Walking in the fields

Now the weather is still good for walking and nature is in full bloom, we joined the monthly walk of our 'Coffee, Chatting and Stroll' group (KKK in Dutch, not to be mistaken by the US meaning)

 

This time the walk started in the neighbor village of Benitatchell

in the Costa Blanca, of course...

 

 

one of the few buildings we came by, is this new finca style house

 that is almost finished

The trees here are mainly pine trees and they are protected now, after lots of them were cut down due to intensive building activities some twenty years ago

 

 

the roadside and borders of wine fields are full with flowers at this time of the year

 

 

the pink variety of this little, lovely flower of which I don't know its name

 

 

this one is much bigger, but quite as beautiful

 



 

Benitatchell is a very old village, on this picture seen from the backside

 



 

the size of the bigger pink flower can be seen above

 



 

almost at the end of the walk...

 

Except for a few cars, nobody else was seen. How lucky we are, here in the Costa Blanca, in Spain

 

PS though absolutely not art related, I thought you might like to get a glimpse of the environment we live in. This all is at a few miles distance from the Mediterranaen!

 

Thanks for visiting today,

 

Regina



Morning walk

Now temperatures in Spain are more pleasant, after a very hot summer, I have resumed my daily walks

 

I must confess that the Mediterranean life is very attractive, with so much wine, tapas and siesta, so daily walks are one thing I can do to increase my condition...

 

 So let me show you some vistas from this morning, it is funny how much details can be seen when you simply walk!

 

 

My walk started along the vineyards, where the grapes

are ready to be harvested

They make a sweet dessertwine with these, called Mistela

 

 

Then I passed a big carob tree. Its leaves are a good replacement

 for Eucalyptus in bouquets!

We don't have fresh flowers here (just imported), neither have I seen Eucalyptus,

 but

silk flowers and carob tree leaves are a good follow up for me...

 

fruits of the carob tree

During WW II it was an alternative for cocoa,

but I believe nowadays it is only being used in

the health food section of our food

industry

 

 

the artist in me got excited when I discovered this tree trunk,

in fact it was a hole of an old branch that has weathered over the years

...pure beauty...

 

 

some more eye candy

 

 

the tree that can be seen all along the Mediterranean coast:

the pine tree

it is protected nowadays, for there have been removed way

too many trees during the house building boom of

some decades ago

 

 

and finally, on my way back  home, the sea!

It never ceases to make me happy

 

This was it for today, I hope you enjoyed this impression of

my morning walk

 

Bye 4 now!

 

Regina