The artistic flowers course

There's always something of interest happening in Torre del Compte. Today it was a course on making decorative flowers.

The petals and leaves for each flower are carefully cut from special printed film,...

...heated over a candle then gently moulded to shape.

Using a hot glue gun the petals are assembled and then glitter is added for decoration.

The finished product is very attractive...

...and can be used to embellish photo frames, ornaments or form jewellery.

The 9 ladies and their teacher, Maria Jesús, certainly enjoyed themselves.

To see all of the photos, 32, click HERE.

Pear blossom and along the caminos

Along the camino down at Vinaròs the aloes are in flower and look very striking.

Meanwhile, 500 metres higher, at Torre del Compte, the gorse and rosemary add a colourful display at the side of the camino.

However, in the garden, our pear tree is literally buzzing as the local bees make the most of the freshly opened blossom.

Spring has certainly arrived and once again it is my favourite season of the year!

My avatar and my dog

I started this second post for my avatar as the first one was getting difficult to update as it has 600 "pictures". 

You can see it by clicking HERE. 

And now this page is getting difficult to update as it also has 600 "pictures" so I've started a new page. 
You can see the new page by clicking HERE.

And if you've enjoyed these, or even some of these, don't forget, there's another 600 to see HERE