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Tag: Aitana Sánchez Gijón

Aitana: what’s behind my donkey’s name?

December 11, 2024

We live in spectacular mountain scenery here in Marina Baixa, in the province of Alicante, south-eastern Spain. It is more than eight years since I moved my donkeys here to ‘El Parral’ which is just at the end of the Jurassic spine of Castallets, down there in the shadows in the lower right-hand side of … More Aitana: what’s behind my donkey’s name?

Aitana: what’s behind my donkey’s name?

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Menu de paginas en castellano 🇪🇸 https://equusasinus.net/el-asno-andaluz/ & Français 🇫🇷 https://equusasinus.net/l-ane-andalous/ + Google translate

Paginas de historia de la raza asnal andaluza: esto es un proyecto vivo y en preparación. No hay conclusiones y solamente presentó unos datos, bibliografía, metodología, etc. Abierto a correcciones y comentarios. Este trabajo lo dedico a mi burra Matilde, por amor de su familia y a la memoria de Chavela de Kike.

Scenes from the past 15 years. I have four donkeys, Matilde the Andalusian grey dapple, Aitana her daughter, and two other mestizo brown donkeys, Rubi and Morris.

Matilde's cultural morning at the museum
Matilde’s cultural morning at the museum
Aitana's Easter bonnet
Aitana’s Easter bonnet
Rubí does thinking on Tuesdays
Rubí does thinking on Tuesdays
Morris reading his favourite book
Morris reading his favourite book
Matilde and Rubí in the almond blossom
Matilde and Rubí in the almond blossom
Morris appreciating trees
Morris appreciating trees
Rubí helps pick lemons
Rubí helps pick lemons
Walking with Rubí on the El Parral estate
Walking with Rubí on the El Parral estate
Aitana's bonnet and Puig Campana mountain
Aitana’s bonnet and Puig Campana mountain
Spain's national day
Spain’s national day
The day of moving house: walking to our new home 2016
The day of moving house: walking to our new home 2016
Morris leaping a stream to avoid getting his hooves wet!
Morris leaping a stream to avoid getting his hooves wet!

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