30 Friday Aug 2013
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This week’s Friday Foto Finder challenge is “rooftop”…
I never learn. This photo taken on last week’s night time crypt and rooftop tour at Sevilla’s second biggest church (after the Cathedral), the Iglesia del Salvador. NOT the best activity for an agoraphobic like me. Panic ensued, but I still got a few good shots.
You can read more about the rooftop visit here: Salvador Church Night Tours
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23 Friday Aug 2013
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This week’s Friday Foto Finder challenge is “seaside”…
An unusual feature in the small fishing village of Bolonia on the Costa de la Luz in Cádiz are the Roman ruins of Baelo Claudia, dating from the end of the 2nd century BC, that stretch right down to the seaside. Incorporated into a national park, Bolonia has been kept safe from greedy property speculators and as such is a real treat to visit. There are a few hotels, tapas bars and beach restaurants, but it does feel nicely isolated and remains prettily unspoilt with soft sandy beaches and large dunes to the north.
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16 Friday Aug 2013
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This week’s Friday Foto Finder challenge is “spider”…
Behold chlorophytum comosum, AKA the spider plant.
These pics were taken on my balconies two years ago.
Sadly my spiders are no longer quite so lush.
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09 Friday Aug 2013
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This week’s Friday Foto Finder challenge is “seeds”…
Eating sunflower seeds in Spain is a national obsession.
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08 Thursday Aug 2013
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Okay, I finally gave in and opened an Instagram account. A kinda “if you can’t beat em…” thing but I’m also kinda enjoying it. So I owe apologies to both Lizzie and alejna for previously giving them grief about using such an awful platform with its over-saturating filters, blah blah. Turns out you don’t have to use any filters and latest updates include being able to straighten the image and probably some other stuff I haven’t noticed yet. I still prefer spiffing up my photos using Picasa, which is very basic but enough for what I need – cropping, straightening, lightening. But Instagram is something that I can also link to Twitter and the dread Facebook (which now owns Instagram – surprise!). Anyhoodle, here is my newish Instagram account. You’ll notice I don’t use any filters on the food pics, and neither should anyone else…
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