Photographs from around the Casita, wildlife and wild orchids, Iznájar Spain

Hi all 👋🏻

Today I want to share with you some photographs of one of my many walks through the countryside close to the Casita I lived in at that time… in Iznájar, Córdoba province, Spain.

When I first moved to Spain from The Netherlands, I landed in the countryside of the town Iznájar… about 1 hour drive above Málaga city.
I lived in a small casita (where the Mill worker lived next to his mill). When I started walking it was right in the middle of nature, not many houses around, just me and nature.
Olive trees, wildlife and lots of flowers during spring time.

The following photographs are taken in April and May 2015.

Location of the Casita (the yellow star) in comparison with the town of Iznájar:

photo from Google maps

Iznájar is across the lake over the bridge up the hill.
Not an easy drive up for my Classic Mini.

But let’s go to the photos I wanted to share:
Enjoy 😊

Along the road:

Olive trees everywhere.

Some far away neighbours.

Views of the Iznájar Lake.

Along the way I found these flowers and wild orchids.

Don’t these wild orchids not just look like little aliens…
With heads, a body, arms and legs… wings even. Little faces looking back at you 😉

So many different kinds of flowers you find along the road.

Here I captured many at the same time, very close to each other.

I had to include another one of these wild orchids. The colours were just great, the brown and purple.

Here you see another kind of wild orchids.

This purple flower was just beautiful, purple is one of my favourite colours.

Another kind of wild orchids.

Let’s go a little bit back to the garden of the Casita:

In my garden I would watch birds come and go from the terrace.
My biggest surprise one day, was to see a Golden Oriole. They tend to be very shy and fast… but I could capture him this time after I heard him for days.

First he was in a large tree. Can you spot him?

Later a little bit closer by, he landed on the nispero tree/ Japanese loquat in English.

Here you can see him better.

Another time I encountered a large Praying mantis… he or she wasn’t afraid and came up the bush and was watching me on the terrace. When I held my hand out. It came and walked right on it.
Do you see his head… the face… how majestic it looks like 😎

I observed it for a bit and put it back in the bushes.

I had many encounters with wild life here in the countryside and found so many beautiful flowers… and views.
I will show you more later 😉

Hope you enjoyed my photographs of this beautiful walk in this part of the world 🤩 Córdoba province: The Iznajar countryside and it’s wild orchids!

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Have a great Saturday all 😎
Grtz Jackie

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