook !!! :)

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Portugal

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