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Walk across the river

Monday, 13. October 2008, 17:51:41

Last weekend I was with my family in Alentejo countriside of Portugal.:smile:
The village is Amareleja, Moura, very hot in summer about 50 selcius, and cold in winter 0 degrees...awww

Near the village have a river called Ardila that come from spain.

Last night we had lots of rain during all night long and some thunderstorm too.

In the next day, was a bit dark, but the sun try to look by the clouds! :smile::smile:

At the time lunch the day was much clear!

With Ardila so close I wend in the road to get there!

I stop the car and start a walk by the Ardila River . :smile::smile:

With my camera in my hands was easy to startt to take photos of some nice views! :smile::smile:

River with nice colors...

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Rain from last night give it a bit more movemment...


Fisrt mime I saw it I was scared, yes I never seen one so big in my life...


Some trees near the river are Eucaliptus, those are his seeds...


Flowers are for every where...

Cute frog ready to jump war away from my camera...


Funny life in trees, yellow fungies...


Snails are big and they like to live near the river...


Ants don't stop to work even for a photo...


For me was a nice walk across the river :smile: also I saw lots of different birds but with a camera like mine it's imposible take some photos of them! :smile:

Those are a few photos, I will post more in a new album! :smile::smile: Called Ardila River .

Northern lights poetry...Óbidos village

Comments

MrLeffe 13. October 2008, 18:00

This is so beautiful. So many nice photoes. The red one,scary one was big. In August every year we eat them very good and delisius. What a nice walk.:smile: :smile:

thobi 13. October 2008, 18:13

looks like you had a refreshing WE :up:

PainterWoman 13. October 2008, 18:46

What a nice weekend you had. I think that scary thing is a crawfish, or sometimes called crayfish. Can you believe I used to catch them in a ditch when I was a kid? Only the smaller ones. They would tuck their tail under when we caught them and they weren't as red as this one. My friends and I just kept them in a jar of water for a little while to watch them, then let them go.

yulenka 13. October 2008, 19:48

You did not waste your time:) Nice photos!I liked the river, the frog, and flowers...even strange that they are everywhere in Autumn!

ricewood 13. October 2008, 20:43

I just love those small yellow fungi. I'd like to get really close with my camera.

FrogBoots 14. October 2008, 02:16

Beautiful photos, Ze! :up: And what an adorable frog you found! :smile: :happy:

CedarFox 14. October 2008, 03:37

Lovely post! I really like the one of the frog :smile::up:

zetorres 14. October 2008, 08:58

Leffe, yes was a nice walk, and I have more photos, with some different things, one is about aroma plants near the river! :smile::smile:

MrLeffe 14. October 2008, 09:14

Very nice :smile: :smile:

IdaSahar 14. October 2008, 09:21

Very nice indeed!

zetorres 14. October 2008, 09:21

:smile::smile: yes, a walk very aromatic! :D:D

zetorres 14. October 2008, 10:44

Thobi, indeed it was! :smile::smile:

zetorres 14. October 2008, 10:47

Pamela, yes they are crawfish, those are from river, I only tast from sea that are so delicious, next time I will take some of these to taste! :smile::smile:

zetorres 14. October 2008, 10:49

Yulia, even with rain I never stot to take photos! :smile::smile:

Yes, here even in winter you may find wild flowers! :smile::smile:

zetorres 14. October 2008, 10:50

Alan, that was my idea too, but my camera is not working very well, made bad focus, and the macro not working well...you should come and try! :smile::smile:

zetorres 14. October 2008, 10:52

Frog, i saw lots of them, but when I get close they jump to the water, that one aws a bit lost in a stone, it's a small one about 2cm, very cute! :smile::smile:
I took that photo for you! :smile::smile:

zetorres 14. October 2008, 10:54

Eric, thanks for your visite! This is a bit of the wild life in the Ardila river, more photos today in a new album! :smile::smile:

zetorres 14. October 2008, 10:54

Ida, thank you very much! :smile::smile:

cocojerry 14. October 2008, 16:30

hmmmmm, the picture number 3,what is it?

Portuguese ants is so huge ,hahha, just joking :D

zetorres 14. October 2008, 16:34

Hi Cocojerry, thanks for your visite :smile::smile: photo number three is a crawfish, a scary creature in the soil looking to me... much more big then a portuguese ant! :smile::smile:

I have ate crawfish from sea, they are delicious, but from river I never try, maybe some day! :smile::smile:

b_laudanum 14. October 2008, 16:46

amazing Zé! loved the 'caracol' image! :smile:

cocojerry 14. October 2008, 16:54

different from me, i usually cook with crawfish drom river. hmm, the taste is not bad.
but i see the crawfish is on the ground, so strange!!

zetorres 14. October 2008, 17:02

Olá Bea, thanks nice you like it! That one still alive! :wink::wink:


Cocojerry, yes you are right I saw some in the ground...I don't know why...maybe because the last rain...maybe...

yulenka 14. October 2008, 18:00

I was surprised to see him on the ground to:))

MrLeffe 14. October 2008, 19:38

I am hear enjoying the pictures again. This nature is fantastic. :smile: :smile:

yulenka 14. October 2008, 19:50

Oh yes!I'd like to walk in the forest,but have too many work this week:(
Autumn is a very beautiful season, a bit cold, but very beautiful.
Those pics are amazing!


