De todas as coisas que a sabedoria concede para nos tornar a vida completamente feliz, a maior é a amizade.

Epicuro (341-270 a.C.)

Vieira da Silva (A Poesia está na Rua)


Acordo com os pássaros cativos,
Com a ária da vida nos ouvidos,
Acordo sem amarras nos sentidos,
Fiéis à sempiterna liberdade...
Nada pôde vencer a lealdade
Que juraram à deusa aventureira.
Nem as grades do sono, nem a severidade
Da noite carcereira.

Acordo e recomeço
O canto interrompido:
O desvairado canto
Da ira irrequieta...
- O canto que o poeta
Se obrigou a cantar
Antes de ter nascido,
Antes de a sua angústia começar.

Miguel Torga - Destino


25 de Abril, Sempre

Artificial trees and plants

During the past years I have a great experience in visiting clients all over the country and I noted that are two or maybe three kind of offices according to their green look!

You have the modern and plain offices without any green distributed by the office rooms, you just see the plain, modern and clean rooms. Great design with a very plain style!

Then, you have the second type of offices, conservative design some plants on the waiting room, with high maintenance work, water and plant food are necessary to keep them always green and beautiful.

The third type of offices, and the ones that we can find more often nowadays, are the ones who use artificial plants or artificial trees that are superbly designed and manufactured to look exactly the real ones.

To someone who loves real plants it main seems a heresy to have artificial plants on a office, but thinking rationally it is a way of saving the planet too, these plants need almost no maintenance, you only need to clean the dust one a week, you will save water, and chemicals products are not used to keep them always green and alive.

The same can be applied to silk flowers, it is possible to have some beautiful floral arranges, free from water, durable and that you only note the difference, looking very closely!

Silk plants are perfect for closed public places and interiors, because they provide a good looking environment without the troubles of having live plants with ll the maintenance needed to keep them alive and beautiful.

If your forget to water your live plants for a week, it will be possible that they die in a mater of a few days, but with artificial trees, silk plants and silk flowers they will stay green for ages!

Be yourself!

In an era of mass production where the products come equal and all the same from the production facilities, it seems impossible to have a personalized item affordable.

For instance, just imagine the millions of people that jog or frequent a gym every day. Are you picturing this number in your mind?

Ok, then think of their water bottles, are you seen that? Do you remember to see personalized water bottles on the hand of some of those athletes? Is almost impossible to remember that, but now you can choose your own, personalized monogrammed water bottle just by choosing the type of lettering, the fabric and you will have your own and unique item.

But don’t think that you can only personalize water bottles, you also can have personalized tumblers to keep you coffee hot or your ice tea…. Iced!

You can choose all of these items from Posy Lane, and why not use them as a gift favour

Está quase a chegar!

Lá vem ele!

Hora da refeição.

Missão cumprida.

Este domingo na Ericeira.

Collar for Dogs

As you all know, I have a dog, she is a female and she is beautiful, blond with green eyes, she can make lots of people turn the head just to see her walk.

Well, having just a beautiful dog I need to have care with their appearance, and I was looking for some dog collars original, that will make her look even better.

The times where a dog collar was just another nylon strip with one colour belongs to the past, now it’s possible to choose from a great variety of designs and colours.

Someone who really worries about the way their dog look can search for the coolest collars for dogs at Dog-colar.net, there the most difficult its to really choose because they have such great collars that it will be difficult to you to buy just one.

You can search by theme, if you are a stripes person or a beach and ocean lover you will find an appropriate collar, but if you care for the environment you also have Eco friendly collars made with organic leather.

This is really a great place to visit if you have a dog and want great and original collars!

Árvore do chá (Leptospermum scoparium )

Pervinca (Vinca minor)

Gerânio (Pelargonium hortorum)

A flor que és, não a que dás, eu quero.
Porque me negas o que te não peço.
Tempo há para negares
Depois de teres dado.
Flor, sê-me flor! Se te colher avaro
A mão da infausta esfinge, tu perene
Sombra, errarás absurda,
Buscando o que não deste.

