ALGARVE, Portugal

[hadacekf]

Ciff, are you an outstanding photographer. Thanks for the beautiful pictures.

[ranunculus]

Many thanks, Franz,
This is truly a compliment coming from an image taker of your calibre.
Many more photographs to follow when time and tide allow.

[ranunculus]

Well, here we go again!
I did mention at the outset that I would have preferred my images to flow onto these pages in chronological order ... no such luck, I'm afraid!  At least you can all experience some sunshine now as we enjoy the delights of a beautiful little fishing (and resort) village called Alvor that we visited on the penultimate day of our holiday.

Alvor view
Alvor street
Alvor image
Alvor scene
Alvor wall
Alvor cafe
Alvor fishing
Alvor river
Alvor riverside
Pedro and Marco on their boat

[ranunculus]

Next batch from the Algarve ...

Oxalis and Anchusa
Anchusa and Oxalis
Anchusa azurea
Field of Oxalis pre-caprae
Identity of bug on Chrysanthemum coronarium please?
Cistus crispus
Cistus crispus close-up
Garden escapees
Cistus salvifolius
Gorgeous lichen

[ranunculus]

Final batch for today ... I must concentrate on the East Lancashire Show for the next few days.


Beach idyll
Coastal garden
Coronilla valentina ssp. glauca
Cricket? Just twitched it's head, otherwise quite a close-up!
Convolvuls althaeoides
Looking up
Muscari neglectum
Narcissus close-up
Sue, John and Clare botanising
Super daisy - could it be an arctotheca?

[ian mcenery]

Cliff

Just been enjoying this thread super pictures and some lovely plants. Must have been a great holiday 

[ranunculus]

O.K. - we are in between shows today, so we can return to the Algarve for another look around.

All these images were captured on a single day, but are not in chronological order (even if I could spell it)!    Obviously not all of them are of plants, so I will call them; 'Visions of the Algarve' and just get on with it ...

Blossom time
Almond blossom
Bloom close-up
Conifer view
Beautiful cones
Awaiting a window frame - pattern of bricks in a newly constructed building
Arum leaves
Denuded of cork - this tree will be harvested again in seven years
Rustic scene
Moss on cork bark

[ranunculus]

Next batch from the pompously titled; 'Visions of the Algarve' ...

Cistus ladanifer

Climber behind a garden wall

Copse
Overhanging stream
Close-up
Sweet little poppy only 10 ctms tall
Rural hillside nursery

[ranunculus]

More 'Visions of the Algarve' from the 'Vision of Whitworth'    ...

Cork forest daisy
Distant shot of a flamingo at a nature reserve
Eucalyptus in the cork forest - potential fire risk for the old established cork industry
Full plant
Close-up of the flower
Gladiolus close-up
Leaf on the water in a fountain
Lithodora prostrata close-up
Orchid full
Orchid close-up

[ranunculus]

Final batch for today ...

Pretty euphorbia
Tiny flower - close-up
Reflection in pond
Rotting timber abstract
Rural fly past
Sue, John and Clare Dower
Typical village house
Sunlit alley
Zantedeschia bloom
Stock field for a local nursery

Many more to follow in the fullness of time ...

[Paddy Tobin]

Jeepers, Cliff,

I must have been asleep for the past while as I had  missed these postings. Brilliant report and what was obviously a lovely holiday, sun, sand and lots and lots of flowers and, as Franz said, beautifully photographed as usual.

I've enjoyed it immensely. Many thanks. Paddy