 The main house, lovingly built by using all the very best materials money can buy. |  Idem. |
 Idem. |  The small vineyard near the house. There are a total of some 60 mature vines on the finca. |
 Showing the toolshed, housing also the photovoltaïc installation and a generator. |  Coming up the driveway to the house. |
 The open-plan kitchen with dining table, as seen from the living room. |  A view of the living room, with at left the entrance to the comfortable study. |
 The living room, with woodburning stiove, heating the entire well-isolated house in winter. |  The kitchen. |
 Master bedroom |  Bathroom |
 Bathroom storage |  Showing the beautifully finished windows in the main bedroom. |
 The newly-built, traditional main entrance door. |  The wall next to the main entrance. |
 Another view of the living room. |  The front-porch overlooking a large part of the finca, with simply outstanding views looking towards the South, East and West. |
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 The roof and chimney, showing the finca's stand of "robles", oakwood, behind the house. |  The photovoltaïcs panels next to the toolshed. Most days these provide sufficient energy for all the finca's needs. |
 The back-up generator, which kicks in when needed. |  A selection of the finca's bounty in fruits and vegetables. |
 Lovingly restored terrace walls, with the traditional stone slabs sticking out of the walls, functioning as steps. |  The private country lane, showing part of the finca's fig-, olive- and fruit trees in back. |
 Another view of the terraced land on the finca. |  A shady spot. |
 The potatoes are coming along fine, taken early April. |  The compost heap. |
 Ready to plant, anything grows in the rich soil. |  A "berenjena" = eggplant. |
 More vines. |  One of the finca's huge wells. A separate borehole was drilled for supplying the house's needs. |
 The toolshed, rebuilt on the foundation of the old dwelling on the finca. |  The photovoltaïcs installation, storage batteries. |
 Another view of the finca's 140 fig-, 126 olive trees and fruit trees such as lemon-, pear- and apple trees. |  Tomatoes, 2007. |
 Raspberries, as well as cherries, do exceptionally well in the Valley of La Vera's micro-climate. |  |
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 Sunset on the front porch, looking some 100 kilometers far. |  Early morning, looking North. |
 Showing the finca's exceptionally well-kept "bancales" = terraced fields. |  |
 The Torremenga lake as seen from the finca. |  From here a selection of photographs of the finca's incredibly diverse flora and fauna throughout the seasons. |
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 |  The many different mushrooms as found on the finca. |
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 |  Auricularia auricula-judae. |
 Boletus edulis. |  Cprinus atrementarius x. |
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 Marasmius oreades. |  Phallus Impudicus. |
 Boletus edulis. |  Tremela mesenterica. |
 Tricholoma gambosum seta de carrerilla x. |  Tricholoma gambosum seta. |
 The many flowers as found on the finca. |  |
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