Monday, June 3, 2013

WILD FLORA AND WILDER FAUNA

   

     Apologies for the eons between posts. We talk all the time about the beautiful or interesting or share-able things but don't seem to find the time to sit down, write and throw a few pictures up. Oh well, hope we'll do better this summer. 







          Last week we twice visited the Burga Valley, the area between our town, El Perello and Rasquera, a similarly small, working town up in the mountains. Both days presented a slew of photo ops.


           It's cherry season here now and an extremely bounteous one due to the extra spring rains and the delay of hot weather. We picked kilos upon kilos of beautiful sweet fruit at a finca with hundreds of cherry trees flanked by fields of glorious poppies and other luscious wild flowers.



















Our other Burga Valley visit was to the restaurant Carpe Diem, where we had a very fine lunch to celebrate the birthday of a dear friend. In addition to the over the top decor and lush landscaping, the owners look after their brood of 165 animals.  And not just chickens, rabbits and ducks.  Have a look at a few of these!

                                And the other llama just wants to kiss, kiss, kiss.

                                  What do a wallaby and tortoise talk about?

This emu couldn't stay out of the parking area.


                                        The biggest hares we'd ever seen.


Think there's been some interesting crossbreeding?

Thanks for checking in with us.  
Linda and Steve

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