By ricardo on May 31, 2009
An acequia is a community operated waterway and most were established more than 200 years ago. The Arabs brought the technology to Spain during their occupation.
The acequia is how we irrigate our land and is a source of great entertainment for our dogs. Our water comes from the snows in the Sierra Nevada and is [...]
Posted in Alpujarra life, Dogs
By ricardo on May 31, 2009
Went on a half day birdwatch trip with birdwatchalpujarras.com run by Ian and Steve. They are a fairly new company that have set up their birdwatching tours base in our spa town of Lanjaron.
We met at 10am outside a bar in Lanjaron, there were 9 of us in total in 2 4×4 vehicles. We drove [...]
Posted in Misc, Trips
By ricardo on May 31, 2009
Now here are a few photos of Khumbu when he was allowed to run free. It wasn’t until we put the photos on the computer that we could see the crazy facial expressions from Khumbu. They will make you laugh.
This is not a daft one but a nice one of Khumbu and Bruno together
These are [...]
Posted in Dogs | Tagged husky
By ricardo on May 23, 2009
Sadly my first dog, Rocky, died on Friday 22nd May 2009 after losing a battle with the horrible disease, Leishmaniasis. He was a great dog and faithful companion.
I remember coming out to Spain in 2001. My pickup truck was filled with all my worldly possessions, so Rocky had to sit in the passenger seat all [...]
Posted in Dogs, Misc | Tagged labrador, rocky
By ricardo on May 14, 2009
39 years on and the song “Working Class Hero” still has meaning, possibly even more so these days. Written by legend John Lennon and made a hit by Marianne Faithfull in 1979 it is a take on the class split of the 1940s and 1950s, and of the 1960s in which John Lennon was famous.
The [...]
Posted in Misc, Photos | Tagged john lennon
By ricardo on May 11, 2009
Call it luck, fate, what you will, but I just happened to glance at our webcam, above Lanjaron, this afternoon and it had captured a bird flying past. As the photo updates every 30 seconds I just had time to save a copy on my computer. No idea what it is, as birds are not [...]
Posted in Lanjaron, Nature | Tagged bird
By ricardo on May 9, 2009
Taken by my friend Pepe (Badaje) from the Tajos de la Cruz Ermita above our house, overlooking the town of Lanjaron in the Alpujarras. More interesting information and videos from Pepe Badaje
Posted in Lanjaron, Photos | Tagged pepe badaje
Mountain and Leonberger loving recluse, now living in Spain's Sierra
Nevada mountains
