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Monday Morning Photo - Wisteria Time in Andalucia

How quickly spring comes around after the short winter here in the Sierra Sur de Jaén. After lots of very much needed rain we´re back to the normal cloudless blue.  My garden is shooting incredbily with the moisture and now sunshine. And my beautiful wisteria flowers grandly albeit it short-lived. The big black carpenter bees love it. Each flowering season reminds me of the Botanical Gardens in Malaga and the ´tunnel´ of wisteria that I haven´t yet caught in bloom. April is a good time to plan to go if it´s on your list.  Here´s the botanical garden link La Concepción Botanical Gardens. And a sneaky peak at the wisteria. See the Monday Morning Photos list.
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Sunny January in Andalucia

After a wet beginning to the week the sun has shone consistently, renewing my faith and statement of "there´s always blue sky in Jaén".

Ok it´s not exactly true but feels like it.

Today we had a small order of logs and stacked them, then went to Casa El Reguelo our holiday home and picked our olive trees, all five of them. Not worth the effort say my boys, I disagree. We´ve had between 45 litres and 15 litres of extra virgen olive oil for the couple of hours it takes us to pick and bash our trees. It´s a great feeling have stacks of oil in the cupboard, can´t live on it I know but what a sense of satisfaction.

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