De-Parting, The Parting......Farting, Farting...........

in #photography5 years ago

I had previously written about a fairly radical shift away from a stationary position into one of movement. Basically I have quit my job and accommodation and will leave for Portugal tomorrow, Sunday 22 Sep, where I intend to gain experience of living in different communities in a voluntary manner without schedules or have-tos and other such daily annoyances.

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- rainbow over Glen Etive, Aug 2019

I will be living in a tent for the next few months and have only a few hundred pounds in Fiat saved. Once the alt-market starts to move - whenever that may be, but I am certain it will be quite soon - I will have flexibility. Until then, I look forward to using experience, resourcefulness and a DIY-approach to life where I learn and acquire new experiences in willy-nilly manner which is actually very far from random, although I do not know just yet what the patterns might be.

This will be my final post from Scotland and I am unsure of how my blogging future will play out in the short term. I have been winding down my presence here and have said goodbye to Princess Shanti, who is off to the Isle of Skye with her human, Mr DJ. My stuff is mostly packed and I am satisfied that I have managed to do most everything that needed to be done.

I took a few photos yesterday - another kind of goodbye as I am not taking my camera with me, although I will have access to my photo library. I don't want the hassle of thinking about the camera sitting in the tent and I don't want the distraction of time-consuming image-processing. If I had my camera with me I'd be tempted to use it a lot and I'd rather spend my time learning, not stressing and working creatively with my hands.

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The princess casts a morning glance around the neighbourhood ....
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and then turns her amber gaze to reassure me that we will indeed meet again, "don't cry Barge!".....
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before dozing off in preparation for woofing BIG adventures to come.
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The non-Coriander Tomatoes are still producing ripe fruit. 3 weeks of daily harvesting (5 - 10 at a time) I have been gifted so far. Sky's the limit and it's still blue!
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A spider sits patiently in the morning sunshine, her elaborate and intricate creation held up by just two threads on either side!
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Regarding 'creativity', I am taking some basic tools with me. I'd like to work with wood and to that end I got myself a small saw and hand drill.
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I also got myself some coloured twine and upholstery needles. I have a notion of working with cloth and wood somehow and would love to create objects I could use to barter (for food, weed, even cash I guess if required :).
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Righty ho, thanks for reading and see you around when the moon rises high.

@barge

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Oh Princess Shanti, she will rule the Isle of Skye well. I am sure you will meet again. Are you sure about not taking your camera? You might encounter some interesting stuff, and you can just pretend in most days that you didn't bring it 😃 Good luck on your epic adventure!

I will be moving sooner than I expected. In 2 weeks to the mountain province for a month before I go international 😊

Greetings my friend, I'm still in Portugal and have now partnered up with a 5month old dog called Flame. Princess Shanti is missed but still in my heart. You're right about the camera, although I'm also glad not to have had to process all those photos - am living in a tent off-grid with little opportunity to charge devices, but in beautiful surroundings of hills and fruit trees.

Hope all is well with you, catch you when I'm back on the blog scene (whenever that may be!)

Namaste!

The off-grid life sounds a lot better than having unnecessary devices. If I were not blogging as a side income, I would have also left my gadgets.

So great that you found Flame, Princess Shanti is in the right hands. I'm quite scared of dogs for now because I got bitten by a puppy in Laos and have to take the anti rabies shots on the road, and the dogs in the Thailand border are aggressive. Oh and I'm in India now, a lot of stray dogs... so far they're tame. I think I have to be more careful of the monkeys. India is amazing! Been to Delhi (was culture shocked there, got away with a rickshaw scam that told us Delhi was closed down), and then Jaipur which is so beautiful with the palaces and forts. Now in Pushkar, nice and chill :)

Have a super awesome time in Portugal and I know you're having a great time.

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Still in Portugal, living in a tent and off-grid. Partnered up with a dog (5 months old, called Flame :). Life stretched in curious ways. May well be here for a while yet, perhaps back into blogging at some stage if feasible (currently not). Just popping up to say hi and send you a transatlantic hug. Hope all's well!!!!!

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Wow that's amazing!!! I hope you love it so much that you never come back...

Ha ha, you're not far off in a manner of speaking. Almost 5 months here and it looks like it may be a while yet. Not had a chance to blog it, but that may come soon. Thanks for your good wishes :D

if I could get the hell out of Dodge, I don't think I would ever go back to the USA

hi @barge

I just checked your profile to see if you posted anything new lately and ... NADA. Why so quiet? :)

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Piotr

Hey Piotr, I'm in Portugal living in a tent off-grid. Almost no opportunity to go online and blogging is on the back seat for now, perhaps to be resumed in a while. I'm good though, hope you are too. Cheers!

Wow. I kind of envy your lifestyle @barge :)

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Hey @atma.love, yes I am still in Portugal and may well be here for some time yet. I didn't know about the Steem eco-community in formation, any links or further info? Thanks :)

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