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Cercedilla - The Value of Silence

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If you did not already know, at once you understand that life does not take place online, but in nature, and that the most beautiful moments are silent. You may hear a bird, a donkey or a dog, but not a radio or a car. If I won the lottery, I would buy a (small) house in Cercedilla , near Madrid, but a totally different world, and I would never leave. Well, I might leave for one month in the winter to go back to Málaga, but no more than that. ;-) Enjoy some pictures of the beautiful nature around Cercedilla! As always, prints and other stuff can be purchased though my website .

Artistic curiosity

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Like my dog peering over a moss-covered wall on a hike, I am curious. In the world of art, curiosity is the driving force behind creativity. The ability to see what others do not see, to experiment and to imagine. What did Nubi see or smell over there? I will never know. Probably a whole world. Nubi peering over a wall

Almost Fall

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Fall is almost here, and that is good. I love the shorter days, the prospect of getting back to standard time (even if it not the time that corresponds to our meridian), eating chestnuts, taking longer walks without dying of the heat. Finding some chestnut trees on the path from Pampaneira to Bubión (province of Granada, Spain)

My desire for a home outside this world

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I wish I could step out of this world and live in a more peaceful place where greed, arrogance, injustice, hate and lies do not exist. Then I could grow some vegetables, adopt one or two more dogs. I would live without a smartphone, or at least check it only once a week. I would have a PC for the sole purpose of connecting with some friends, but not every day, and I would still not have a TV (I never owned one). In a place like this, maybe, but on another planet. Idyllic spot in Bubión (province of Granada, Spain)

Casa Forestal in Alhaurín el Grande

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It is summer, it is too hot, but we went back to a place that we love, the "Casa forestal" in Alhaurín el Grande (near Málaga, Spain), and we could chill there a bit (forgetting for a short moment all pictures and reports of destroying, killing, suffering etc. we had seen about Gaza, when there is so little we can do).  Two years ago, a huge forest fire destroyed a lot in this area, but this place has been preserved (the flame stopped just above it). Enjoy! The "Casa Forestal" of Alhaurín el Grande View of the valley from above, near the Casa forestal On the way to the Casa forestal

Oxalis in Torremuelle

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Even in crowded places you can find places where you can be alone, even if it is difficult. I wish I could do something about overtourism, how to convince all those masses not to travel together or not at all, because not only the others are part of the problem.  Yes, living a fulfilling life without traveling much is possible by focusing on small things that bring joy! (As always, prints and other stuff are available through my website). Oxalis in Torremuelle (Benalmádena, province of Málaga, Spain)

The sound of the water we do not have at home

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At home, on the coast, the only sound of water is the waves, at least we still have the beautiful sea. If we hear water elsewhere at the moment, it is probably being used illegally, and it makes you feel bad to hear how your neighbors are wasting the water that we will need so much later and will not have then. In Pampaneira and the whole Apujarra region, water is omnipresent (the Sierra Nevada is near): fountains, small and large streams... The vegetation is lush, we forgot that it could be so green.   Enjoy the pictures and the video of the río Poqueira!