Back home in chilly England, I’ve been going through my photos. All 485 of them. I rather want to go back to the days when you had a Kodak Box Brownie, and one, maybe two films of twelve or sixteen shots to get you through the holiday: and when you had to wait more than a week for the chemist (the chemist!) to develop them. I’ve spent all day chucking photos out, re-living special moments , and wondering which snaps may get an airing on this blog.
But this shot asked for its moment in the limelight. We were at a height, up at the top of the tower of Cádiz Cathedral. A parakeet was wheeling in the bright sky. And it spotted Jesus. Well, I think it’s Jesus. And it chose to alight. I think he deserves a spot in January Light.
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
I wonder what they are saying to each other. My predictive text came up with ‘whatcha’ when I was typing this!
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Not Whatcha. Something more – respectful, maybe?
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Possibly, although there is a glint in his eye!
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What a wonderful moment you caught there.
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It wasn’t a moment. That bird just sat and sat. I gave up first.
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Wouldn’t you just love to know what she’s thinking!
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Probably not. She didn’t seem sizzling with intellect and witty repartee.
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A great shot! The parrot is looking quite stern.
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Maybe it’s just had a but of a telling -off?
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That’s an amazing serendipity shot.
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It was a lucky chance indeed.
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Lovely photo. I like the puzzled look on both faces. But the photo puzzles me too. Apparently Spain in the process of culling large numbers of an invasive parakeet species: the monk parakeet. This is not one of them. Would you know which parakeet it is?
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Er, no, But you’ve motivated me to find out. They’re certainly larger than the ones making their homes in London.
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Er, no, But you’ve motivated me to find out. They’re certainly larger than the ones making their homes in London.
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All round great shot. Striking composition with both texture and colour contrasts. How about this for a reading – ebullient, green life inspects cool, lifeless marble; verdict, nothing to see here.
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So that’s the verdict eh? It’s not the world’s finest cathedral, certainly. Though outside, statues apart, quite striking.
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Lovely image. Wonder if the original sculptor thought about the bird perch potential here?
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I doubt it. But there’s quite a bird housing estate up there.
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Definitely deserves a bit of spotlight 🙂 🙂 (6 words plague me sometimes 🙂 )
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You might be getting Challenge Exhaustion!
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I think that’s a certainty 🙂 🙂 But not daily. Not even for Becky 🙂
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Just caught up with your Spanish adventure. So lovely to see photographs of energy and light.
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Isn’t it warm(ish) where you are then? We’re not really having a proper winter, but the weather’s not good either. Mud everywhere. I feel sorry for dog walkers here!
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