Kiersten Rowland

Adventures, wildlife, and life in the Alpujarras

Visitors to the kale

Visitors to the kale

Fluffed up badly on the dog walk today

dog-walk

Dogs and Cats

Dogs and Cats

I love to see the interaction between the dogs and cats

dogs, cats

Vasar de Mulhacen

Vasar de Mulhacen

The clouds enveloped us on and off. A big boom of thunder decided where we would spend the night.

video, trekking

Happy Arko

Happy Arko

Someone is happy about the cooler temperature this morning

video

Iberian Marbled White Butterfly

Iberian Marbled White Butterfly

Iberian Marbled White (Melanargia lachesis)

butterfly

Random pictures and videos from the mobile

Random pictures and videos from the mobile

Just some random pictures

dogs, cats, video

Ladder Snake and Calima

Ladder Snake and Calima

Bumped into this beautiful Ladder snake having a snooze, warming up, or whatever he was doing, on the dog walk yesterday morning.

nature

Cerro de los Machos

Cerro de los Machos

We took the national park bus up into the Sierra Nevada. Then we dropped down into the impressive Corral de Veleta and started our ascent up Cerro de los Machos.

walking, video

A round of the northern peaks

A round of the northern peaks

This time we did an overnight camp to enable us to do this round trip. It was a short walk on the first day to our overnight camp spot at Lavaderos de la Reina.

video, trekking

Cats

Cats

Get cats you won't have a mouse problem!!

cats

Ribbit

Ribbit

nature

Doggie bath time

Doggie bath time

The annual bathing of the dogs happened today, Rita is super white again 😎 Arko is dirtier than before

dogs

A walk up Cerro de Caballo

A walk up Cerro de Caballo

Another grand day out in the mountains this time we went up Cerro de Caballo (3009m).

walking, video

Some pictures taken with the mobile from the past week

Some pictures taken with the mobile from the past week

We beat the sun up to this point this morning. About 500m of ascent. A very cool tree Yep he did it again. He clearly likes a mud facial Do you think Sooty is relaxed? Robust Marsh Orchid First 4'O cl...

dogs, lanjaron

A grand storm

A grand storm

We had the most amazing storm. Ahead of the storm some very cool Mammatus clouds formed.

lanjaron, video, weather

Khumbu

Khumbu

Two years you've been gone from my life Khumbu, I think of and miss you every day

khumbu, dogs

My favourite walk in the Sierra Nevada

My favourite walk in the Sierra Nevada

We had the most amazing day today, again, in another of my favourite mountain areas and it didn't fail with it's beautiful display of wildflowers, many endemic, and nature.

walking

Facial

Facial

Arko is trying out a new look, he heard it's good for the skin

dogs

To rain or not to rain?

To rain or not to rain?

Will it or won't it?

video

Above the Lanjaron Valley

Above the Lanjaron Valley

I appear to be at my happiest when I am in the mountains. Some people are not as fortunate and will never get to see the beauty we did today.

walking