Category Archives: Spain

Swallows

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Allan

There’s something about those tiny, hurtling, hunting scraps of life that always makes me smile…swallows, swifts, martens. I love them all. They always seem to me expressive of the sheer joy of flight, madly attempting to zip across the whole … Continue reading →

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Granada dreaming

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Allan

I’m half awake, dreaming of boats and voyages – strange so far from the sea. This place is all about crossing places, though, many layered, one on another as you walk up through the city towards the Alhambra,  through the … Continue reading →

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Sketches of Spain

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Allan

From the air, wherever there is bare land, or not green at any rate, there are strange patterns impressed in the land. Valleys and hills, one assumes, but they look more like cloud shadows, or tree shapes, ferns and foliage. … Continue reading →

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