Golden Hour

That January afternoon the sun said goodbye to the shores of Portugal, as it does every day. It had to go as some new horizons were waiting for its light. The sun left Lisbon and slowly crossed the ocean.

Before the sun hugged for the last time this landscape, it gave us a little visual gift. It pleased our eyes with a spectacular golden hour. Many people came to that spot in order to enjoy the views but we found ourselves there by accident, after walking around the streets of the city for the whole day.

I was already happy with all the historical buildings we saw and with the chitchat with our guide, carrying a little box full of succulents in my bag. Then, in one moment we arrived here, at the River Tagus, without planning it actually. In the distance, we saw the 25 de Abril Bridge and the sun embracing it. Close to us - people bathing in that golden light. I think none of us expected to see the sunset and these colours.

Another nice surprise was a musician that was playing his guitar just behind the dock, on the square. Music with roasted chestnuts (these were salty in Portugal!?), with those golden views and dear people. Where could this lead?

To more music :)))

You see, more than seven months passed since the moment of taking these photos. I thought I was just procrastinating not sorting out the photos from Lisbon (I still didn't do it, so maybe it is procrastination indeed), but maybe these ones had to wait for the right moment. To accompany this post, that could be a Spread the Vibes challenge thing, responding to @garorant's post he published in February. It's been a while, I know, but finally today I can bring the song he mentioned here. Golden Hours.

I had my ups and downs since then, practising and not practising phases. The piece just had to wait to ripen, I guess. So, a few days ago I found the scores and played it. Recorded it. Is it perfect? No, it isn't. I am not golden like the singer Jacob Dodge Lawson, aka JVKE, and neither I am playing it in the exact way he does it. But this is our particular space to share and spread the musical vibes and in this case golden vibes too.

{if you like to participate in Spread the Vibes challenge not challenge, check out the initial post for the guidelines, as I think I omitted a few rules here 😆}