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Monday Morning Photo - Wisteria Time in Andalucia

How quickly spring comes around after the short winter here in the Sierra Sur de Jaén. After lots of very much needed rain we´re back to the normal cloudless blue.  My garden is shooting incredbily with the moisture and now sunshine. And my beautiful wisteria flowers grandly albeit it short-lived. The big black carpenter bees love it. Each flowering season reminds me of the Botanical Gardens in Malaga and the ´tunnel´ of wisteria that I haven´t yet caught in bloom. April is a good time to plan to go if it´s on your list.  Here´s the botanical garden link La Concepción Botanical Gardens. And a sneaky peak at the wisteria. See the Monday Morning Photos list.

Writing Course & Writing Retreat in Spain

I really don't know how I managed not to write much about my Barcelona writing course trip here because I really enjoyed and gained confidence from it, now I seem to be writing about it everywhere else!

Last week's writing challenge on Wanderlust saw me penning a post about a lovely lady I met on the writing course - have a read? The Most Remarkable Person I Met While Travelling


This week on the Thelma & Louise website there's a piece I wrote sharing my experience in Barcelona on the writing course that was a prize win, but not originally mine. The winner backed out at the last minute, it was offered by Pink Pangea to anyone who wanted to take it, and I applied and got in. Read about it here - Rachel, the Travel Writer.

After leaving Barcelona, the writing course and the group of women I'd shared that time with I wrote a piece about the course and how I felt at the conclusion of a pretty emotional few days. It is on the Pink Pangea website if you fancy reading it or want a bit of a push to attend a writing course - Highs and Lows - Preparing to Land


As for writing retreats in Spain, come and stay in my holiday home in Jaen, northern Andalucia. No wifi and no mobile phone coverage in the house, peace, quiet and chill out time. I always find ideas come to me in moments of silence and inactivity and Casa El Reguelo is a great base to relax and write. I live less than ten minutes away if want you help, companionship, shopping doing etc.

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