Panzerplatte 14. October 2008, 21:16

Beautiful, I always enjoy seeing your work. :smile:

zetorres 14. October 2008, 21:33

Maybe Leffe may say why they are in the ground... Swidish people like to eat them too! :smile::smile:

Every time I went in that village i always to to the river! It´s cuiet, and natures sounds are very relaxing! :smile::smile: still warm here even with rain! :smile::smile::smile:



Panzerplatte, and I always like to see you commenting my post! :smile::smile: thanks you! :smile::smile:

Panzerplatte 14. October 2008, 21:37

yvw!

MrLeffe 14. October 2008, 21:37

This is strange, These animals cant survive for long without water I dont know why it came out of the water. We do have them here to and we go fishing here it is a very nice dish.

zetorres 14. October 2008, 21:39

:smile::smile:

Zephirine 15. October 2008, 14:17

Beautiful pictures, Zé... especially that red crawfish! :D We have a lot of them but not red, they're gray like river sand. The red ones are imported from America and they are destroing the gray ones! awww Have you ever touch them? :devil:
The snail's shell seems made of mother-of-pearl! :up:

zetorres 15. October 2008, 14:31

Thanks Zef for your visite and comment! :smile::smile:

Well lot of time I know that those crawfish are living in rivers and lakes now... " now " yes because they are new here, maybe about 15, 20 years, they are also a prague, they eat cultures, because they walk in the soil!

That was my fisrt time I saw them alive and so close to me.

I have more photos of them and you will understand way is not easy tuch them...but yes as you know I like to catch seafood, so it was easy touch that one, and I also put him in the water for his save! :smile::smile:

About snail I was waiting for some one that tell that..." mother-of-pear " Thanks! :smile::smile:

Zephirine 15. October 2008, 14:37

:eek: What do you mean you're waiting for someone? :eek:

zetorres 15. October 2008, 14:41

Some one write about that! :smile: :lol: you was the first! :smile::smile: just all...thank you! :smile:

Zephirine 15. October 2008, 14:43

:wink: :up: :happy:

zetorres 15. October 2008, 14:44

Crawfish have you already tast them?

Zephirine 15. October 2008, 14:50

A lot of times! :D

zetorres 15. October 2008, 14:50

From river or from sea?

Zephirine 15. October 2008, 14:55

From river, the grey ones and the red ones! :smile: Look at these! We bought them last month. :D

cocojerry 15. October 2008, 15:33

:D yummy :up: add more beer is excellent :cheers:

zetorres 15. October 2008, 16:12

How much you pay for them. From sea are very expensive! :smile::smile:

For me with Coke! :D:D:D

Nice photo! :smile::smile:

MrLeffe 15. October 2008, 16:55

I learned to pick these ones and the best way is to pick them over the back and from behind so they cant see your hand coming they will defend themselves When you pick them over the back they cant mend their claws that way just a litle bit.
In sweden we say they are grey and when you cook them they will turn in to red. How red they will get is depending on the waters they live in.
There is also a differens between those who live in the sea and those that comes from rivers and lakes.I like those that comes from the lakes and rivers.:smile: :smile:

zetorres 15. October 2008, 17:21

Yes I pick them like that way! :up: was easy! :smile::smile:

Yes, those are to red, I can't imagine after be cooking! What colour come next red? :D:D

Those from the sea don't change so much his colors after cooking! :smile::smile:

MrLeffe 15. October 2008, 17:26

Light or darker red colour.

Those from the sea they are a bit red maybe it has got to do with the calcium and salt just a guess.:smile: :smile:

yulenka 15. October 2008, 17:42

I like crawfishes...but fell sorow it it them if they were alive. That is why I ate them fiew times and only cooked already.

zetorres 15. October 2008, 18:04

I understand you, is not easy put them alive inside the pan! awww

Shrimps are grey, but after cook are very orange! :smile::smile:

yulenka 15. October 2008, 18:59

never saw alive shrips...
I'd better not eat then than kill,though I am ready to eat them in caffee or cooking frozen...

zetorres 15. October 2008, 19:13

I like to get them in beach! Small ones the best ones, but to small his tast it's incredible delicious because they are frech...I have a photo from last summer! :smile:

yulenka 15. October 2008, 19:20

I am afraid to take them by hands:)))))

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