Andy Rodker's photos

I couldn't help but trample them, there were so many - but I reckoned they were tough little buggers so I soon stopped worrying about my foot placement! La Sierra de La Cabrera, granite. Better on large to see this hardy plant en masse.

Another shot from this local park and its ancient olive trees.

One of today's many storm clouds that led to the flooding of large areas of Madrid but left us high and dry! (BTW, I'm pleased I didn't go to La Sierra de La Cabrera today as it would have been a total washout. Here, it is sited directly under the cloud and you don't want to be caught in the mountains in any kind of storm, especially an electrical one!) Sight and Sound, to lighten the gloom Victor Borge; www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LG9M3m5txA

Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink! We've had very threatening storm clouds for weeks now but still no rain! Taken from the street outside my siste'rs house.

I never know if these into the sun shots will ever work with my phone as I used to be able to have some control in my days of SLRs and filters. (but I'm talking 1970s and 80s here!) Sight and sound. Always liked the Winter brothers version of authentic blues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzhgmJtKNZw

I've missed a lot and I don't think I like it much compared to the old iconic stadium! I'll probably post one more when completed and leave it at that!

Another good old granite extravaganza! Maybe on large and then on large again for the detail in the granite features. It's conceivable that I've posted this before but more likely back on Panoramio.

I have to walk past this roundabout every time I go into Algete or to the bus stop and I do not know what got into them. If they'd given the re-design to a class of infants they would have done a far better job! A day of threatenning storms as has been the case for a week now but still no rain! I'm going to have to post another just to take the taste away, if you see what I mean!

Another shot from a few weeks ago (mid Spring). I thought about saving ths for HFF but I have another planned for that. Sight and Sound. Apropo of nothing at all, but it just amused me! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKZc2EN6ZrY

One of many rock pool shots I took in the years 2011 - 2015. Low tide. Better on large.

(The needles of Cancho Gordo). La Sierra de La Cabrera granite. I don't think I've posted this on ipernity: certainly on Panoramio. I'm looking forward to getting up there again after a l o o o n g five year absence (for a whole variety of reasons).

Apricot tree laden with ripe fruit. Better on large to see the fruit more clearly. It has a wonderful warm colour, unlike the uniformly yellow, hairy to the tongue and sharp ones we see here and in the UK in the shops (although to be fair those ones do make the most perfect of all jams, imho!).

Typical floral clifftop - Northcliffs, Cornwall. This stretch of clifftop has long since fallen away into the deep blue and the coast path goes some considerable way inland now.

Not only in the fields, but by the sides of all the country lanes. Now not so much. For some reason I couldn't finish my 'note' about those three pines so I'lI complete it here. ... a successful promotional photo in the 60s was wildly popular and it gave many people the impression that Tuscany was the home of pines such as these. I took the shot in 2016, a year before my sister bought her house on that hill you see here. I show you these pines as seen from a terrace where I now live: www.ipernity.com/doc/2247598/51409990/in/album/1289082 They are somewhat taller seven years on, and in fact if you look closely in either shot, there are actually four pines! Sight and Sound. Big Mama Thornton. Janis Joplin did a passable version. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vypSOetzlQo

Typical of the granite coastal areas in Cornwall. This was a surprisingly warm and sunny March day. I only came here on a whim and couldn't have been luckier with the weather. Both before and after had seen weeks of dreary grey skies.

Sadly these haven't been seen here since 2016. A change in farm ownership put paid to the proliferation of poppies at this time of year (mid May) in order to increase profitability. Poppies are picturesque but they render the grain un-harvestable. I post this now as this is what the fields around here USED to look like at this time of year! Just noticed this was taken exactly 8 years ago! How time flies when you're having fun!! Suggest on large and maybe large again.. Probably posted before, but I wanted to pay homage to these fields as they were once. Sight and sound. This touched me. David Bowie's daughter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ss2qEgU0ZQ www.youtube.com/shorts/NAMX9XQLbzQ Cute!

They are looking good already but we could do with a week of much warmer weather. It's been dry but very unseasonably cold with a persistent northerly wind. These apricots are a world apart from the mass produced yellow, hairy and tart apologies for the name of apricots you often get in the shops, even in Spain!

My sister's shot as she's currently staying there for a bit.