Galicia life and experiences as seen from Mer near Sober

Archive for June, 2009

The vanishing Rio Sil and the Beautiful Demoiselle

Thought this may get your atention. The Rio Sil is sort of vanishing between Doade and the embalse St. Esteban. Iberdrola has permission to install a second turbine (175 MW using 200m3/s water). This is going to be 13 meters below water level. So rumors are that the Rio Sil is going to be lowered [...]

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

The water lily flowers – must be summer in Galicia

The water lily flowers so it must be summer. The time of long balmy evenings in rural Galicia. Once the holiday season starts there will be food everywhere, off season its sometimes a bit hit and miss. Great time to take photos in the evening sun.

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Stone, brick & lime – A facelift – Worth every minute I spend on it

Just using lime can give a tiered looking house a great facelift. Using just existing stone, bricks and pre mixed lime Casa de Flores received a great new look.

Friday, June 5th, 2009