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Andalusia or Andalucía?

The autonomous region of Andalusia (Andalucía in Spanish) is in the southern part of Spain. It spans from Atlantic coast in the west to the sheltered coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the east and from Málaga's Costa del Sol to the borders of Castilla – La Mancha the famous flat lands and Don Quixote windmill country.  With an average of 300 plus days of sunshine a year the coastal area is an all year round destination. Not so in the inland provinces of Cordoba, Jaen and Sevilla which ha ve baking hot summers that can reach +40c and cold winters which can be 0c or less overnight. The Mezquita, Córdoba Andalusia is divided into eight provinces, each with a provincial city of the same name. Some of them are far more famous than others: Almería , Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla. The three land-locked provinces are Córdoba, Jaé n and Sevilla, the rest are coastal. Each province and city is full of culture, history, traditions, fabulous monuments and cre...

Early Morning Views

Not exactly early I suppose, but this is the view,just past home, where I turn my car around to park in front of my house.

I´ve been watching this roof-top garden grow and this morning after the school drop-off the light was lovely, shining on the white flowers. I got my camera and went shooting but of course couldn´t do it justice.

Jim came with me of course, but it was a shame as he disturbed a family of ducks and sent them a-waddling before I could see or count them properly.

As he´s scared of our chickens it´s a shame mum duck didn´t turn and face him! That would have been a picture.






Blossom in its garden but I can´t remember the name.




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