Category Archives: spain

orange

05 Saturday Sep 2009

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orange harvest

Today’s Photohunter theme is “orange”.

The pre-digital camera pic above shows the orange trees in my street being harvested. And below is a photo of my very orange bedroom (before I got the new headboard). The colour orange is also quite prevalent on this blog, as you have probably noticed. And also on my azahar and Sevilla Tapas blogs, and my two Twitter accounts. It’s my favourite happy colour to look at (favourite happy colour to wear is red), and I have it on good authority that it’s a really good colour to use for getting people to purchase items online. Then there is my online name, which is Spanish for orange blossom, though the flowers are actually white and look like this. Apparently my love is not orange, but the colour orange I am is … well, orange. Take the quiz…

Quiz: What Colour Orange Are You?

orange

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ripples

22 Saturday Aug 2009

Posted by in holidays, photohunt, photos, spain, summer

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Today’s Photohunter theme is “ripples”.

Bit of a no-brainer for me this week as I am spending ten glorious sun & sea filled days in Zahara de los Atunes. Every morning I go for a walk along the beach and bathe my feet in the Atlantic, so when I was wondering yesterday what I could come up with for “ripples” (was walking on the beach at the time) the obvious  suddenly dawned on me.  Feeling more than somewhat duh I promptly took out my camera…

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paloma

21 Friday Aug 2009

Posted by in food & drink, friends, health & happiness, holidays, spain, summer, travel, trips

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paloma de picasso

A couple of days ago I got a call from my friend Paloma telling me she’d just arrived in Zahara and was going to be here for awhile so we should get together. I met Paloma through Agustín and she was also my student for awhile. She’s a bit older than me and is the mother of my favourite chatterbox, Bosco, who is going to be coming to Zahara today. But I am getting ahead of myself…

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zahara apartment

16 Sunday Aug 2009

Posted by in change, health & happiness, holidays, spain, travel, trips

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terrace sunset 1

All settled in now and really feeling at home. This is a photo of my first sunset in Zahara, as seen from the terrace. Agustín & Elena have a great place here with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, nice living/dining area and – the best part – a terrace that is almost as big as the apartment! Except for mid to late afternoons when it’s too hot, I can pretty much live out here. It’s especially nice for breakfast. Having my coffee out here while checking email, twitter and blogs and looking out at the sea is pretty much a dream come true.

My companion Mini – I keep telling her we are just two fat old broads at the beach – is sweet, despite having to mop up after her almost constantly. Poor old girl. I’ve known her since she was a pup and now that she is 14 it’s a bit sad to see her having such a hard time. And that Agustín! Before they left on Friday he slipped me another “vacation donation” trying to pretend it was in case Mini needed anything, but then said I should just go out and have a few nice meals on him. And so I shall – just watch me!  🙂

More apartment pics below…

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