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hepa cleaning

29 Tuesday Aug 2023

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Yesterday a notice popped up in my calendar to clean the hepa filter. I remember setting the reminder to repeat every 3 weeks, as per the instructions (filter replacement every 6-8 months). For cleaning it’s recommended to use a vacuum (or soft cloth), but as my vacuum is broken I used one of these fluffy duster thingys, and wow, it really worked. But I was shocked to see that the filter was already quite gross and totally covered in dust fluff. Then I checked back here on my trusty blog to see when I bought the hepa and realised that I had somehow missed the first cleaning and it’s been 6 weeks. Oops.

Well, at least I know it’s working! And clearly doing a good job.

pizza party

21 Monday Aug 2023

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The last time Paul was here we got to talking about the HOT MESS that is my website setup. I mean, it’s ridiculous really but, in my defence, when I first started building self-hosted websites I was learning as I went. But at this point anyone looking at my FTP file manager would just shake their head (as Paul did) and say “what the fuck?”. So, as this is actually his work, I asked him if he could help me with, ahem, tidying things up a bit. At first we tried this via WhatsApp but then decided it would be better to wait until he was back in Sevilla. Which is now!

We decided the best time would be on a Sunday afternoon (yesterday) when things are pretty quiet around here and, as it’s also back up to 42º, nobody really wants to be outside. To make it feel less like work for Paul I said that after we finished we could get some takeaway pizzas and he could help me with one or two of these lovely red wines from Mallorca and Valencia that have been hanging around for a couple of years. I’m more a white wine girl, so having company – the first time having someone over who wasn’t a handyman since 2019! – seemed a good time to crack these babies open.

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caturday august 23rd 2023

19 Saturday Aug 2023

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caturday aug 19 2023

Yesterday the shelter where I adopted Loki sent an email asking how he was doing and if I could send them a photo of “Panchaquito” (the name given to him by his foster family). Bit of a surprise to hear from them 13 and a half years later. And so I had to tell them he died in March and then suddenly I was crying. My god I still miss my big orange boy so much. 🧡🐈

that view

17 Thursday Aug 2023

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the view from here

I will never ever tire of – or take for granted – this simply lovely view I have from my “office” at Caza Azahar. There are three balconies here, two face the building across the street but this one looks down a narrow pedestrian street and this is what I see from my office chair when I take a moment to look away from the computer and look out the window. The view constantly changes at various times of day, from bright and sunny to softly lit twilight to the glow of the street lamps. And I love them all.