Cee’s Which Way Challenge: 2 June 2017

covered walkway

This walkway in Mijas, in southern Spain, was a very shady spot in the heat of the day, which was full of plants and with steps leading down to another archway.  This archway was a shortcut out to the sunny street.  Mijas is built on the side of a hill and is full of interesting little laneways, and steps leading up and down to different places – and flowers everywhere.    The locals take pride in their village, and everywhere you go there are pots and hanging baskets, full of colour in the sunshine.

The big question of the day is – Which Way shall we go?

The Donkeys of Mijas

 

Linked to Cee’s Which Way Challenge

Wordless Wednesday : Climb Every Mountain!

Daily Prompt : Sky

Summer’s here, and that means (most of the time) blue skies and long evenings.   I think that’s not the case in a lot of Europe at the moment though, where it seems to be rain, rain and more rain.

Here are a few blue skies from our recent travels in Greece

The Blue of Greece

Nothing moving, so it must be siesta time.

Sometimes a cloud or two appears in the sky, maybe it’s time to secure the crockery!!

Linked to Daily Post : Sky

Color Your World : Mango Tango

The streets of Riva del Garda

I love this shade of orange/mango and it is ideal for today’s Crayola colour of Mango Tango.   The picture was taken in one of the narrow streets off the square in Riva del Garda, in Italy.    It’s very appealing to be sitting sipping a coffee and looking out at the Lake, who wants to join me?

Enjoying the Sunshine on a Saturday

Garrettstown Beach

Linked to Six Word Saturdayhttp://www.showmyface.com/2015/09/six-word-saturday_12.html

Wordless Wednesday : Summer Treat!

Creamy ice cream cone with a Flake!

Whale Watching in West Cork

During the last week in August in Ireland we have been celebrating National Heritage Week, and we have been taking full advantage of the many activities taking place, a lot of them free, and visiting places that are not usually open to the public.

One such place that we visited was the lighthouse at Galley Head, to do some whale watching.    It was a beautiful sunny Sunday when we travelled the hour or so to Galley Head, beyond Clonakilty.    The whale watching took place in the grounds of the lighthouse, and was organised by the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG), who gave a talk on the different varieties of whales and dolphins that can be seen in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland.

There were also Bird Watching Groups at the event, as large groups of birds usually follow the whales and dolphins, to take advantage of the copious amounts of fish and plankton disturbed by these huge mammals, so if ever you see large groups of birds circling over the water, it could be that there are whales nearby!

And did we see many whales…..not even one!    They were playing hard to get, I think!

Galley Head

Bird watching

Is that a whale…

Whales?

View across the bay

old ruins of a fort

more ruins

Taking a break in the sun

We did have a lovely day though, and managed to get a few more interesting photos on our walk to the lighthouse

The Colour Red : Sunday Stills

Freighter in Valletta Grand Harbour

Red boats stand out, especially against the grey stonework and the blue, blue sea, in Valletta Harbour, Malta.

poppies popping up

And these red poppies are just wonderful, and remind me of summer heat.

Linked to Sunday Stills

 

Travel Theme : Spring

Daffodils always welcome spring

poppies popping up

Relaxing on top of the mountain

Garrettstown beach, Co. Cork

Spring is here!!!   It is so exciting to see sunshine, to feel warmer, and to have longer evenings and brighter mornings.   And in a few days time, our clocks ‘leap’ forward one hour, so we will have brightness until at least 8 p.m. each evening – and so much more time to go outdoors and socialise, play sport, exercise, walk, garden or whatever we love doing.

Linked to Ailsa’s Travel Theme

Wordless Wednesday : Spinola Bay

Spinola Bay, Malta