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Ferreiros, Spain

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | May 19, 2019 at 9:41 pm , by Laurie Merritt

A fleeting moment hiking past the village of Ferreiros and the Church of Santa Maria. ...

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Torres del Rio #2

Posted in: Architecture, Colors, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Nature, Oil Painting, Outdoors, Photo Retouching, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | April 3, 2019 at 9:55 am , by Laurie Merritt

oil painting...

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Torres del Rio, Spain

Posted in: Architecture, Botany, El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Friends, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | April 2, 2019 at 10:06 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Torres del Rio, sits along the Linares River and is just a short walk from Sansol. Not a typical hilltop village, one wonders why anyone would build a...

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San Esteban de Deyo – #2

Posted in: Colors, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Nature, Oil Painting, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | January 13, 2019 at 12:01 pm , by Laurie Merritt

… in oils. ...

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San Esteban de Deyo

Posted in: Colors, El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | January 12, 2019 at 3:32 pm , by Laurie Merritt

San Esteban de Deyo , also called the Castillo de Monjardín, is a ruined medieval castle on a hill overlooking Villamayor de Monjardín in the Navarre region of...

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The Steeple of Iglesia de San Andres

Posted in: El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Nature, Oil Painting, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | December 22, 2018 at 12:53 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Entering the town of Villamayor de Monjardín...

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Azqueta and Villamayor de Monjardín

Posted in: Architecture, Botany, El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | December 21, 2018 at 7:04 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Through the charming village of Azqueta, Spain for a brief rest stop, then on to Villamayor de Monjardín, a town that sits below the hilltop ruins of...

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Cirauqui in B&W

Posted in: Architecture, Black and White Photography, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Photography, Scenic, Travel | November 9, 2018 at 4:52 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Iglesia de San Román keeps watch over all, including the sheep....

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Simply Charming

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | November 8, 2018 at 6:27 pm , by Laurie Merritt

One of my favorite “just passing through” towns, Cirauqui is a small hilltop town (a typical medieval layout throughout Europe) that spreads around the Iglesia de San...

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Cirauqui, Spain

Posted in: Black and White Photography, Colors, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Infrared Photography, Landscape, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | November 6, 2018 at 9:30 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Only 3km from Mañeru to this hilltop village. Fortunately, the ominous-looking clouds stayed out of our way. Another one of the few times I unloaded the infrared...

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Idyllicly Pastoral

Posted in: Architecture, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Oil Painting, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | November 5, 2018 at 9:38 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Bendeciré, from Mañeru!!!

Posted in: Architecture, Botany, El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | November 3, 2018 at 3:35 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Along with some residential homes, wildflowers, a safe-drinking water fountain, and a “you are here” pilgrims’ map, several views of the Church of San Pedro were captured...

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Out to Dry

Posted in: Architecture, Colors, El Camino de Santiago, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | October 31, 2018 at 10:57 pm , by Laurie Merritt

I know, I know, who takes pictures of people’s laundry hanging out on clotheslines? When in Spain…. it’s different, it’s colorful, and it’s mostly outerwear drying in...

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Morning Departure from Puente de la Reina

Posted in: Architecture, Black and White Photography, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | October 30, 2018 at 10:19 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Our next day took us from Puente de la Reina to Estella, Spain – 22km. A somewhat early start this already-bright, blue-skied morning. Along with other fellow...

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Bridge of the Queen

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | October 25, 2018 at 9:09 pm , by Laurie Merritt

THE Puente de la Reina. Crossing the bridge is a requirement for pilgrims heading to Santiago de Compostela. It was Queen Muniadona who gave her name to the town...

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