“PAINTERLY SOUL” collection (texto en español debajo).Dedicated to the memory of my dad, Daniel, to whom I have so much to thank . These oil, crayon, and pastel artworks were painted this past summer in our tiny village, Los Barrios de Gordón en León, Spain. Louise May Alcott said “I’ve had a lot of troubles,…
Tag: country life
You know you are obsessed with your cat…
When you are going for a walk on a nice spring afternoon… And you notice something far away in the distance… Right there… That black and white spot in the distance is Coco. View this post on Instagram 🐱 #cat #countrylife A post shared by Rosana blursbyai (@blursbyai) on Mar 30, 2017 at 2:03pm PDT…
Blooming spring in Spain
Oh, winter… one day, after the snow melted we had this cloudy day… But if you looked closely you could find hints of the upcoming spring ahead… like these yellow flowers in the fields… And suddenly, everything started to bloom… the first ones were the prune, cherry and pear trees, followed by the apple trees:…
Orejas de carnaval recipe, spanish carnival fried traditional pastries
Orejas de carnaval? What’s that? Their name means literally “carnival ears” and they are fried pastries that are made and eaten during carnival. Those thin layers of pastry are coated in cinnamon and sugar and they are very crunchy. My mom and I make a huge batch of them each year and then we deliver them to…
It’s snowing, finally
Hi everyone! We are not having a very snowy winter this year. But last week we finally got some snow! So, I ran outside with my camera and this is what I captured: View this post on Instagram Yesterday #snow #spain #country A post shared by Rosana blursbyai (@blursbyai) on Jan 29, 2017 at…
Baby bunnies update
Hi everyone! The other day I showed you some pictures of newly born bunnies and today I want to share some new pics of them growing. 2 days old bunnies: 4 days old: 5 days old: At this moment they are not hairless anymore! 10 days old bunnies: There are five white rabbits, five grey ones and one…
Newly born bunnies!
Did you know that when bunnies are born they have almost no hair and their mother makes a bed with her own hair to keep them warm? Four days ago a bunch of bunnies were born and I went carefully and snapped a couple pictures, without disturbing them or their mother. They are SO small!…
Orchards and vegetable gardens
A couple days ago I said I will show you some of our orchards so, here I am with lots of pictures. This one is near our home and it is filled with apple, cherry, hazelnut and plum trees: Beautiful sunny day, right? I took that picture today. This one below is my father’s favorite…
Summer harvest
As I’ve mentioned before I am from a very, very, very small village in the mountais of Spain, and that’s where I am spending this summer. Everyone, and I mean, everyone in the town has an orchard or vegetable garden, or both. In my family we have a few. Yesterday I took some pictures of…