Madeira part 1

[Old Crank]

Here are more from around the town. In an effort to think of things other than the goings ons...

gears from a sugar cane crusher


City park


Harbour




Fort


Tower at the fort

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. You have a really good eye, my dear Old Crank!

These are simply wonderful. So much variety, diversity and beauty!

The gears really caught my eye. Never saw anything like that before.

It's a lovely town!

[Old Crank]

6. Thanks Peggy.

I keep working on it and try to remember some rules of composition.
It is pretty. Just wish the weather had been better to get out of town a little.

[WestMichRad]

2. I must admit

… to not knowing where Madeira is. Portuguese island? Town in FL? (Nah, they wouldn’t have a hill that big!) And probably not the one in Ohio…

Nice photos, though!

[Old Crank]

4. Madeira is in the Atlantic

It is about 360 miles west of Morocco. Vertically it is about halfway between Marrakesh and Casa Blanca. Portuguese territory.

As with the Canary's you don't see many Yanks. Visitors are largely Northern European. When discovered by Portugal it was uninhabited. However there is DNA evidence from mice that the Vikings were there for a bit.

[Mousetoescamper]

3. Splendid photo of the sugar cane crusher gears, Old Crank!

[Old Crank]

5. Thanks

It is always fun to try to find a good angle for an abstraction.

[Diamond_Dog]

7. Thank you for sharing these beautiful scenes, Old Crank!

I wish I lived in a place that never gave Trump a thought ….

[Karadeniz]

8. You were right...we needed that break !!!!