plants in the Algarve

There were gorgeous colours there, i'd have been snapping pics too :)

loving the colours all looks very very pretty

x x x

Wonderful pictures... you found some nice plants to photograph :o)

Some beautiful plants there Sandra.....Lovely photos......

thanx girlies, missed you all, there was so many pretty flowers to see,, and the tall pines were amazing

Wonderful Glorious plants Sanbaz I bet you have worn out your camera, good to have you back again!

thanx PP yes i took well over a hundred pics,, just picked out some of my favourites for you all, glad to be back PP, my garden is so over grown, i weeded in the rain when i got back today couldnt bare to see all them nettles and weeds prouting, lol

thank you sanbaz :)
nice pic , many colors & shapes ..
where you are living ?
its the same plante we growing here

Lovely pics Sanbaz. Where were you in the Algarve? I lived in Albufeira for a while in early 1970's - when it was a village.

Ih San nice to have you back, hope you had a lovely holiday, it looks stunning over there, great photos.

What beautiful plants, such lovely colours. Bet you didn't want to come home!

andalus i live in uk, the pics are of portugal where i have just been on holiday :o)
ginelli we stayed about 10 mins from albufeira at olhos d agua, was a bit more peacefull lol but went into albufeira a few times,

thanx clarice it was lovely and the flowers and trees were stunning,,
thanx lily 2 lol well i did miss home wish we had thier climate and plants though, stunning

Some amazingly bright colours, fantastic pics. Hope you enjoyed hols. Julie and I were going to go to Albufeira in the early 80's but never did. Then the kids came along and not been abroad since!

Sandra weeding in the rain, its wonderful. us Brits moan about the weather but can't think of anywhere I d rather be, soft rain , a fresh summer morning and Oh Sandra those Poppies! waitng for yours?

Great pics! Glad you are back home, and hope you had a fantastic holiday x

What Stunning Flowers San i bet u didnt want 2 come home ? Hope u both had a fab hoil its good your Back safe & Sound :)

Stunning photos..glad you are home safe and sound !

Amazing colours. Thanks for sharing. Maybe as our climate gets warmer we would be able to grow those too.

Smashing photo,s Sanbaz,know what you mean about quiet times,we all need them sometimes and I always have to check my garden first even if I,ve only been gone a few days,lol,nice to have you back........

great photos S, thanks for sharing them xx

thanx guys and paul you must go never to late, take the kids to lol or better still leave them with your parents,,
PP your right i didnt mind weeding in the rain though baz thought i`d lost the plot lol,waiting for some of the other buds to open PP on poppys,,
thanx Di, yes it was lovely, no kids on the phone "mum can you....." lol
cheers jacque even though its beautifull there i must admit there`s no place like home, (as she clicks her heels) heeheh
lincs.. i couldnt wait to see my garden and it had grown so much, missed alot of my poppys and then the rain they look a bit bedraggled,,
:o)) thanx irish

Couldn't agree more, the best part of a holiday, for me, is coming home. There's definitely no place like it especially when the sun is shining although maybe we're getting fed up with that now?

Beautiful flowers - lots of colour there! It makes such a difference, doesn't it. :-)

lily its lovely but just had a quick shower here in blackpool, just cooled it down for a min,,
yes spritz think we went at the best time for colour and flowers, :o)

I don't think I need leave them with my mum, they're 25 and nearly 20 now Sanbaz! Mind you, I wouldn't fancy leaving them in the house together either! Alright when it was just the youngest when he was 16/17 but not both of them!!

lol sorry paul thought they were younger, but then again think your right at that age and two of them, i only had one at home hes 17 and amazingly very good, also he had his dad to keep an eye on things to, luckerly myself and my ex still get along

A great collection of plants; Oleanders, Bougainvillia, Plumbago, Allamanda, Agave americana. and Pheonix canariensis. ok ok I'm showing of now, great pics Sanbaz ' I'm glad you enjoyed your holiday.

im impressed Rbtkew,did you eat the garden dictionary for breakfast this morning lol..... well done :o))

Fantastic blog Sandra - I am soo looking forward to my hols now

great angie,,, where you going for yours? look forward to your pics then :o)

Pleased you enjoyed your second week Sandra.....its awful being ill on holiday, all you want is your own home....:o( You've taken some wonderful pics, the plants and flowers are gorgeous...takes me back to the years we lived away....:o)

thanx janey, where did you use to live janey,

We lived in Northern Spain for a sew years and loved seeing all the beautiful vivid plants especially the Oleanders....we brought 2 back with us and this year theyre just beginning to flower.....:o)

Great pics and lovely plants - thanks for letting us see them.

thats great janey, and i only found out when i got home that you can bring plants home from other EU countries grrr so mad i didnt know,
thanks keithsmum glad you enjoyed them :o)

Hi Sandra welcome back again - we still haven't booked any holidays yet so if we don't get the finger out I will be posting photos of shamrock

thanx angie, well you should get a good deal last min, they say holidays arent selling this year so prices will come down this summer, so get on the internet and grab a deal soon lol

Thank Sandra I will get Gary googling straight away - ooh I am so excited I love me holidays x

me to normally, but even though i was ill i did try to make the most of the second week, just dont feel rested :o(

poor Sandra maybe you could squeeze a cheeky week in the Autumn x

im thinking about it, lol, will see,,

Thanks for showing the pics I loved them it reminded me a little of Tunisia all the white walls and flowers 'overflowing' beautiful.

yw bob, glad they brought back some happy memories for you, :o)

Hi San have been away for a few days - lovin' the new photo what happened to poor baz "he's been deleted"

lol angie, well ive changed my hair back to brown and baz doesnt come on here or do much garden wise, so i decided its my place and a new pic, still love him though, did you have a nice break angie? where did you go

The brown suits you Sandra - I took Ben to Scotland last week to spend time with my parents - this weekend I was doing the collecting of him - I think I have jet lag (LOL) with all the trips back and forth to Scotland

lol angie, hope ben enjoyed himself, bet he was spoiled rotten, and yes brown is my natural colour and really glad im back with it after so many years, i feel younger lol and gives me more colour, blonde was draining me and couldnt get my colour to stay, it always faded which looks worse

Sandra I think I was brown 20 years ago however I'm not ready to bite the bullet and go back - I'm gonna stick to red for a while although it is high maintenance - either way it'll be high maintenance as I am 100% grey if I let it grow out

well it doesnt matter them angie roots are roots so go with the colour your happy with :o)

cheers San x

Lovely pic's San !!! The big spikey one in the middle is an Aloe Vera plant. Olhos d'Agua is a beautiful place, far enough away from Albufeira to be peaceful, but close enough to get to on the bus or in a taxi. Roll on next year !!! lol

lol sue, think we will go back next year, i should be fit then so can enjoy what i eat :o), glad you enjoyed the pics