Sometimes you take a picture, not necessarily a good one, but you feel you could write a story from that one picture. For me, this is one of those pictures 🧐

A photo showing a black and white husky standing on a green grass terrace surrounded by wildflowers and some olive trees. The dog is looking down the terrace towards a white dog and a human who are walking was from him. A cloudy light blue sky and mountains in the distance. The photo has a white boarded frame around it.

Sing along now 🌈

A picture showing a rainbow arching through a lightly clouded sky over a Spanish village set on a hillside with many green trees.

If you like birds, particularly the vulture kind, you will enjoy this live webcam from a Bearded vulture (known also as a Lammergeier) nest. The chick is a couple of weeks old now, I first started when there was just an egg being incubated by the parents. I check in a few times a day. Fascinating stuff. https://www.tierpark.ch/news/webcams/

I'm seeing this Common Kestrel regularly on the dog walk at the moment. Maybe she is claiming this territory as hers for the breeding season? Or maybe she is just out hunting the same time I walk the dogs! Not quite silent sunday 😁

A common Kestrel just taken off from the top of a metal pylon. She has her wings raised. Her underneath body and wings are light beige with black dots and strips. Her tail is striped black with black edging. She has yellow legs.

Love these two ❤️ They are showing their age but they are still keen to get out for a walk even if its only half an hour.

Two dogs, one white and one black and white, ears alert and mouths open making them look like happy faces. Stood on the edge of an olive tree terrace with small white flowers.

A Stone Marten caught on the camera trap recently having a drink. Cute little thing. They often visit and I've even had them bring their young along!

A ten second infared video from a camera trap of a Stone Marten taking a drink of water. It has it's front two feet in the water bowel.

What a perfect day we had, topped off by a close encounter with a Bearded vulture (Lammegeier) on the drive back down the mountain. Photos to come.

After 20 years I still get amazed that sometimes we can see the Riff mountains in Morocco from our mountains here in Spain. These pictures were taken yesterday on our walk. Long distance views were hazy yesterday but you could still see the mountains over 200km away. In each picture you can see the mountains, even snow on one of the shots. Europe to Africa.

A hillside with pine trees slanting middle left to bottom right. Behind is the blue Mediterranean sea and behind that in the haze are the Riff mountains in Morocco, Africa

The blue Mediterranean sea and behind that coming out of the haze are the Riff mountains in Morocco, Africa. You can see snow on one of the mountains.

A hillside slanting down just below centre right to middle bottom. On the sunlit Mediterranean sea are two ships and behind that coming out of the haze towards the right are the Riff mountains in Morocco, Africa.

We have a new wild boar visiting regularly. I love it when the wildlife feels safe on our land ❤️

A ten second night video of a young wild boar drinking from the water bowls that I put out for mostly for the birds, but the wildlife that passes through often take a drink.

We've had a rainbow type of day today and this one was particularly bright 🌈 Still the unsettled weather persists here in Andalucia. I should say I zoomed right into this to see how it would look.

Part of a bright rainbow coming down behind a tree covered hill.

Awe a nice memory from 15 years ago. Everyone in the shade apart from Tapa who was sunbathing. Clockwise from bottom left - Bruno the Leonberger, Khumbu the Siberian Husky, Taz the cat & Tapa the no idea what breeds were involved in making him haha. None of them are with us anymore 🌈

A group siesta of dogs and a cat laying in various sections of shade, except one dog who is sunbathing. They are all laying on the ground. Palm and Olive trees behind them. A pruned grapevine is in the shot top of the shot right to left.

A black and white husky dog with light blue eyes sticking his tongue out. He is stood in a concrete acequia channel in a water catchment having a splash.

Another windy dog walk. Rain incoming.

Video of a windy scene. Human walks to take a photo of the scene. A black and white husky walks into the video. Vegetation being blown about by the wind. A typical Andalucian town, windturbines and dark looking mountains in the background. Grey sky with a shower of rain falling from it.

The first of the Giants are on their way. Orchid season is starting to open. Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertianum) @wildorchids

Two flowers start to unfurl on a Giant Orchid. The flowers are white with pink tinged edges ans pink dots in the white. Shiny green leaves. Many buds still to open. The orchid is standing among grass and other orchid rosettes.

In the cloud and rainy dog walk today. Embracing these weeks of bad weather knowing full well summer will be here too soon and it will be too hot!

Two dogs with their backs to the camera. One black and white and one white stood on an ancient rocky muddy mule track, a ruin with almond and olive trees around it and the mule track curving in front. Through the cloud you can just make out the village below.

A spikey mountain plant showing above the snow. Wind blowing snow over the ridge showering the image with sparkly snow flakes. The sky is a winter light blue with snow sparkles.

Looking forward to the hillsides being covered in Almond blossom. We are having a proper winter, the blossom is being delayed and no doubt when February comes it will be glorious. The picture is from a few years ago.

A bee heavily laden with yellow pollen on her legs resting on an almond flower before flying back to the hive. The almond flower has white petals with pink smudge in the centre.

Good morning 🐺 I found this photo of Arko taken in 2019!

A black and white husky laying on a sofa, head between his paws. He has light blue eyes.

Here is an up close picture of an Andean Condor, who I affectionately named Cindy, her partner I named Cyrl, ❤️ from our recent trip to Patagonia. We spent a lot of time with these particular birds as they live on cliffs close to the town of El Chalten. We had some pretty close encounters at times as they came into land. Fabulous birds. Only the female has the red eye.

A close up picture of an Andean Condor flying below the photographer as she was coming into land on the cliff. The bird is mostly black, but has a white ruff on her neck and white bands of feather towards the back of the wings. A bald greyish head and beak and red eye.

Today's dog walk reminded us that Arko has a fear, bridges & drops.Maybe his eye sight is not so good now 🤷 A year or so ago he refused to walk past the swimming pool, there's no water in there, but a greenhouse! Middle of last year he decided he wasn't going out, or in, the steps leading out of the garden, he will only go through the main gates. I put on his lead and encouraged him across the bridge he'd turned back from.

Video showing one white dog crossing a bridge over a river. The second dog, black and white husky starts to cross but gets scared and turns around off the bridge running past the person taking the video. The second part of the video shows rather than take the bridge, like the humans, two dogs ford the river. First goes the black and white husky, followed shortly after by smaller white dog. They both love the water but it does get a little deep before they exist the river.

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A movie poster showing the smiling face of woman surrounded by children on a bus

Snoozing ❤️ He was sound asleep and had no idea I was there.

A black and white husky fast asleep laying on a light blue bed. Its not often I can sneak up on him to snap a picture of him sleeping.

I thought "they' (whoever they are) said living or getting in the countryside is good for your health, better air quality etc! Hmmm not today in Lanjaron it isn't, someone must have said today is the day to burn the garden rubbish. Looks like Spain will have overshot their emissions target for 2026 in one day 🤭

Picture showing a Spanish village, disappearing in smoke, surrounded by hillsides with green trees in the foreground. Grey cloudy sky.