Fernando Pessoa/Ricardo Reis

A Maria Faia tem no seu blogue toda a história sobre Ikebana, arte floral japonesa, de onde tirei

esta imagem. Aconselho vivamente a passarem por lá porque, tal como eu, ficarão encantados.

Tenho fases, como a lua
Fases de andar escondida,
fases de vir para a rua...
Perdição da minha vida!
Perdição da vida minha!
tenho fases de ser tua,
tenho fases de ser sózinha.

Fases que vão e vêm,
no secreto calendário
Que um astrólogo arbitrário
Inventou para meu uso.
E roda a melancolia
Seu interminável fuso

Não me encontro com ninguém
(tenho fases como a lua...)
No dia de alguém ser meu
não é dia de eu ser sua...
E, quando chega esse dia,
O outro desapareceu.

Cecília Meireles - Lua adversa

Cookies and candies, wedding favours

At weddings normally people use to give to the newly weds, presents, gifts that will help start their life in common.

At the reception however it is use for the bride and groom to have some small gifts used like a small token of friendship, these tokens, are known as wedding cookie favors and are fully personalized to the event.

But you can use these edible wedding favours for more than a wedding, if you have a party or a corporate event, you also can use the classy and inexpensive as a promotional gift. You can choose between cookies and candies, what are the most appropriate to you event.

Candy wedding favors or cookies they are all delicious, cheap and very attractive, you just need to choose the package that you like, the ribbon and the font to personalize your message, and Posy Lane, will do the rest!

Posy Lane is an online store with a complete list of personalized gifts suitable to corporate events, parties, weddings and other personal events that come across your life!

Flor da Paixão (Passiflora caerulea)

Volto a cantar, e voltam-me à memória
As rústicas imagens
Que guardei na retina
de menino:
O repique do sino
Depois da negras horas da Paixão,
E a brejeira
Canção
Que num toco
já oco
De cerdeira
- Flauta que um pica-pau lhe dera -
A seiva assobiava à Primavera...

Miguel Torga - Ressurreição

Para todos uma Feliz Páscoa.

Busy mom!

Busy people need to plan the day in order to keep in mind all the compromises of the day, and get to places in time.

Being a busy mom, implies a great deal of organization, compromises can be of different kinds, business or home matters should have different treatments.

Imagine a mom, who needs to keep in mind all the children activities during the day, plus the things to do daily at home, and a million house management stuff.

For that or this mom have a prodigious memory, or have an Agenda Desktop who helps planning the day, without forgetting anything, like a kid on the piano lessons or a child on gym.

A Mom agenda can be compared to a butler who keeps the house running smoothly with all the tasks being followed by the second.

In order to keep all right and without mistakes, families with more than one child should have personalized children nap mats to take along when they will need to take a nap on the day care center or going out.

With personalizes nap mats, you always know that your children sleep on their one mats, clean and controlled.

Ezy-Rollers

Do you remember to have fun when you where a little boy and get down the street on you roller cart?

Well I do remember and it was great! Of course that in those times the cart rollers where very primitive and made by us, with some wood and four wheels.

Now the kids have the Ezy-roller a three wheels cart without pedals, chains or batteries, this cart rolls very smoothly just by moving the feet. With the feet movement the cart will glide forward, and when your kid think that the he is speeding, than it is time to press the breaks.

These Ezy-Rollers are great, and can be found at Posy Lane, a online store with a great number of different gadgets, toys and personalized items.

