(Re)Start (em português mais à frente)
"Denmark is in the North of Europe. The winters there are long and severe; the nights are also long, while the days are short, pale and freezing. The snow covers the earth and the roofs, the rivers are frozen, the birds fly away towards the southern lands in search of the sun, the leaves fall from the trees. Only the pines remain green amidst the cold and naked forests, and with their branches full of thin needles, stiff and shining, they seem to be alive in the middle of the great, still and white silence."(in ANDRESSEN, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Cavaleiro da Dinamarca, 21ª edição, translated).
With a paragraph of a fairy tale that I remember from my childhood, I reveal for those who don't know yet, the country to which we moved on the 7th of September of 2014, exactly 2 years ago. This is the beginning of the Picotone's blog, which I have been wondering around in my mind for along time, to show what I'm doing with my fabrics and the sewing machine, but also to share my days, my discovers. The good and the less good things. The adventure of the four of us in Danish lands so, that later on, we, and them, can remember how it was to leave our country with two children - Vicente with 5 and Leonor with 2 - and embrace a new culture, learn a new language, leave the car and just take the bike...
"Denmark is in the North of Europe. The winters there are long and severe; the nights are also long, while the days are short, pale and freezing. The snow covers the earth and the roofs, the rivers are frozen, the birds fly away towards the southern lands in search of the sun, the leaves fall from the trees. Only the pines remain green amidst the cold and naked forests, and with their branches full of thin needles, stiff and shining, they seem to be alive in the middle of the great, still and white silence."(in ANDRESSEN, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Cavaleiro da Dinamarca, 21ª edição, translated).
With a paragraph of a fairy tale that I remember from my childhood, I reveal for those who don't know yet, the country to which we moved on the 7th of September of 2014, exactly 2 years ago. This is the beginning of the Picotone's blog, which I have been wondering around in my mind for along time, to show what I'm doing with my fabrics and the sewing machine, but also to share my days, my discovers. The good and the less good things. The adventure of the four of us in Danish lands so, that later on, we, and them, can remember how it was to leave our country with two children - Vicente with 5 and Leonor with 2 - and embrace a new culture, learn a new language, leave the car and just take the bike...
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| the three of us, two years ago |
(Re)Começar
"A Dinamarca fica no Norte da Europa. Ali os Invernos são longos e rigorosos com noites muito compridas e dias curtos, pálidos e gelados. A neve cobre a terra e os telhados, os rios gelam, os pássaros emigram para os países do Sul à procura de sol, as árvores perdem as suas folhas. Só os pinheiros continuam verdes no meio das florestas geladas e despidas. Só eles, com os seus ramos cobertos por finas agulhas duras e brilhantes, parecem vivos no meio do grande silêncio imóvel e branco." (in ANDRESSEN, Sophia de Mello Breyner, O Cavaleiro da Dinamarca, 21ª edição)
Com um parágrafo de um conto que recordo da minha infância, desvendo para os que ainda não sabem, o país para onde nos mudámos no dia 7 de Setembro de 2014, exactamente há 2 anos atrás. E começo o blog, há muito idealizado no meu imaginário, da Picotone, para mostrar o que vou fazendo com os meus tecidos e a máquina de costura, mas também para mostrar os meus dias. As minhas descobertas. As coisas boas e menos boas. A aventura dos quatro por terras dinamarquesas. Para mais tarde recordarmos, nós e eles, como foi deixar o nosso país com duas crianças - o Vicente tinha 5 anos e a Leonor tinha 2 aos - e adoptar uma nova cultura, aprender uma nova língua, deixar o carro e adoptar a bicicleta...
É uma boa premissa para começar um blogue! ;-)
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