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In a Vase on Monday: this old thing again

12 Monday Feb 2018

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amaryllis, blue, blue glass, Cadiz, in a vase on Monday, Mallorca, Spain, white

Apologies to those of you who saw this as my Silent Sunday post.

This is the last flowers from my bargain Amaryllis bulb I purchased before Christmas. A cut stem as suggested by the in a Vase host Cathy.

The blue glass bottle was a water bottle from a cafe in Cádiz last Summer.

The fabric is a piece of hand woven linen, typical of the island of Mallorca. It was an off cut from kitchen cupboard curtains, no doors, in a place Brother in law Dorris used to live. A little blast of Summer.

Have a good week and remember we are nearly half way through February which can only mean that Spring will really be on its way.

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52 Week Photo Challenge: Roof

03 Saturday Sep 2016

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52 Week Photo Challenge, Mallorca, roof, rooftops, swallows

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High among the roof tops

This week the photo challenge is Roof.  Sandra at https://daffodilwild.wordpress.com is one of the hosts of this meme. Her lovely blog will have lots of other ideas to look at.

Taught many years ago to always look up at  buildings, to see the Summer visiting Swifts up high is a joy.  I love their chattering and skillful darting around, feeding in the air.  This is one split second of their activities captured, high amongst the roof tops.

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Seeking shade perhaps?

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52 week photo challenge: Zest

22 Friday Jul 2016

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52 Week Photo Challenge, Mallorca, oranges, summer holidays, zest

One of the best things about renting Toni’s house in Mallorca was that it was in the middle of an orange grove, his orange grove.  As far as the eye could see were orange trees.  On arrival Toni would proudly present us with a crate of his oranges.

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The first year we wondered what we would ever do with them all but sure enough, once tasted, we were hooked; the day was not officially started until we had drunk their sweet juice. Throughout our holiday we would enjoy freshly squeezed oranges for breakfast. Such a great way to start the day.

a zesty box of oranges for Sandra’s meme hosted at https://daffodilwild.wordpress.com

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Sun, sea and …….

04 Wednesday Sep 2013

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Agave, Cacti, Mallorca, Oleander, Palm trees, Succulents

Sun, Sea and Succulents…….(bet you were hoping for something different there). I love Mallorca for many reasons, not least for its wonderful climate, tapas, local wines and landscape, its great city, Palma, and of course its plant life.  OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Those towering Palm trees photographed for many a postcard, run along beach fronts, in gardens and line roadsides, their long shadows providing welcome shade. IMG_0093

Great big prickly pears, Opuntia, can be seen growing on the side of the road, often against tumble down abandoned houses, and I understand that these were planted by peasants because its distinctive smell kept away insects from the outside loo “facilities”! The fruit which ripens in summer is used as food for pigs or made into a jelly.  Other road side plants are Oleanders, a colourful show of pinks or whites softening the infrastructure.OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Olives, Almond, Carob and Citrus trees grow to proportions we can only dream about.           Big Olive/ small car.???????????????????????

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We were lucky enough to be given a crate of oranges upon arrival and used them to keep us supplied in freshly squeezed juice each morning.  If only we could bottle that smell for the depths of Winter.

Bougainvilleas are planted along walls and  scramble over boundaries all over the Island, their distinctive colour dazzles in the bright light.  In the evening light, sheep got to work with a little light pruning, seeming to be rather partial to a pink snack.

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Hibiscus are knockout show stoppers and as much as I love to see “Oiseau bleu” here in Blighty they really do not compare with these:

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There is fennel, self seeded on the road sides wafting its liquorice like aroma in the warm air. Rosemary, Lavender, all wonderful, but my love is a Succulent. There is something really great about the way that they thrive in baking conditions, never asking for anything, putting up with little or no water. To me they look fabulous, shades of green, grey, terracotta, with or without a soft grey down, like velvet or peach skins.

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Many inhabitants on the Island live in flats with perhaps only a small window box or balcony to grow anything in, some just use the space around the front door to satisfy the need for a plant or two.OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThen there are the more architectural  Agave and Cacti which in this setting look worthy of admiration rather than those dusty,somewhat sad looking varieties on chilly dark window cills of Suburbia.OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAI love the way the spine of needles on a new Agave leaf leaves its imprint on the surface of its outer neighbour.  And these Agave grow to mammoth proportions, this is quite a small one, broken off and placed next to crockery to show scale.

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These pictures were taken on holiday and understandably will not make it into the family album, here’s hoping you like them.

I would be interested to learn the names of any of the succulents, so should you happen to be in the know, send me a message via the comments section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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