And talking on personalized gifts, normally on the Spring and Summer time couples use to get married so having personalized wedding favours can be very distinctive

Sintra

Aldeia Típica de José Franco

Capelinha de Nª Senhora da Boa viagem - Ericeira

Mar da Ericeira

Neste passado domingo tive o privilégio de conhecer duas pessoas maravilhosas : A Janaína e o Luis. Janaína um dos cinco nomes de Iemanjá, Deusa do Mar. Nome que eu já conhecia pois nos anos sessenta ofereceram-me dois LP de Dorival Caymmi. Num deles ( "Canções Praieiras") há uma canção assim, pouco mais ou menos:

Andei por andar, andei

E todo o caminho deu no mar

Andei pelo mar, andei

Nas águas de dona Janaína

A onda do mar vem

A onda do mar vai

Quem vem pra beira da praia, meu bem

Não volta nunca mais.

A melodia no violão de Dorival torna-a inesquecível. Assim é Janaína! Doce e serena como este mar da Ericeira.

Saravá, meus amigos.

How to personalize a letter

I like to have my stationery personalized, but I don’t like to spend a lot of Money doing that, for instance, I use plain letter paper to communicate with my family, and I write by hand of course. I think that a personal letter must be written and not printed in a computer printer, it seems to be a very cold way to send a letter to friends and family.

Then I have found Posy Lane, that is an online store with good stuff that help people to personalize everything.

Now I am thinking in buying personalized ink stamps, with that my letters will look very different and original.

Instead of PSa essentials ink stamp I also can use an embosser that will make a emboss mark on my letter paper.

Next time that I will send some gifts to my friends, like nam's bits chocolate chip cookies I will use my new embosser or my new personalized ink stamp, and my friends will be astonished with the good look of a simple and plain letter.

Sweet gifts!

The fastest way to get to someone is to give some sweet gift, the sweet taste open doors and will make people happier.

Sometimes advertising or marketing departments need big brainstorms and long meetings just to decide what kind of gifts they will have to distribute to clients, reps, customers or sponsors.

These people spend some hours sending ideas to the middle of the table and discussing if clients and other relations of the company will like the elaborate gifts that they will have to give.

But sometimes it is so easy, the fastest way to get to people is very simple, just some sweets like nam's bits cookies that will leave a sweet taste to chocolate chips on the mouth and for sure will leave a good memory of your company.

Nam's bits can be used for long time they have a shelf life of six months, perfect to some marketing campaigns, so you can change the look of your gifts often, and your clients and friends will always look at these gifts as new.

To have customized gifts you just need to visit Posy Lane website and you will find great ideas for the marketing or your company, or just to give to friends and family!

Cheiro a terra as árvores e o vento
Que a Primavera enche de perfumes
Mas neles só quero e só procuro
A selvagem exalação das ondas
Subindo para os astros como um grito puro.

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen - Mar (II)

...
A Criança Nova que habita onde vivo
Dá-me uma mão a mim
E a outra a tudo que existe
E assim vamos os três pelo caminho que houver,
Saltando e cantando e rindo
E gozando o nosso segredo comum
Que é o de saber por toda a parte
Que não há mistério no mundo
E que tudo vale a pena.
...

Fernando Pessoa/Alberto Caeiro - O Guardador de rebanhos (VIII)

Time to party, outside

Now at the Easter holydays and with the Sun starting to warm the air, it is time to start thinking at some parties. Organizing a party to get up the moral on this time of global crisis it is a way of having happier employees and clients.

Corporate events with new games like casino games or video games are important at this time to make people forget the day do day problems.

And you don’t need to worry about the materials for these parties, there is a company specialized in Party Rentals. From Inflatable rentals to waterslide rentals they have all the materials to make your party a success!

Personalised gifts

I like to be different form the other people and to have different things, belongs that are unique and personalised, but on the stores most of the times I just find the same type of items that everybody owns.

One way of being different is to have a personalised monogram on a wallet or why not in a mouse pad.

At Posy Lane people who really want to be different can find the mainstreet collection of monograms, a collection full of colour and at affordable prices.

The main street collection of monograms is prefect for all of your goods. Of course that you can show all your creativity when thinking about your gifts, people who give personalised monogram gifts show the concerns in finding the best to their friends and family.

So when you buy for you or and when look for a special gift to someone, don’t forget to look for the Pose Lane collection of monograms, and get original and different from most people!

