07 Monday Dec 2020
Posted in birthdays, casa azahar, cats, home
Happy Birthday Loki!
In spite of leading a very stressful life Loki still finds time to relax.
Big love to my big orange doofus. ❤
These were taken shortly after he came to live with us, 8 weeks old.
As you can see, he’s always had a penchant for soft pillows and duvets.
Loki was built for comfort, not for speed.
06 Sunday Dec 2020
Posted in christmas, music, sunday song, video
I’d never heard of Thea Gilmore until my friend Anne told me about another song of hers the other day, and while having a look through her stuff on YouTube I found this one too! 🙂
05 Saturday Dec 2020
Posted in casa azahar, cats, caturday, home
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This is actually a pic from last winter, with all the cats piled on top of me in my comfy chair. It’s started happening again with having to put the heat on a couple of nights ago. Suddenly I’ve become very popular again.
04 Friday Dec 2020
Posted in christmas, coronavirus, covid
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Sent to me my my lovely friend Pilar and really it says it all. Even if you aren’t a believer (I am not, but I am a lover of Christmas), I think the true meaning of Christmas is the same for many of us. We don’t need the parties, meeting up with friends and family to feel Christmas alive in our hearts, to feel genuine love and compassion for others, and to share that with others albeit virtually. Translation below…
I don’t know who invented the phrase “Save Christmas” and honestly I am a little tired of hearing it and reading it on social media, I would like to say that Christmas is not being saved because Christmas “IS”.
It is a space of time that for those of us who believe in God which has a meaning of Hope, Faith and Love, we live this time with the hope that the world will become more human and more caring. This year it will be different, the dinners, parties, meetings will be different, perhaps we cannot share it with all our relatives but our love towards them will remain the same.
We must wish that each heart remains in this life, that not one more leaves us, we must SAVE LIVES not Christmas because Christmas will live and will continue to live each day in every one of us.
03 Thursday Dec 2020
Posted in food & drink, friends, sevilla, sherry, tapas, tapas bars, wine
So ever since Reyes Morales joined me at Casa Román to help me celebrate my 27th Sevilla Anniversary I’ve been promising to bring her a bottle of a nice mencía rosado to try. We both have a preference for crisp white wines and rosés over reds and I discovered this rosado while looking for more economical ways to still enjoy wine while being completely broke. Anyhow, yesterday was finally the day! I showed up at Casa Morales with my chilled bottle of wine and we sat at the table Reyes had reserved for us, in front of an open window (so lots of ventilation) and she proceeded to order food for us. Well, between the two of us and Reyes’ husband Juan Carlos (who stopped by for a quick glass) the bottle didn’t last that long, so then we were on to the sherries.
I’ve known Reyes for a long time, but it’s only been in the past year or so that we’ve started connecting on a more personal level. She is truly a warm and wonderful person and we always have a great time when we get together. Well this time rosé led to sherry, which led to more sherry and eventually a penúltima down the street at Bodeguita Romero. I’m telling you, that chica is a bad influence. 😉
