Orchid (Anacamptis picta). Spring revisited no 6. La Sierra de La Cabrera

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Orchid (Anacamptis picta). Spring revisited no 6.…

02 Jun 2013 92 110 2053
These are profuse here between April and June, as are others including a Snake's Tongue variety. Well, early June is still spring in the Sierra. Anacamptis picta, is the name of this variety. I have Ronald Losure to thank for this information. He has included more information and photos in a useful link alongside his comment below. Shot taken 2013 and first posted on ipernity 2016.

HFF!!! Rhodochiton in my mother's garden

18 Jul 2012 78 111 2084
Garden in St Day, Cornwall

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY IPERNITY FRIENDS!!!!

20 Dec 2013 72 142 2194
Plaza Chueca, Madrid. Christmas lights in the rain. First shown in 2016 on ipernity from a shot taken in 2013. I can't upload my new 2020 Christmas shot so a blast from the past will have to suffice!

Porthcadjack Cove, Cornwall north coast, heather a…

22 Jul 2012 131 153 2353
South West Peninsula coast Path between Basset Cove and Ralph's Cupboard, Portreath, Cornwall. For Pam. Full screen best, I think. I simply felt like showing it again. It cheers me up! Hope it does the same for you. An addition to Project 21, April: Flowers.

Wild tulips (having a party). Sierra de La Cabrer…

25 Jun 2013 74 83 2159
They only open at the height of the strongest sun and when the temperature gets really hot, sometimes for an hour or so only. I have seen them closed on a sunny and warm day - it just wasn't quite hot enough. This is not photoshopped or edited in any major way. The tulip colours and the grey of the degraded granite were as seen. Sight and sound! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXHwzyqFRDE

St Agnes' Head from Tubby's Head

11 Jul 2012 38 47 1774
Lichen and rock samphire in the foreground. Taken July 2012 and first posted on ipernity 2016.

San Lorenzo de El Escorial

10 Apr 2017 76 106 1966
The Palace-monastery from the Herreria Woods, Abantos behind. The Capital of Much of the Known World, circa 1590.

Fishing Cove, Nudist beach, Reskajeage, Cornwall (…

14 Aug 2014 52 62 2595
This is an officially designated nudist beach. I like this beach for its many aesthetic qualities and pleasures! But I must add that I have never seen any nudists here! The way down is quite safe but not perhaps for the faint-hearted! And in some years, land slides and mud slips make the path treacherous until someone (on one occasion me and a local line fisherman) helps out by kicking in a new path where the old one had been swept away. (The things I do for aesthetics!) Seriously, anyone who knows this beach well will tell you that I am exaggerating. You see whole families down on the beach. Grandmothers pass me by on their zimmer frames as I gingerly creep down the cliff path, City types stroll past, nonchalantly placing a deal or booking a table at Nathan Outlaw's latest restaurant. etc etc No. I still haven't seen any nudists here! Sorry. I get carried away sometimes with the beauty of Cornish scenery!

Poppies. Algete, Spain, May 2016.

04 May 2016 95 111 1622
Madrid Province. Very close to the capital! On the horizon, La Sierra de La Cabrera.

Cornish Garden.

02 Sep 2011 65 87 1569
My Mother's garden, St Day, Cornwall. Taken 2011, First posted on ipernity 2017.

Wheal Coates tin mine from Tubby's Head, Cornwall.…

04 Aug 2014 68 86 1652
St Agnes' Heritage Coast, August 2014. Granite cliffs (and rock samphire in the foreground).

Crane Islands from Basset Cove, Cornwall

04 Aug 2012 67 91 1659
Part of my low tide walk between Porthcadjack and Greenbank Coves. This is not the lowest the tide gets. I normally walk across here further out to sea. I can only guess that the tide is on the way out as I would never attempt it if it were coming in! .

Porthmeor Farm, Zennor, Cornwall. HFF!

20 Jul 2012 72 101 1460
HFF to all my ipernity and IMA friends. There is a fence in there somewhere; the horse has got it (almost) covered!

HFF everyone! A rare Cornish fence.

14 Aug 2014 63 95 1580
Reskajeage, above Fishing Cove. The coast sweeps past Hell's Mouth (partly hidden), North cliffs and St Agnes' Head and on to Perranporth and Newquay. Taken not all that far from the previous shot with the honeysuckle (although two years later). The reason why the post is perfectly presented and everything else is slightly bokeh-ish is because I forgot to switch off the flash (although Ben - Fratton Parker kindly explains that it is 'fill-in flash' and not a mistake!).

Porthcadjack from Carvannel Downs, Cornwall

05 Aug 2011 64 64 1368
View from the South West Peninsula Coast Path to Asparagus and Samphire Islands and to North Cliffs and Godrevy, with West Penwith in the distance.

Hoyo de Manzanares. A rainy night.

09 Nov 2012 60 84 1489
A favourite of mine. The first time I went out with my girlfriend, seen here waiting for the rain to stop! Project 21 - Quarterly - 'night scenes'

Happy Fence Friday, ipernity survivors and perseve…

08 Jul 2012 60 96 1404
Pasiflora. My Mum's garden again! Despite some sour and peevish comments many of us received from an unexpected source (unexpected to me anyway!), let's make this terrific site flourish!! 'Surely it is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness!'

Gurnard's Head, Zennor, Cornwall

17 Jul 2012 63 71 1332
South West Peninsula Coast Path. Tin mine ruins, July 2012

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