The Gannets were entertaining me while at the coast the other day.

A Gannet bird flying past

A Gannet bird just taking off from the sea

Exploring the Lecrin valley today and came across lots of almond groves 🌸

Almond grove in full bloom

I have no idea what these two were chatting about 🤔

The back view of my husband, sitting down and the back view of Arko the husky standing next to him.

The Golden eagle is an almost daily sight for me here in Lanjaron in the Granada province. Our work predominantly in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Spain and Alpujarra (the foothills of the Sierra Nevada) bring me into regular contact with the flora and fauna of our area.

A juvenile Golden Eagle flying directly overhead showing plenty of the young plumage.

Story of my life, wrong lens 🤣 This Kestrel put on a great show for us yesterday but alas I needed my longer lens, so these are heavily cropped and look better in b/w then they do in colour 🙄

Black and white picture of a Common Kestrel hovering while looking sideways at the camera having aimed a poop in my direction

Black and white picture of a Common Kestrel flying off from a twig

Black and white picture of a Common Kestrel staring straight at the camera while trying to land on a twig

I do miss this pack 🌈 One day we might get back up to four again 🤞 Front row on his own Siberian Husky Khumbu 🌈 Back row left to right Husky mix Arko, Nordic Shepherd mix Rita and Leonberger Kyra 🌈

Four dogs sat down and to the left of them a setting super moon. Two black and white Siberian Huskies, one Leonberger and one white mix

Fun with the bees 🐝

Bee flying towards a yellow flower (false mustard)

A bee flying towards a yellow flower (false mustard)

A bee feeding on the nectar from a yellow flower (false mustard)

Spring is definitely on her way 🌸 A few of my favourites from the dog walk 😁 Giant orchid (Himantoglossum robertianum) is taking it time to unfurl it's flowers. Those gorgeous tiny Narcissus, again. And whatever these are. Still unsure on the name of them, but the scent from them is definitely Hyacinth and heavenly 😍 So if you know the name please let me know.

Giant orchid (Himantoglossum robertianum) with unfurling flowers

White petalled yellow trumpet tiny Narcissus

Blue bulb flowers Hyacinth scented

These two swapped characters yesterday, roll reversal on behaviour 😇😈 Rita found her inner Shepherd and stayed guarding me while I took photos. Usually she runs off on her own adventures, more often the inner husky has a stronger pull. Arko found and listened to his inner husky and disappeared on his own adventure for an hour! Usually he stays beside me while I take photos.

A picture of Rita the white dog, mix husky german shephered, laying in grass

A picture of Arko. A mix husky and possible alaskan malamute with very pale blue eyes laying in the grass

I love these tiny that grow in my neighbours campo.

Tiny Narcissus with six white petals and a yellow trumpet.

I was distracted by almond blossom, again, on the dog walk, so the dogs took themselves to the acequia for a drink and mess around. I didn't have chance to get onto the correct settings before they decided to jump across and come say hello 😁

We have Trolls living in our mountains 😱

A rock formation that looks to have a face in it

This bee was happy that the almond blossom survived the recent polar blast. Almond blossom and the Bee, sort of sounds like it could be the name of a band 😂

A bee flying into almond tree blossom

He wanted in on the picture 😎 Arko, the lemons and the Hyacinths.

Siberian Husky Arko sitting among the hyacinth flowers with lemons hanging on a lemon tree behind

Polar air has marched it's way to southern Spain, even dropping some precipitation along the way. We went to take some photo's showing the snowy Sierra Nevada above. Our usual place for this shot took us into an area that was devastated by wildfire in September last year. It was horrifying to watch then, It was horrifying to wander through today. The loss of wildlife, nature & livelihoods is beyond words.

Burnt young palm trees pushing up through the ash from a wildfire

Showing a clear line from the wildfire battle, what got to live and what burnt.

Lanjaron mid distance, behind the Sierra Nevada mountains and in front a devastated area from the wildfire in September

Burnt trees

Introducing Sooty & Sweep, our cats who are sisters. It's at this time of the year they start to snuggle.

Cats snuggling

Cats cuddled up

Sweep (the cat) upside down annoying her sister

The moment before impact 😂

Soon our hillsides will be covered by almond blossom, it's a remarkable sight and one we look forward to every year. These particular trees are always early and the bees love them. I do fear for these ones though because we are due a big drop in temperature from Wednesday across Spain, including the Alpujarras 🥶

Beautiful almond blossom

Snoozes on the sofa 😴

Black and white picture of Arko the husky snoozing on the sofa with Sooty the cat next to him

Here come the Giants. Well actually it's the only one and it's a young Giant so it's quite small and the rest of his friends only have their leaves showing 😁 Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertianum) taken with a mobile this morning.

Giant orchid flower

It was a wild and beautiful dog walk this morning 😎

Here they come. The advance party at the top of the trees started to flower on January 1st!

Almond blossom

You are clear for landing 🐝

Bee coming in for pollen

Happy heavenly birthday Khumbu, the 4th one without you, I still miss you every day 🌈

Khumbu Siberian Husky in the snowy forest

Shame on and 😡 Why do people want to kill everything? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/02/huge-swedish-wolf-hunt-will-be-disastrous-for-species-warn-experts

A beautiful new years day walk

Dog walk with Rita and Arko

It's the simple things in life.

blade of grass macro photography

So this kitten turned up and decided to move in with us a few months ago. Our dogs loved her, our cats hated her. We've been looking for a new home for her and today we took her. She is the only cat in the household and has two dog siblings to help her settle in. She is going to have a great life, and can now be the cat she was supposed to be. Good luck Squirt, we will miss you ❤️

Squirt the kitten

Squirt the kitten

Squirt the kitten

Went out with the macro lens yesterday because we had dew, don't see it very often so had to make the most of it. Fun and frustrating with the moving sun 😅

Water droplets on grass

Have moved server to one the husband has set up so apparently I have no posts visible now 🤔 So here is one. This is how our wonderful mountains, Sierra Nevada, look at the moment ❤️ That's the Sierra Nevada in Spain!

The Sierra Nevada in Spain