The last days of Algarve utilities boxes!

So I know I said that I'll  stop with the boxes - I didn't realise how many I'd seen - [I'm going to make a little slideshow of them I think]

(#Carvoeiroboxes)

And as before quite a selection of topics ..

Fish 

Kiwi Fruit

And Peppers

Evening all 

Let's get out of here 

£156.50 is about right

Even more Algarve and why not here

Yesterday noted an actual boring box here in Ealing - perhaps we can get a project together with utility companies..

Couldn't we do something here?

So even more snaps from the Algarve - boxes and all..

A Bird of Paradise depicted

A  bird of Paradise at our hotel

A front door depicted 

Liking the black cat too

A boat 

And some birds in Paradise 

The yellow carried through

Looking distressed 

Jumping the fund ..

Jumping to £155

More Utility boxes of the Algarve

So I'll stop with the boxes soon but here are some more  of the images I captured. (#Carvoeiroboxes)

Quite a selection of topics I think you'll agree..

Portraiture?

Buildings

Wildlife too

Symbolism

And even fish

Middle Eastern 

Non representational 

And I fear to say 'twee'

Let's finish with another favourite...

£149 66 means the w/e will see £150

Algarve Public Art

Amongst the delights the Algarve has to offer are  beautiful blue skies which provide a great setting for some dazzling colours natural and 'person-made'.

Hard to imagine such a striking public work on the streets of Ealing London

As well as Public Art (like this, above in central  Ferruagudo)  which integrates so well into the resorts the villa's and streets are vibrant and full of life in a way that doesn't work in the more Northerly UK where I spend most of my time.

In fact in  the village of Carvoeiro there's been a project that has turned the usual ugly utility boxes into works of art. Carvoeiro resident Phil Francis, aka Phil da Bife, and his friend and graffiti artist Hélder José, aka Bamby have done the work (you can see the story here).

Here are some of the images I captured. (#Carvoeiroboxes)

How ugly would that be without a flower?

Odd  about these trees (ideas?)

A Religious Icon

I thought trees grew straight?

And in nature from the nest? day.

And we saw something  similar depicted on the boxes 

More images from the local artists improving the local environment in the next post or two.

And the fund is still building ..

£147 .56 is what we're looking at