Country Life

Beautiful place, Vicky. Definitely not to be missed for lunch...

 

... Porca Preta continued ...

These are just the various levels to sit, relax and have a drink and enjoy the views ...

... a nice little pond ...







... Lantana in the foregound ...



... Leonnotis leonuris (orange), Euryops pectinatus (yellow) and Solanum rantonnetii (purple) ...



... a Yucca and an Agave ...



... Tecomaria capensis ...



... and then it was down the mountain homeward ...




I must say, as I've been uploading and doing this, I have the doors and windows open and there is the most glorious smell of orange blossom permeating the kitchen ....

 

Thank you, mira, you popped up in the middle of me posting. Yes, it's beautiful and you would truly love it and may go there for lunch one day.

Actually, we did not eat lunch there but had a wonderful meal elsewhere. I ordered lamb casserole (for lack of describing it any other way) and I was brought a casserole dish with what appeared to be a quarter of a lamb in it with carrots and onions in a wonderful gravy and a side dish of chips. I brought a lot home. This did cost me �£5 I might add. It was so tender it flaked ... and this is a sort of non meat eater talking. :confused:

 

Wonderful pics Sis and we'll definitly go there for lunch next time together. It was closed the day we went and the weather wasn't much either.

 

Great shots LoL lovely place.

 

Thank you Sis and walnut. Sis, we sure are going to be eating out a lot on your next visit!

I fancied going to the beach today, but as it's 26 degrees we headed for the hills where it's cooler, to Alte again. Hope I don't repeat photos from previous posts.











This area of the little park is filled with Schinus trees, Lantana, Aptenia (the trailing daisy on the wall) and Callistemon, amonst other things.







... to be continued ...

 

... Alte continued ...



A Podranea ricasoliana growing through a Melia tree ..







P ricasoliana is in its element at the moment here ... this is a small one ...



And a darling little critter who joined us for lunch, but actually didn't want any, just the company ...



There was a tiny black one, only 4-6 weeks old but was a bit camera shy.

 

Nice ones again LoL.
Interesting how things are still in full flower.

 

LOL, as others have said before I think, every picture of yours could be a postcard!

Thank you for the day out again, have enjoyed your lovely pictures, of lovely scenery, in lovely weather!

Want to swap, here it is clear blue sky, a bit chilly, and 'flat as a pancake' Essex? :D

 

As always, lovely Sis, and looking forward to seeing it all in real again, hopefully next year.

DAG - " ......... here it is clear blue sky, a bit chilly, and 'flat as a pancake' Essex?" Exactly the same here!

 

LoL very nice as always, I agree with everyone certainly post card material, that cat looks just like a painting, well done thanks for showing us the day out

 

Lovely pics again LoL

The cat seemed more than happy to pose for the camera :D

 

Thank you pete, DAG, Sis, rosa and pip.

I haven't posted anything the last two Sundays as I've returned to places already visited here. However, I have taken a few pictures of interest...

The castle at Castro Marim ...



They say an Englishman's home is his castle ... this is a Frenchman's who apparently has been working on it for about 12 years now ... obviously has a spare penny or two ...



A lovely park on the waterfront at Olh�£o ...



A typical fishing boat ...



A pretty posing friend in Alte ...



It's not pretty, but this is Candido, the only bar/cafe/shop in the hamlet of Calvos near to us. We are in Calvos-Carrasqueira. The relevance of this photo is that it's where we found Candida and Calvos at the rubbish bins (which are next to where I'm standing) ...

 

lovely photos LoL, you must of felt quite sad standing there were candia and calvos were found, it must of stirred up some wonderful yet sad reminders of the past and future, sad event.

 

Sunday and again today we went back to the fishing village of Carvoeiro in Central Algarve. It is the first place we visited here in 1983 and first bought in 1988.

Praia do Carvoeiro is in this cove but I have avoided photographing it as there was a massive crane (of the metal kind) right above the beach ... this is facing west ...



This is Praia do Paraiso just the other side of the far cliff with houses on ...



Carvoeiro viewed from the cliff above Escondidinhas caves ...



Escondidinhas ... you can walk all through these ...



This is looking east toward Alfanzinha and the complex of Rocha Brava where our other apartment is ...



This is the little church overlooking Praia do Carvoeiro ...



... to be continued ...