Calima clearing

Well your brother-in-law should be proud of that garden - it's fantastic - very tidy and there's so much produce. Yes it must be great to be able to see the mountains again after that dust cloud lifted.

Thank you,Jenny!
Please accept my apology for deleting the duplicate of this photo where you had a message on it! I've been having uploading problems recently, as well as mapping problems and other stuff too!

Yay!

I quite like 'Yay!' Steve but can you explain what it means (to an ignorant Anglo!), please!.
By the way, did anyone ever tell you that you looked a bit like The Eclectic Beard? (If in doubt, ask me!).

A quaint Americanism for "hooray", I guess! (Y'all don't use it?) With respect to the disappearance of the calima!

Thanks, Steve. I am a scintilla more the wiser!
Did you see the addition I made to my first reply?

OK, I'll ask! (Wikipedia's no help...)

He's one of these You Tube types, reviewing videos, opining on cultural differences, old comedy clips, etc - in his case specifically quirks in the differences between US and UK culture. He just happens to be one of the more intelligent and interesting personalities of the genre. In fact I dislike most of them so the odd honest soul stands out a mile!

Ah. I'll look him up. My son is big into some of the YouTube commentators (Nostalgia Critic floats up), but I haven't gotten into following them. (Despite my copious spare time... ;)

This sort of stuff is very new to me too but I find that I do have time to kill for the first time in ages, in between physiotherapy and chores!

A wonderful garden and location. Gardening is such a talent. Interesting re. the history of poppy fields.

Thank you Gillian.
Other Ipernites have been following this. Back in 2013 - 2015, I used to come to Algete visiting my sister and her family (not here, a flat in town then) and in mid May I would make a point of going for a walk in these fields and take masses of photos of the carpets of poppies! Then in 2016, they didn't reappear and we discovered that the farm had changed hands and modern farming practices were being adopted and this entailed eradicating the poppies which, apparently, are poison if they get in the grain harvest. I'm no farmer so have to rely on hearsay. But now I live here and it's sad not to see the poppy fields of old!

Excellemment rendue avec cette magnifique profondeur.
Bonne semaine.

Many thanks, Malik!

Marvelous capture! Stay well!

Admired in: www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance

Thank you, William!

Nice little garden, well maintained.
For wheat, we have to compensate in Europe for the (involuntary) absence of the main supplier...

Yes, we can't eat poppies!
Actualy this is only part of a large garden, most of which isn't for comestibles!
Thank you, Typo!!

That's an impressive looking vegetable patch Andy............and meticulously laid out. Good to see that your wonderful view is available again that you are able to enjoy it this year :-)

I imagine that the wheat and barley will be much needed this year.......for the reason Typo (above) has mentioned.

Ah yes, as I replied to Typo, you can't eat poppies!!
Many thanks, Keith!

Beautiful vista.

most beautiful

Happy Summer solstice :)

beautiful

Jaap,
Annemarie,
Trudy,
Very many thanks!

Très belle perspective avec cette belle vue sur les jardins, la vie quoi !

Well I have to say I have always enjoyed veg straight from the garden. I used to grow my own in England years ago!

un beau jardin et une belle vue panoramique*******
belle journée encore très chaude ici ! amitiés Andy♫

Thank you, Valeriane!
Today is very clement or balmy - a synonym (suave in Spanish) with temperatures around the 25-27ºC mark (about 72-75º Fahrenheit which I think in terms of due to my advancing years!).

Beautiful garden and wonderful landscape!

Many thanks, Judite!

Wonderful distant view, Andy, but really a pity about the poppy!
Your brother-in-law seems to have a green thumb. :)
His garden looks promising.

Well, he's from farming stock and has been involved in farming all his life so this is just an extension of that!
But yes, I'm grateful to eat the results - much better than shop bought of course!
Many thanks, * ઇઉ *!

...and a fence for HFF?
At least you will have veggies for lunch and diner!

Well, that'll have to wait till Friday!
The irony is that my brother-in-law doesn't eat vegetables (except potatoes and tomatoes!!!)

Schade.....

Hi Ingrid.
Not sure what you mean; the translate service has schade as 'damage' which I can't believe was your intention!

I'm very impressed by the "veggie patch" but more so by the familiar Spanish view and cloudage. My friends lived in a similar sort of landscape - happy memories!

Thanks Andy.

My pleasure, Maggie!
Many thanks!

A beautifully maintained garden!!!! Congratulations to your brother-in-law from me!

I'll let him know!
Thank you, Nouchet!

Really a nice garden, Andy ! I adore people with a ‚green thumb‘ !

Thank you, Ulrich!

Da kann er wirklich stolz sein!

Many thanks, Reinhold!

Looks a very tidy garden Andy very nice
Best TOZ

Thank you, Gordon!

Superbe !
Bonne journée. Amitiés

Many thanks, Madeleine!

Excellent Andy

Thank you, Ramon!

A cracking view Andy, and pin sharp in the wonderful light!

Thank you, Doug!

HFF-Andy

Many thanks, Fred!

WAOUHh félicitation pour ton beau jardin
je t'ai dédié spécialement aujourd'hui cette photo d'une partie de mes vignes;
un souvenir pour toi lorsque tu travaillais dans les vignes...!

That's very kind of you, Roland and I like to see the promise of the tiny fruit just after veraison!
Of course you understand that the garden is nothing to do with me. My brother-in.law is the sole gardener here and he guards his craft very jealously!
One day I might get a small patch of my own but he doesn't yet believe I know anything about gardening, despite my winning third prize for the Harrow Borough front garden in bloom prize many years ago! Unfortunately I didn't take potos in those years otherwise I would have the evidence to show him! Oh well ...!
(I looked online just on the off-chance that there might be some photographic evidence from Harrow Borough's archives, but of course not and anyway it was before the age of the internet!)

Win wunderschön gepfegter Nutzgarten, Andy.
Dein Schwager hat sicher einen grünen Daumen.
Wir haben leider sehr schlechte Erde und darauf wächst nicht viel.
Erich