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The Wild Asparagus Hunters are Out and About

It´s that time of year. Cars parked in odd places, the solitary person - usually a man, popping up above a bank or from behind an olive tree. The hunters of the wild aparagus are here. The plentiful rain scattered with a day or two of sunshine has brought them out in droves. Some have their route, others instinctively know where to go. They appear, walking back to their cars, with a huge bundle of foot long green spears of asparagus. And off they go, probably not to be seen for another year - or another week if the rain continues. No matter how hard the shoots try and hide the older men hunt them down with stick in hand, to fob off the spiky old growth, and uncover the tender new stems of wild asparagus. Everyone has their favourite way of cooking them but the most common seems to be in a Tortilla - the thick Spanish potato omelette to which you can add anything that comes to hand - or is hunted down. My one or two shorter stem finds don´t come close to the experienced hunters catch. I...

Old Spanish Wooden Doors

I love wood, especially old battered even wormy wood and have a fixation on doors. Even surprising myself with the amount of photos I have of old Spanish wooden doors.

So I just had to share a few out of my collection.

Alora Doorway

Jaen Doorway


Carmona Doorway


Guadix Doorway




Casa El Reguelo Doorway


Guadix Doorway


Guadix Doorway


Granada Doorway


Granada Doorway


Door in Granada


Door in Alora

Door in Cordoba

Door in Malaga

Doorway in Malaga

Okay, so this one isn´t wood but a tatty old metal door painted along with the breeze block wall surrounding it.


Jaén Painted Metal Doorway

See my wooden church door collection.

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