Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Flowers
My attempts at being Percy Thrower have been quite limited although the roses on the balcony are just about surviving and the avacado plant is showing healthy adolesent growth as the before and after pictures below show.
Before
Current state of affairs
However, a more impressive array of flowers can be found in the parks of Madrid and Alcala through out the summer. I was really impressed with the rose garden in the Retiro. It was interesting to see the names of the roses such as French Revolution (red obviously) and Cosmos (white which triumphs over the rest because its the symbol of Yorkshire). here are a few of the pictures taken yesterday in the park.
One of my first memories of Spain was walking at about 5:30 am in benidorm of all places back to a rented Villa in about 1994, the car pollution had subsided and the smell of the flowers and shrubs was in the air. Every so often I sometimes regain a sense of that aroma when returning late and walking through the park near our flat
Before
Current state of affairs
However, a more impressive array of flowers can be found in the parks of Madrid and Alcala through out the summer. I was really impressed with the rose garden in the Retiro. It was interesting to see the names of the roses such as French Revolution (red obviously) and Cosmos (white which triumphs over the rest because its the symbol of Yorkshire). here are a few of the pictures taken yesterday in the park.
One of my first memories of Spain was walking at about 5:30 am in benidorm of all places back to a rented Villa in about 1994, the car pollution had subsided and the smell of the flowers and shrubs was in the air. Every so often I sometimes regain a sense of that aroma when returning late and walking through the park near our flat
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