Children plates

I remember so well my children time, when I was a little boy! One of the things that I remember with a great accuracy was the meal time, lunch and dinner specially!

And you don’t even think why these memories are so strong and vivid, but I will tell you!

I had a special plate to eat, only mine, different of the rest of the plates from the family, my soup plate I remember as if was today, had a little duck printed and another on the side, and my meal plate was green, different form the rest of the plates. It was the only green plate at home. This was a way of being different but at the same time to build memories of great moments.

One way of children start to build links and memories is to have personalized children's plates and personalized children's placemats.

With this type of personalized products, children will start to build their own individuality but with excellent memories, connected to good moments.

And keep going with personalized items like the monogrammed tote bags that you will find at Posy Lane.

USA casinos

Playing at a casino on the United States has a lot of rules, at has to follow State and Federal legislation, even online casinos based on United States have to follow these rules.

Those who want to play online for money should know which online casinos accept American Players without breaking any rules.

There are a lot of casinos on the net and on Unite States, and choosing the right ones to play is an huge task, and for helping the players there is a site with a list of the United States casinos online, casinos with big bonus, casinos for USA players or no deposit casinos where you can play without making any initial deposit, all kind of casinos!

This gambling portal is very intuitive to use and you can find in one page all that you need to start playing online on United States, these casinos listed here accept players form all States.

To start earning money you always need to deposit some cash and look at that as an investment because if you are a good poker player you will earn for sure some extra cash. And if you are really, good then you can go pro and start attending to the big tournaments!

Weight control, eat all and loose weight

Today, one of the biggest concern of most people is their appearance, the way they look and more important the weight or overweight that they have.

But if you think right, the weight control is not only important to the way that you look, but is also important in keeping you health and in shape.

Overweight can cause several types of problems to your heart, veins, bones and articulations, so, controlling weight is one important activity to keep you in good health.

There are people who cannot control weight in an easy way, and Weight watchers designed a program called Momentum that is perfect to all the people who wants to loose weight.

With this program you don’t have to eat less, you just have to eat smarter, that means that with this program you will learn how to choose healthy foods together with exercise to loose weight and be healthier at the end!

Following Momentum from Weight Watchers will help you in your task of loosing weight and eating all the tasty foods that you like, but in portions well controlled!

Main street monogram collection

One way of be different form all the other people is to personalize your goods, like wallets, purses or even mouse pads.

Looking to the mass market today, most of the people has the same equal things that everybody owns, people don’t bother to show their own personality.

At Posy Lane people who really want to be different can find the mainstreet collection of monograms, a collection full of colour and at affordable prices.

The main street collection of monograms is prefect for all of your goods. Of course that you can show all your creativity when thinking about your gifts, people who give personalised monogram gifts show the concerns in finding the best to their friends and family.

So when you buy for you or and when look for a special gift to someone, don’t forget to look for the Pose Lane collection of monograms, and get original and different from most people!

Eu canto porque o instante existe
e a minha vida está completa.
Não sou alegre nem triste:
sou poeta.

Irmão das coisas fugidias,
não sinto gozo nem tormento.
Atravesso noites e dias
no vento.

Se desmorono ou se edifico,
se permaneço ou me desfaço,
- não sei, não sei. Não sei se fico
ou passo.

Sei que canto. E a canção é tudo.
Tem sangue eterno a asa ritmada.
E um dia sei que estarei mudo:
- mais nada.

Cecília Meireles - Motivo

Pergunto...
Mas quem me poderia responder?!
Tu não, rio sem asas,
Que permaneces
A passar...
Nem tu, planeta alado,
Que pareces
Parado
A caminhar...

Humano, só de humanos meus iguais
Entendo a fala,
Os gestos
E o destino.
E esses, como eu,
Olham a terra e o céu,
Os rios e os planetas,
E perguntam também...

Perguntam, mas a quem?

Miguel Torga - Diálogo

What do your name means?

