Today’s Photohunter theme is “yellow”.
Although the Feria de Abril in Sevilla is the most famous spring fair in Spain I think the one in Jerez is much nicer. It’s smaller, located in a lovely park and, of course, the horses of Jerez are exceptionally beautiful. Here you can see the typical yellow sand (albero) that is used in parks, fairgrounds and bullrings. I’m not sure if this is true, but I’ve heard that the colours of the Spanish flag are meant to represent the blood and the sand of the bullring.
Very nice yellow sand – I hope it is soft because I get vertigo sitting up so high on a horse. Shetland ponies are more my style – where I can keep my feet on the ground.
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Those are the most beautiful horses I have ever seen.
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I do love horsies!
Mine (photos, not horses) is here… http://mudpuddle.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/photohunter-yellow/
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How interesting, I didn’t know that. Yellow sand…well, I learned something today.
Mine’s posted…yellow flowers in our yard. Happy Hunting.
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That is one gorgeous Andalusian. They’re the most beautiful horses in the world, bar none. They haven’t been spoiled the way Arabians have.
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I can see some yellow flowers too. Lovely take
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Lovley take of the theme! 🙂
Mine is up too!
Have a great weekend 🙂
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Hi! I love the different yellow items in the photo. Yellow sand I’ve not heard of before – I learned something new today, yay! 🙂
Here’s my first participation in the Photo Hunt!!
cheers,
*lynne*
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Okay, Okay, you finally shamed me into it. I have now participated for the first photo hunt, and am already searching for a contribution for the next theme.
You can find my first photohunt here: http://healingmagichands.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/photohunt-yellow/
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Very nice.
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Yellow sand! Amazing!
I did yellow today, too! I hope you can come visit.
http://ilovenewyorktravel.net/photo-hunters-yellow/
Have a great weekend!
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Wow sand! I thought is was bricks painted yellow. Made me think of the Wizard of Oz story and the yellow brick road in it.
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I was remiss in not including a photo of my favorite yellow thing on the planet… I have rectified that and “Elvis is now in the building”.
http://mudpuddle.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/photohunter-yellow/
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Love the yellow sand, and the horsie. Very pretty horsie. Actually, everything in the picture is pretty.
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Cool; I’ve seen black sand and white sand but never truly yellow sand.
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I’m trying to remember where it is that they have pink sand (anyone?).
There is dark brown sand in Málaga, and on the Cádiz coast it’s more of a pale creamy colour.
But yes, that yellow sand is very typical here, though it isn’t “beach sand”. It’s very powdery and makes a real mess of your shoes. It also goes very gloopy after it rains. But it’s quite pretty to look at.
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