Dia da Marinha do Tejo (02)

(Photo by Sailor Girl)

I should have taken last Friday off to rest for such an important event as last Saturday's, the first anniversary of the Tagus Navy, which became officially the Day of the Tagus Navy. But ney, it was not possible. So, I went to sleep rather late Friday night and woke up really tired, exausted and burnt from a maniac week doing I don't really know what or what for. So I woke up and had Sailor Mum actually kicking me out of bed (she is an excellent waking up alarm intelligent system), in spite of my protests. But God helped me and I managed to take a bath and all (I even washed my teeth and had my hair done at an amazing speed)! While drying my hair, I shouted to Sailor Mum the clothes she was ever so kind to prepare for me to dress (I only had five more minutes to get ready): my blue jeans, my white sports shoes, my white tennis socks with a pink ball, a white t-shirt, my hat from «Atlântico Azul», my flag pin, my underwear and, of course, my «CREOULA» polo!!! Then off we went from Cascais to Doca da Marinha (in Lisbon, right in front of the Ministry of Finances - Y E S)! We were right on schedule!!! So I was able to run for a coffee (a real one, black, with no sugar added) and return right on time to watch the first sailing barge to arrive at the dock, the barge «SALVARAM-ME»!!! The sailing barges had to arrive before the VIPs, which included the Secretary of State for National Defense and Maritime Affairs (Dr. João Mira Gomes) and the Head of the Portuguese Navy (Almirante Melo Gomes). (to be continued)...

This photo depicts the flags on the mast of the second sailing barge to arrive to the Dock of the Navy, the barge «QUIM ZÉ», another member of the Tagus Navy. She belongs to Mr. José Joaquim Pessoa Gonçalves, who is also her skipper, and was built at Moita in 1986. «QUIM ZÉ» is known not only for its beauty but also for all her flags. These on the photos depict the Portuguese official Flag, the Flag of Atlântico Azul, the Flag of the municipality of Moita and the Flag of the Parish of Gaio (Rosário, Moita).

So many blogs, so little time...

Sailor Mom is always preaching about my blog... Because people are fed up with it as I don't have as many comments as I used to, because the posts stink, because I don't post poems and stuff as I used to, because of this and because of that, etc! I've already told her she can create her own blog if she doesn't like mine, but she's «too busy for that» (sic). Good grief...

In response to those infamous accusations, I take the liberty to bring up to this post a nice comment received from our Friend and colleague from CDPB-Tasmania, [Kris McCracken], which reflects all bloggers' problems related to time... I also have this kind of problem... So much heavy paperwork in hands and so little time to post and to pay visits to my dear friends and their awsome blogs as regularly as I wanted to! So here it goes:

«First, my apologies for a bit of cut and paste commenting. I have been doing the rounds via Bloglines and looking at all the pictures from my favourite photo blogs, but haven’t been leaving comments. Generally, I try to comment as much as I can (I know how good it is for ‘morale’ to know that someone is out there appreciating them), but after the birth of my second son, I am a bit knackered to think up something witty and insightful on the hop. Thus the resort to Control+C and Control+P! [Kris from Hobart, Tasmania.]»

Thanks, Kris, and please DO NOT worry! We love you anyway!!!...

MORE SPECTACULAR PHOTOS COMING SOON

I WILL SOON POST MORE PHOTOS I'VE JUST TAKEN THIS AFTERNOON AT CASCAIS TO THE KING AND QUEEN OF NORWAY AND TO THEIR ROYAL YACHT!!! And NO, the Portuguese and Norwegian Secret Services did neither arrest me, nor taken my camera away... I was lucky, though, as they would have if only they could. It was a sad episode at my home town and birthplace. I will soon tell you more about it, but the really important fact is the beautiful arrival of Their Majesties the King and the Queen of Norway to Cascais...