A light coating of snow in a mountain setting; distant cliffs are vanishing in the torb
The weather gods were right: we woke up to a little bit of snow today. The wind is still howling and things are going flying. I should be working in the garden, but no chance. Incredibly, the peach sapling still holds on to its blossoms. 🌱❄️ #spring #catalanpyrenees
A small cluster of rustic stone buildings perched on the top of a ridge, among folds of mountains under a sky w strange, elongated, smooth, blobby clouds.
Here are some lenticular clouds over our tiny despoblet today. They appear when we have strong winds - for which we have just received a civil alert on our mobiles, from the Catalan Generalitat. Also, we have a snow warning! It might be an interesting 24 hours.. #catalanpyrenees
Asparagus spear emerges from the soil
Asparagus spears emerge from the soil
Today I take welcome refuge in my garden and begin the spring clearing. Look what I find when I remove the old bushels of asparagus! Bring it on! Anything exciting going on in your garden? #asparagus #catalanpyrenees 🎍🌱
Today is Sun Skirts Mountain Day, and we are blessed with sunlight until 16.47. Deep joy. 🌞🌱 #mountainlife #catalanpyrenees
A magnificent assemblage of vertical stones upon which an enormous capstone is balanced.
I went to see this dolmen yesterday. It was relocated due to its home being flooded for a dam - now quite oddly sited in a picnic area with other salvaged things - nonetheless it's still a magnificent and awe-inspiring structure.
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#DolmendeSòlsdeRiu #CatalanPyrenees
A single white chrysanthemum flower blossoms amid autumnal bramble and blackthorn against a rustic stone wall.
This beautiful chrysanthemum has just flowered in our little village (abandoned 55 years ago). We think it must be an escapee from the tiny cemetery. It's associated with All Saints Day, apparently. I love these manifests from a past long-gone and yet still so present. 🌼🌱 #catalanpyrenees
A lone white chrysanthemum in full bloom amid autumnal bramble and blackthorn against a rustic stone background.
This beautiful chrysanthemum has just flowered in our little village (abandoned 55 years ago).We think it must be an escapee from the tiny cemetery. It's associated with All Saints Day, apparently. I love these manifests from a past long-gone and yet still so present #past #present #catalanpyrenees
An autumn crocus with 5 pale pink and purplish long petals among grass and dried leaves
The first autumn crocus of the year. Isn't it pretty! 🌱 #crocus #catalanpyrenees
Traditional Hotel Holidays? Maybe...
But this is a Room like no other —
Secluded, cosy, comforting, and surrounded by trees and fresh mountain air.
Discover Wild Glamping done right.
#ForestDaysWildGlamping #RusticCamping #CatalanPyrenees
A large round courgette, 2 more regular courgettes, and bright yellow pattipan squash, and 2 small purple and white striped aubergines on a rustic wooden bench.
Today's harvest 🍆🥒🌱
#organicgarden #catalanpyrenees
Today a vulture came to visit! It landed on the hayloft roof and looked around like a boss for a bit, before flying away. It's unusual behaviour and I think it might be a juvenile. #vulture #catalanpyrenees #blueskybirds
A marbled cream, white, and black butterfly perches on a thistle flower.
Yesterday my bf found this butterfly - the 129th species he has found here - increïble! It's an Esper's marbled white - Melanargia russiae. Isn't it pretty! 🦋 #butterfly #papallona #blueskybutterflies #catalanpyrenees
A pair of swallow tail butterflies are mating on a blackcurrant bush.
Love among the blackcurrants.
In my garden now. 🦋💙
#swallowtailbutterflies #catalanpyrenees
This is wild! A debate has been raging in Catalunya about reintroducing the Iberian lynx. Meanwhile, the lynx quietly reintroduces itself. And, not very far from us...
#iberianlynx #catalanpyrenees
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4 deep blue gentian flowers among grass, in dappled light.
These beautiful gentians are flowering just up the valley from our home. Aren't they lovely! 💙🌱
#gentians #catalanpyrenees #bloomscrolling
Mountain scene w pops of yellow gorse in the forefront; a buttress of cliff in the distance and an alpine meadow scene in the far distance.
Lucky to have lunch with an awesome view today! Good afternoon y'all.
#boumort #catalanpyrenees
A chequered orange butterfly sitting atop a sprig of box.
Here's a nice Duke of Burgundy Fritillary on a territorial perch. Seen by my partner on his butterfly survey today. #Hamearislucina #CatalanPyrenees 🦋
A clump of purple blue irises in dappled sunlight.
Aren't these irises beautiful?
We think they're some kind of hybrid: we found the bulbs in an area of landslip, here in the mountains. Perhaps the folk who lived here generations ago enjoyed them in their gardens, as we do now. #irisgermanica #catalanpyrenees 💜🌱
A mountain view. Rough vegetation and rocks in the foreground and a tiny village in the distance. Under pillowy clouds.
Bon dia from on high! It's a beautiful day in the mountains. 🌄🌱 #CatalanPyrenees
Three ladybirds on artichoke leaves
Suddenly, there are ladybirds, everywhere. They are waking up in the mild temperatures of the last few days. The Day of the Ladybirds as harbinger of spring. 🐞🌱
What tells you spring is coming? #ladybirds #catalanpyrenees
Coll d'Ares, Catalan Pyrenees
Coll d'Ares, Catalan Pyrenees
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#CatalanPyrenees #photography
A boar snuffling about in a scene of dry grassland, in the Pyrenees mountains.
The first capture of a local boar with our wild camera trap! Isn't he a handsome beast? 🐗 #boar #senglar #catalanpyrenees
A rustic stone yard in the mountains full of split wood seasoning in the sun. An axe with its sharp head in a block of wood, just beyond.
I split wood and I split wood and I split wood, until I feel punch-drunk. #offgrid #catalanpyrenees 🪓🪵🌱
Pla de l'Artiga, Artiga de Lin, Era Val d'Aran, Catalunya
Pla de l'Artiga, Artiga de Lin, Era Val d'Aran, Catalunya
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Pla de l'Artiga, Artiga de Lin, Era Val d'Aran, Catalunya
Pla de l'Artiga, Artiga de Lin, Era Val d'Aran, Catalunya
#Photography #Nature #Landscapes #CatalanPyrenees #EraVald'Aran #NikonPhoto #NaturePhotography #Catalonia #Catalunya #Mountain
A colander full of foraged wild cama groc (yellow legs) fungi, ready for cooking.
Cama groc (yellow legs) fungi in the woods
Today I foraged a load of cama groc fungi in the woods. I've never found them so late in the year, in such good condition. Shows how mild (and wet) it's been. I'm making the beloved Catalan dish of canelons for supper. #foragedfungi #catalanpyrenees 🍂🌱
Bon dia! Just autumn happening in the mountains. #catalanpyrenees 🍂🌱🌞
Hello to all the gardeners! This is my garden right now. Still harvesting padron peppers, spring onions, chard, Asian and salad greens, mooli; a couple of rows of potatoes still in the ground. 🍂🌱 #autumn #catalanpyrenees
I don't know if anyone is interested, but I came across this beautiful viper on my run today. It's either a Pyrenean or Iberic viper. Basking in the sun. Can relate! 🐍🌞🌿 #viper #catalanpyrenees
