May 9 is the
birthday of a delightful foreign resident who has lived in the Algarve for six decades. Today, Monday, Dorothy Boulter has turned 104!
Dorothy has
long been greatly admired by many people for her kindness, relaxed attitude to
life and warm smile for everyone she meets. Quick-witted, she has been able to
cope with and even make fun of her total deafness.
Well-known
artist BJ Boulter, says her mother is still “strong and healthy, but now wheelchair-bound
and reliant on professional carers.” However, that constant smile “is as lovely
as ever.” It is there in BJ’s latest
portrait (pictured above) that will be on show at a special exhibition opening next month in
Faro.
On coming to
the Algarve in 1962 via Malta, Ismailia, Bombay, the UK and Tanganyika, Dorothy
and her late husband Royston bought and ran the beautifully situated Solar
Penguin public bar and guest house in Praia da Rocha. She ran it efficiently for
45 years before retiring and moving close to BJ in Estombar, Lagoa. She has
lived there ever since, able to look after herself until just a few years ago.
Dorothy’s
portrait will be on show with works by various members of the Algarve Artists’
Network (AAN). After a two-year break due to the COVID pandemic, the theme of
the AAN’s next exhibition is “Artists for Hope”. It will be held in the Museu Municipal de
Faro from June 11 to August 28. Open Tue-Fri 10-18hrs, Sat-Sun 10-17hrs, closed
Mondays.
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