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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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Bitten by Spain by Deborah Fletcher - Review

Bitten by Spain - The Murcian Countryside - A Baptism by Fire by Deborah Fletcher put a smile on my face from beginning to end. When Deborah´s accountancy practice began taking its toll along with the loss of several friends the Fletchers put their long term plans into overdrive and moved to Spain.

This tale, mainly Deborah´s as John still commutes to the UK for work, highlights many pitfalls, hiccups and experiences (mostly) with grace and plenty of hard graft, discomfort and red wine.

An easy fun read that anyone who has moved to Spain will recognise and anyone intending to must add to their ´must-do´s before jumping in´ list.

Plenty of hassle, wild life, paperwork and good humour keep Deborah sane in her piece of rural Murcia while licences, phone lines, permissions and bags of rubbish feature in her daily life for quite a while.

Her account is witty, her tale not unusual but she brings a sparkle to her story - read it and see, it´s good.





I was sent this book to review by Summertime Publishing. It can be purchased from Amazon, I get a small commission if you purchase it through this link.


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