In Brighton, when the sun goes down, the starlings dance making drawings on the sky between the two piers of Brighton and Hove. It is a unique and beautiful event. In this drawing they appear on the Brighton West Pier designed by Eugenius Birch in 1866. Since it was closed to the public in 1975, the West Pier fell into disuse, storms, and two fires in March and May 2003 ended up destroying it to the metal skeleton seen on the coast today. The woman who appears in the background suffering the stones, another characteristic of Brighton’s beach, is Elona.
In South American countries where maté is drank, it is common to come across road signs forbidding to cebar (prepare) maté while driving. The first ones I saw were on a trip with my family to Uruguay.
Inspired on the sketch ‘How to make a sandwich? (How to make a sandwich?)’ of Mr. Bean, by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis. From bottom to top and from left to right: water fountain, fish (not quite dead yet), sock, hot water bottle (with builder’s tea), piece of bread.
Details from left to right, top to bottom: ant, yurumí (anteater), thermos with teréré (cold maté), maté guampa (maté gourd traditionally used in Paraguay), ilex paraguariensis (maté plant), jasmine de parag – blue-brunfelsia pauciflora (indigenous plant of the Paraguayan forest), tiger mosquitoes.
