Daydream Believer

Daydream Believer by Jo Bradford

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I just listed these two new pictures in my Etsy shop, Green Island Studios today. I have been making lots of serene and calming pictures this past week, I guess it is in response to the hectic daily madness that is Chez Bradford these days, I need a little soothing of my frazzled soul.....

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Daydream Keeper by Jo Bradford

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p.s. These are more pictures from those I took on my recent holiday in Andalucia.

Deeply Inserted into Existence

Beneath the Trees by Jo Bradford

I am reminded today of the wisdom of John Berger.
Bergers' writings were required reading for my photography degree many moons ago, yet much of what he says still resonates with me as I roam the world armed with my camera....
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“That we find a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone,
that we are more deeply inserted into existence
than the course of a single life would lead us to believe.”
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Thanks to Dava, who featured Green Island Studios as one of her Etsy shops of the week, on her blog "Treasures From Hawaii" today.

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In the Olive Grove

In The Olive Grove ~ by Jo Bradford

The memory of lying in the dappled sunshine in the Olive groves of the Andalucian Mountains taking these pictures is still fresh in my mind... {sigh}

This is the newest listing in my Etsy shop

High in Andalucia

Cortijo by Jo Bradford

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I have been high in the hills of Andalucia for a while, visiting my Mum.

Days filled with sunbathing by the pool, walking in the mountains, shopping in the old cobbled streets, and of course, taking hundreds of photos.

In April, the Cortijos (farmhouses) are surrounded by fields of wildflowers, which carpet the floor between the olive trees, such a beautiful sight.

Almond Blossom

Almond Blossom by Jo Bradford

My Mum lives in the Andalucian Hills with views across the sea to Africa. Her home is high up on a hilltop and the slopes of her mountain top home are thick with almond and olive groves.

When the Almonds are in full blossom, the wonderful scent hangs thick in the warm Spanish evening air, as the birds and the bees buzz around gleefully collecting their pollen and nectar.