Merry Christmas everyone! (Oh, and HFF!) Granite scenery Christmas Day 2018, Valderrey, Algete, Madrid View from house to the Sierra de Guadarrama Cistus / jara / rock rose. Convento de San Antonio, Sierra de La Cabrera. Bustarviejo Valley from The Sierra de La Cabrera Early morning from the house - La Sierra de La Cab… Sierra de La Cabrera. H. A. N. W. E. everybody! Another view from the back of the house. Early mor… La Pedriza - lonely farmhouse. View from the lower terrace. H. A. N. W. E. everyo… San Lorenzo de El Escorial, peeking through the tr… H. A. N. W. E. everyone! Monastery, oak and granite. The roses suddenly came out all at once! Poppy field H. A. N. W. E. everybody! A stormy day. Poppy field - shot taken from the car. Red red rose HFF everyone Plastic blue watering can. H. A. N. W. E. everyone… More apricots. My walk to the shops goes past here. H. A. N. W. E… Flax. Misery! Calima strikes again! HFF everyone - and more venerable olive trees! Rocky Mountain Way. H. A. N. W. E. everyone! Calima clearing Valdemanco beehives HFF everyone! (Tuscany or Central Spain? - see not… Mandevilla, Dipladenia or Brazillian Jasmine. Local steps near the house ... and no bench, even… The back of the house (top 1/3 only) - directly be… Golden glow from ripening barley and fig tree fore… HFF, everyone! H. A. N. W. E. Everyone! Sunrise from the house. Sunlit storm cloud. (Best on full screen). Las Agujas de El Cancho Gordo Spring wildflowers, La Sierra de La Cabrera HFF, Everyone! Another gnarled olive tree. H. A. N. W. E. everyon… From the edge. Playground, Parque Frederico Garcia Lorca, Algete,… H. A. N. W. E. everybody Miracle of Peru. My picnic table. A belated HFF everyone! I MUST BE BATS!! H. A. N. W. E. everyone! HFF, everyone! H. A. N. W. E. everybody! HFF everyone! Not quite a tornado, but damned clos… H. A. N. W. E. everyone! Picnic table again. View from the dining room window. H. A. N. W. E. everyone! More miracle of Peru. Trumpet vine Algete - typical street scene on a hot summer afte… HFF Everyone! (Algete street scene 3) H. A. N. W. E. everyone! Algete street scene no. 6 Algete street scene 7. Last winter. HFF everyone! The last few wisteria leaves Late autumnal wisteria. Las Agujas de Cancho Gordo Mondalindo and the Bustarviejo Valley from The Sie… San Lorenzo de El Escorial As some of you will know, frontal shots are verböt… A Chinchón backstreet. Granite country Babbling stream over granite. H. A. N. W. E. every… Lavender and mountain stream. Lozoya Valley fog. H. A. N. W. E. everyone! The family gathers for a pre-scavange conflab! AT LAST!!! THE SAHARAN DUST CLOUD GOES AWAY! Pico de La Miel La Sierra de La Cabrera HFF, Everyone! Rose in the rain This evening. In hindsight the cloud could be said… Dawn today Garden rose ('Alfred Sisley') The path down to Valdemanco HFF. SORRY! DELETED BY MISTAKE. Gnarled olive tree. The back of the sports centre needs a lick of pain… Dawn, one Christmas French tamarisk. (best on large) HFF everyone! Another wisteria shot. Wisteria. A filthy day Quince blossom. H. A. N. W. E. everyone! Not sure what these are. Growing wild by the side… Valley of Bustarviejo from the Sierra de La Cabrer… Rock window. H. A. N. W. E. everyone! More gnarled olive trees. A Chinchón backstreet. More splendid granite walking country. Sierra de La Cabrera granite Another view from the back of the house HFF Everyone! Yet another granite one! Even more granite! High on the ridge. Sierra de La Cabrera. La Sierra de La Cabrera and monastery Almond blossom in the garden. HFF, everyone! Unexpected snow storm about to hit. Granite, cistus and sky. La Sierra de La Cabrera Under the ridge. H. A. N. W. E. everybody! The last day of the snow 6 weeks ago! Wild lavender, babble and dapple Valderrey Cancho de La Bola, granite home of vultures. Bette… Almond blossom in evening light H. A. N. W. E. everbody! HFF everyone! Old door* in Colmenar El Oreja, Madrid Province. HFF everyone! Is it a bird? Is it Superman? Is it a ... Granite 'sculpture' Our 'moorish' tower on a sunny day. Algete street…