A adolescent bullfinch raiding the fridge. Wonderful technique for cracking the sunflower seed open! Needs to practice social skills though 🪴🌿🌱🪶

View from my window - Sunday 21 December 17:03🌿🪴 ❄️

This year I am keeping it simple in my home made wreath from local holly and branches 🎄🌱🌿🪴❄️

Boiled sheep curd, Cretan honey and walnuts 🍜🍽️

All getting rounder and more orange by the day 🌱🪴🌿🪶

View from my window - Sunday 14 December 10:32🌿🪴 🍁

Countdown to Christmas. Soon to be reunited with my daughters for the holidays 🎄🥂😍 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas

Nothing screams Christmas more than The Nutcracker at The Royal Opera House in London! Truly one of my personal highlights of the year 📍Royal Opera House, London 🗺️ #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas

Aaand here it is! ❄️🌟🎄🎄🎄 Here’s to many more!🥂 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas

Ladies and gentlemen this is Mambo Number Five - I think I’ll have yellow lemons for Christmas! 🌿🪴🌱🍋🍋🍋

My favourite winter lunch: chickpea, cabbage and beef broth (sopa de cocido, garbanzos y berza) 😋😋😋🍜🍽️

🌿 ¡El mejor aire acondicionado es natural y tiene hojas! 🍃 ¿Sabías que los árboles mantienen su temperatura interna alrededor de 21 °C? Esto los convierte en auténticos aire acondicionado ecológico 🌬️💚

View from my window - Sunday 30 November 11:11 🌿🪴 🍁

A sweet marsh tit bullied by a rather MAGA sparrow 🌿🪴🪶

Now look. I am really not Social Media savvy. But this much I know: if someone who claims to be an “Oil and Gas Engineer” (either this or the army - must be some psych reason there) posts this to you, also to Jane, Lynda, Sharon, Jenny etc (stopped scrolling back then), RUN BABY RUN! (&block!)

This is my lovely resident robin being happy that her resident human is finally back and has replenished the feeder 👋🏼🍁🌿🪴🪶

View from my window - Sunday 16 November 14:26 🌿🪴 🍁

Well this is all a bit overwhelming. I’m ready to go home now! 📍🗺️🇦🇪Dubai, UAE

Striated heron - a lovely shade of dark blue 🌿🪶 📍UAE

Still in desert mode 🐫🌿🇦🇪🗺️☀️ 📍Ras Al Khaimah, UAE

Arabian green bee-eater. How beautiful is that?!🌿🪶 📍Ras Al-Khaima, UAE

View from my window - Sunday 26 October 14:26 🌿🪴🐫

“I’m guessing in my next life I will be a woodpecker” 🪶🌱🌿

I am loving my artisan Moroccan mules from Fez that I bought in Malaga yesterday - look at those lovely raffia fringes. A bargain at €39😍

Breakfast in Malaga this morning. “Tres churritos”, he said. Not to mention the Spanishness of the surroundings 😂🍜

La España vacía #AlphabetChallenge #WeekQforQuiet

The Great Autumn Regrouping has taken place today. My garden in pots is now rearranged, with all plants huddling together until late next spring, supporting each other through winter. A happy gang! 🌿🌱🪴🍁

15 seconds out from my window - Sunday 19 October 9:37 🌿🪴🍁

Skyscraper 📍Bárdenas Reales, Navarra, Spain 🗺️ #BlueSkyArtShow #Vertical

How do I even begin managing this?? 😂😱🌱🍽️🍜🪴

WELL THAT NO BIRD 🪶🌱😼🙅🏼

Lots of home grown red peppers hung out to dry in my neighbour’s balcony. Once fully dried, they will be used for stews, sauces etc and also to make chorizo 🌱🍜🍁

A throwback moment for many of us. From an analogic disposable camera. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink

As I settle back into my autumn routine, my soup Mondays return. Patatas en salsa verde, a Basque classic. Onion, potato, parsley, peas & hake fishbones. This is a wonderful way to use up white fish bones that get discarded when you only use fillets on Sunday. More humble but just as delicious! 🍽️🍜

View from my window - Sunday 12 October 12:57 🌿🪴🍁

Well look at these beauties! I’m very much looking forward to lunch 🍽️🍜

#BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Glow

“Mujer”, Pablo Picasso, (1948) Choose 20 sculptures that have stayed with you or influenced you in no particular order. Number 16 #blueskyart #art #sculpture

#FridayNight quiz If I were allowed only one… Cuisine: Basque 🤷🏼‍♀️ Author: Jane Austen Music genre: progressive rock TV show: Classic BBC series Holiday Resort : who needs a resort when in Crete? Season: Autumn City: London Sport: Trekking Book of the Bible: N/A Movie: Blade Runner #NowYou #JoinIn

What, no food? I want to speak to the manager! And definitely a 1* review🌱🪴🌿🪶

Lots of robins in my Bsky feed today ☺️

There’s opulence, and then there’s India 📍Udaipur Palace, Udaipur, India 🗺️ #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOpulent

Lemons look well on track for Christmas 🌱🪴🌿🍋🍋🍋

End of season - final shape and length of my espalier apple tree for now. Let’s see how next year pans out, but I’m not planning any dramatic changes. @stuartbourne.bsky.social any thoughts? advice? 🙂🪴🌱🌿🍏🍎

Early autumn is red bell pepper season. The local variety has a more pointed and slender shape. Roast in the oven, peel and slice or keep whole for stuffing. They are incredibly fleshy, versatile, tasty and cheap. And they freeze really well! 🍽️🍜

Miami Vice This is before I stopped travelling to the USA for Orange reasons 📍Miami, USA 🗺️ #WeekNforNights #AlphabetChallenge

A late bloomer. I find purple is the right colour for my general mood as I go into full autumn mode 🌿🌱🪴🍁

Mi pueblo de noche. Se ven las estrellas ☺️ #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNights

Night time reflections 📍La Alhambra, Granada, Spain 🗺️ If not on your bucket list, include it right away! Choose low season - it might not be at its best in terms of gardens, but it’s still incredible, and magical to feel you are (almost) on your own at times. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNights

“Presionador”, Nuria Fuster, (2013) Choose 20 sculptures that have stayed with you or influenced you in no particular order. Number 15 #blueskyart #art #sculpture