Names are very personal and different, but do you really know the meaning of your name?

Do you feel that your name carries some weight and some different meaning?

Do you ever think why do you have a particular name and what do your name means? There people all over the world asking why do they call Brian or Daphne, and who originate their names.

Now it is possible to find the meaning of names at an online encyclopaedia, the Namespedia.

This site is very well organized and you can search by country or language, and everyone can contribute to names meaning, in every language.

If you know the meaning of a name, in your own language or in other you can fill up a record, and to follow the Namespedia style, will help others to search.

Visit Namespedia.com and see what does your name means!

Golf Season

Now that the spring is starting, is time to take out the closet the golf equipment and beginning the training and to play.

Walking around the fields on the fairway, breathing the fresh air is one excellent sensation. And going to the green and put the ball into the hole, is sublime.

Of course that the dream of every golf player is to make a hole in one on a Par 4 hole, can you imagine the trill, the excitement of doing that?

Now is the time to see your golf materials, the drivers, to see is everything is in pristine conditions to the golf season.

And it is also time to see the latest trends in golf, and the latest and most modern materials to your favourite game. Almost every golf player is very busy and the best way of searching for the new products is to visit an online Golf shop where it is possible to find the major sports brands.

My German friends can find a list of Golfshops here and see if there is some near your location.

But don’t think that these shops have only materials and clothes for men, today women make part of a growing group of players with professional and amateur tournaments, and there are some with very good handicaps and specialists, so the golf brands are thinking much more on this segment with fashionable clothes and other materials specially designed for women.

From Women socks, ladies rain jackets and pants or women design polo’s, a women player can show all their good appearance on the fairway, just by visiting this online Golf Mode shop.

The great golf brands are here at these online shops, Bridgestone drivers, Callaway ladies drivers, Nike clothes for men and women, Mizuno Caps and other materials form the most well known brands are here just for you to choose, and the prices are lower than in an offline store.

Deixo a brisa de leste banhar-me a face
A primavera resplandece de norte a sul
Com dez mil tons de vermelho
e dez mil tons de azul!

Chu Hsi (sec.IX) - China - Sol de Primavera

trad.: Jorge Sousa Braga

(in Rosa do Mundo)

Direct TV

Nowadays I am spending much more time at home, getting out it is very expensive and I am full of the all same things.

So I am thinking in some changes at home, one of them is to have a new TV provider that can give me full satisfaction and a great number of channels to choose.

And with my new TV set, I surely want a provider with a lot of HD TV channels that I can choose from.

One of these providers is Direct TV, with an offer of more than 100 HD channels, High definition is the future of TV, and people will easily move to a provider with HD Channels instead of other with less or none of these offers.

Direct T V is the future of TV services, a provider with different types of choices to all the family. Switch to directtv.com is a good decision and will improve your satisfaction for sure!

...

Eu vejo como
a flor, a sua cabeleira,
o seu acetinado peito,
a sua compostura
nas lojas esplendem.
Vejo
como a cor, a luz de seda,
a túrgida torre,
o ramo de ouro,
a pétala violeta da aurora,
o pedúnculo aceso da rosa,
engalanados e nus
se preparam
para entrar na casa dos ricos.

...

Oh, eu não te culpo, flor,
esguia flor de eriçado ímpeto,
não te nego o direito
de levar o relâmpago
que a terra engendrou com a tua formosura,
para a casa dos ricos.
Eu tenho a certeza
que amanhã
florescerás em todas
as habitações do homem.
Não terás medo da rua esconsa,
nem haverá ao cimo da terra
sombrios tugúrios
onde não entre a primavera.
Não te culpo, flor, estou ciente
do que te digo,
e para que floresças onde deves
florescer, em todas as janelas,
é que eu luto,
flor,
e canto a partir de agora, assim
duma forma tão simples,
para toda a gente,
e reparto
as flores de amanhã.

Pablo Neruda - Ode à Flor (Excertos)