Autumn at last!

It's autumn at last - well, at least this tree thinks so!

Summer seems to have hung around for quite a while this year...

...but who's complaining?

Another sunset, 9 days later.

Another bonfire!

This time the bonfire is to celebrate the eve of Nuestra Señora del Pilar, (click on the title above for more info), and today is a holiday!

There was a good turnout and the bonfire was splendid.

The bonfire is held traditionally in the area known as La Co-operativa - this is where the olives are brought later in the year to be processed.


The Amas de Casa, (Housewives group), provided the cakes and cava which went down a treat.

It was a perfect evening with the (almost) full moon beaming down from a starlit sky.

Both Alena and Margaret were busy all evening serving cava and cake.

And to continue the celebrations, a very good friend has brought a cake! It symbolises the robe worn by Our Lady and tastes delicious!

It seemed a pity to cut into and then eat such a work of art but we forced ourselves!

Strictly Come...

It's back - and so is Brucie!

It must be autumn - (but not here, yet).

Margaret has been bitten by the celeb dancing bug and now must watch EVERY show including the daily "updates" on BBC2.

Russell Grant will go all the way!

Dragonfly

Even the dragonflies are making the most of this extended summer!

Click on the photo for a larger view.

Let's hope that this one was not intended to hatch out next summer!

I've just checked on the lifecycle of the dragonfly and evidently in this part of the world they are flying around from July until late October - early November. This one will be looking for a mate quite soon as it is well away from water. They eat lots of horrid mosquitos and other obnoxious insects. Their life span is only one year. What a pity!

Sunset

We are having a spell of amazing weather right now, summer has forgotten to end!

This evening the sun set behind the castle ruin at La Fresneda - quite spectacular!