night of the dead Cedeira

Thee are the pumpkins the boys and Elise carved, scary isn't it

 We went to Cedeira, unfortunately we were a bit too early and every one got too hungry and tired to stay until the processions but we did see loads of carved pumpkins and other vegetables.

vilarrube sand

Vilarrube sand fascinates me well ripples anywhere do but this place has more than most as I may have said before. We have Elise staying with us via Helpx she is brilliant with the boys and very good a stacking wood moving rubble etc so we went to the beach for some time out.

 Its the end of October boys don't go in the water - no chance of stopping them

Then there were the ripples 

 And a firey finish

ceps and life returning

We have a nice little patch of boletus now the trees have been cut back and more light is getting in, this fellow was very tasty.

This is the aftermath of the Pantin fire that was raging on 20 Sept, the soil is now very exposed and starting to erode, fortunately we have not had a lot of rain since then but when we do I imagine a fair bit will move towards the sea.

Autumn crocus managing to survive.

Remains of a newish tyre and old metal rim from a wooden wheel - I guess this has been a traditional wheel dumping ground for many years. Next time I kayak past here I will pop in to the gully down below and see if many made it to the sea.

A fine weekend

Autumn is well underway leaves turing and nights getting colder, but still regularly around 20 during the day and plenty of blue sky.

A lovely Swallowtail caterpillar paid us a visit

and we found a rather marvelous moth too

Rowan was fascinated

Second attempt to get to A Coruna paid off, the boys always insist on visiting the aquarium centre, Lorena loves it too

we didn't remember seeing the octopuses before they were very friendly.

The starfish looked wonderful as usual

The big tank with the Shark is usually the main Attraction

For one we managed to time it right for seeing the seals being fed.

Mel had a great idea take some shovels to the beach and make sandcastles, although the boys spent much of the time digging holes

No castle is complete without a dragon
Not a bad location for a castle either

more garden and the van

Another hot day ahead, the mist flows around us a couple of fields away on all sides.

A perfect day for heading to the hill foraging for fungi - shame the van is grounded just now.

All that dismantling for a little hose, it was a very awkward little fellow to remove.

I need to do tidying but on a hot day chainsawing and strimming might just win over finishing building the woodstack wall etc. Elise from Helpx will be visiting soon - no shortage of fun things for you to do Elise :-)

Nicotiana still doing well

Water melons area a bit late but might just about ripen, we did not plant it and it is rather vigorous each stem is about 6 meters and growing fast.

Not sure what this is but its great

This is less great - a weevil of some sort possibly a broad shouldered weevil, they plague our citrus, I pick at least a dozen off three little trees and feed them to the hens every day just now.

Mushrooms popping up this morning again.

I used to grow Physalis in a greenhouse in Cornwall, it did OK but they were tiny compared to what happens when they are outside in Galicia.

Asparagus did well for its first season and the lettuce, endives etc are still growing very well.

Jen planted more to follow but they are having to compete a tad with the weeds.

Sempervivium did well this year but no flowers yet.

Echeveria also doing well