Where we live

I live in deleted on request,  I thought it would be interesting to post some pictures of the area where I live.  I'd love to see some of where you all live as well.  Pics off the internet are fine too.  

I took my dog for a walk today, here is a photo of her, we live in the countryside:
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The hay is now being cut and some of it is already packaged   ready to go, at a nearby farm:
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Where I sometimes take my dog for  a walk:
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I'll post some more later on

What a cute cat!  The market looks so colorful and bright.  Is the Autumn setting in already there?  It looks like it's getting colder.

I have four cats,  here are mine:

Fluffball:


Pickles:


And Greg:


 

Let me use postcards to illustrate my corner of Seattle:

view looking north east, downtown Seattle in the background.

view to the south east, Mt. Rainier in the background.

Have no scanner photos prepared.

Here are lots of pics in this link, when you open one there are several more  http://www.almeriavirtual.info/lang/sp_fotografias_de_almeria_1.htm

(some links don´t work, but others do)

Here is located Almería



Some information relative to the place. In English!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almer%C3%ADa

Military references: Spanish Legion Alfonso XIII Brigade is sited here since 1995.

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Solideo,  you live in a very beautiful area of the world,  and you don't have the cold to put up with!  Lucky you. 

Koen,  it all looks so green from the google map,  so neat and tidy.  I live so far in a rural area that google hardly shows anything at all.  Apart from lot of forest areas.

Hey Alan, you ever eat at that fried clam place right on the beachfront? I think its called Spuds. Great fried clams. I used to live in Burien some years back. Loved the access to the Olympic Park coastline and the Rainforests.

Ok, wanted to separate this into two posts, as this one will take a little longer to load:

Here some sat pix of Mallorca and where I live (for some reason does not disply inserted, attached them. Click to expand).

Enjoy,

Rattler

Rattler,  I only recently realized that Mallorca is an Island,  do you ever feel isolated there at all?  How do you get from there to the mainland of Spain etc?  Do you use a boat or fly?  How often do you need to go to the mainland?  How are provisions shipped over to the Island?

Does that invitation apply to me as well?   

How on earth would anyone get there?   

Yes,  I do know that Europe is not one country!  But I only recently realized that Africa is a continent. 

Oh, so maybe it was good after all that I went into such detail... (a look at my avatar would have revealed it...).

No, I do not feel isolated at all, we have a great infrastructure (at least in peace times, for war/catastrophes that could have the lines cut, I have a boat), but I have heard this complaint very often from women that were not from here, they somehow never feel really safe as they fear one day they could not leave if they wanted.



There go around 500 flights a day to all over Europe (in summer, 100 in winter), good connections, Palma is a hub airport here in south  western Europe, i.e. all traffic goes through here.

If you need to transport larger stuff, you take car/boat (actually, for any longer stay on the mainland that would be my combo - e,g, a party/culture weekend in Barcelona: Leave FRI 1400, come back MON 0800, ready to go for work, all for 80 Euros - , but if I just need to go for business and want to be home same day I take a plane).



I go to the peninsula about 3 times a year in average, but to Germany, Switzerland, France or Britain another 2 times a year.



The island is quite self sufficient where basic (esp. food) products are concerned, the rest gets shipped in (even water in times of shortage, with large cistern ships).



Anytime...



From Canada look for a cheap connection to either Germany or Britain, from there its a 2 hours flight with cost between 100-250$ to here (2-way), the earlier you book, the cheaper it gets, One example for cheap and fast connections from Germany: http://www.airberlin.com/site/start.php?LANG=eng (click on PALMA in the map to see the multitude of connections, they even have a daily to Vancouver from 190-850 Euros - one way - depending on booking conditions), for UK you might also want to look up easyjet or ryanair.


Just FYI: Antarctica also...

Rattler

By chance, found a pic in my archive (no clue who took it, got it sent by a friend) from your region, Jilly (attached, click to enlarge).

It is one of a series of boats on dry land (and even ships), what is the background for this phenomenon?

Enjoy!

Rattler