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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.

CBBH Photo Challenge - Blue

This month´s CBBH photo challenge theme is Blue - not a difficult theme when living in the land of Blue Sky (she says tongue in cheek as it´s been grey and wet for a week or more). My gallery of photos says differently.

Marianne, CBBH host and writer of East of Malaga says that “Over the ages blue has become associated with steadfastness, dependability, wisdom and loyalty..."

It´s is such a solid colour from the mass of blue ocean and sky we get such a feeling of revival, awakening and peace. Here are a few of my offerings.


Vivid blue waters of the marina and sky in Fuengirola on a July day.


I love the way the deep blue in the above this statue in Puerto Banus fades to pale blue almost white in the distance.


Here their are different shades of blue in the sky and the reservoir contrasting with the green olive trees in the foreground.


Elegance and style Flamenco dancer in blue in this painting by the English artist Margaret Merry who lives in Spain.

I´m going to share, as requested, two blogs I like to follow one is a Spanish food blog, Al Sur de Sur which translates to the south of the south written in Malaga.

The second is Sevilla Tapas who does fantastic tapas tours and more recently flamenco and tapas tours in the heart of Sevilla.

You might well imagine from the above I like food - it´s true and especially Spanish food. Read my Tapas Cooking Course post or visit my holiday home page and see the cookery classes my Spanish brother-in-law runs.


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