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Junqueira, Algarve

ALONG THE ANCIENT ROADS WE COULD FIND PLACES LIKE THIS TO STOP AND REST, MANY HAD A FOUNTAIN OR A TAP PROVIDING DRINKABLE WATER. WITH THE CONSTRUCTIONS OF NEW MODERN ROADS THESE ONES ARE MORE AND MORE ABANDONNED, ONLY USED LOCALLY.

Junqueira, Algarve

Junqueira, Algarve

SHC14~ A licence plate

I WAS COMING BACK FROM TAKING A PICTURE OF THE WIND TURBINE IN THE MIST AND FRIGHTENED THIS GOLDFINCH WHO IS BUILDING ITS NEST IN MY BUGANVILEA. WHEN I SAW IT ON THE CABLE I HAD THE VISION OF THE DIAGONAL LINE, THE SETTINGS WERE THOSE USED FOR THE TURBINE PIC: I SHOT THIS STRAIGHT AWAY, ONE SECOND AFTER THE BIRD FLEW AWAY... SO THE COMPOSITION EFFORT IS ON THE DIAGONAL. I HAD TO CROP TO ADJUST, FIRST BECAUSE I WAS NOT CLOSE ENOUGH, SECOND BECAUSE THE DIAGONAL WAS NOT PERFECT.

IN MY PLACE MIST MEANS A HOT DAY AHEAD... WE WOULD NEED SOME RAIN RIGHT NOW TO HAVE FLOWERY SPRING MEADOWS TAKING OVER THE WINTER ONES, BUT NO RAIN FORECASTED. THE KIND AND INTENSITY OF BLOOMING DEPENDS ON THE QUANTITY BUT ALSO ON THE TIME IT RAINS. WE HAD SOME RAIN IN WINTER WHAT GAVE THE MEADOWS AND THE CISTS LIKE I HAVE BEEN SHOWING SINCE JANUARY. NOW WE WOULD NEED SOME MORE FOR THE ECHIUMS AND OTHERS TO THRIVE.

SHEPHERDING YESTERDAY... VEGETARIAN MEAL FOR ME TODAY.

SHC33 Around the back

A VERY TINY FLOWER I LOVE, SEE PIPs ABOVE CONTRIBUTION FOR THE PROJECT 21 APRIL 2021 THEME: FLOWERS