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View from the dining room window.

Today was a relief in that the recent calima (Saharan dust cloud), and the smoke from the wild-fires in Portugal and Western Spain finally cleared, leaving a lovely view for the first time in about a week!
Perhaps better on full screen.
Added extra little titbit (I'm not American so it's titbit OK?); bottom left hand corner of the shot is the top of a pot of basil. Usually they last 1 to 2 weeks and then they expire and you buy another on your next shop (very cheap). But this hardy little bugger has been happily thriving for a couple of months now - almost to the point when I'll have to think up a name for it as it has almost become part of the family! Any suggestions for a name? Please let me know!!
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86 comments

Trudy Tuinstra said:

very nice
20 months ago ( translate )

Andy Rodker replied to Trudy Tuinstra:

Thank you, Trudy. Yes, a lovely view on a nice day!
20 months ago ( translate )

Jan said:

Beautiful
20 months ago ( translate )

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Indeed, a wonderful vista !!
20 months ago

Colin Ashcroft said:

That is good news for you. To see the mountains clearly must give you lift.
20 months ago

Andy Rodker replied to Colin Ashcroft:

I do self-physiotherapy exercises in full view of the mountain range and, as you say, Colin, it gives me a boost to think about walks there again one day!
20 months ago

Stephan Fey said:

Thats a view!!!
20 months ago

©UdoSm said:

Very well captured, Andy...
20 months ago

William Sutherland said:

Beautiful capture and perspective! Stay well!

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20 months ago

cammino said:

Da könnte ich auch leben ...
20 months ago ( translate )

Andy Rodker replied to cammino:

More luck than judgement, Reinhold! Until November 2020 I had been living in a nice flat in the centre of Madrid but covid removed all my English classes as you can imagine and there weren't enough companies with sufficient funds to continue classes even on-line. Then I got Covid badly and I couldn't afford to stay in my flat any more. My girlfriend had a flat full of (girl) lodgers and I couldn't stay there, but fortunately my sister has this large house with a spare bedroom and so I have been gratefully ensconced here ever since. Lucky me!
20 months ago

Andy Rodker said:

Trudy,
Jan,
Jaap,
Colin,
Stephan,
Udo,
William,
Reinhold,
Thank you for your comments and best wishes to you all!
20 months ago

Gilbert H said:

Tu profites d'une très belle vue sur la plaine !Bon regard !
20 months ago ( translate )

Andy Rodker replied to Gilbert H:

Indeed I do, Gilbert and the view of the distant Sierra de Guadarrama is one spur for me to keep going with my self-physiotherapy. I want to return to walking there sooner rather than later!
Many thanks!
20 months ago

Rosalyn Hilborne said:

I'm pleased you have your view back Andy and you have captured it beautifully.
20 months ago