azahar 2021

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As always happens I smelled it before I saw it… even through my mask! It was a soft warm spring afternoon and I was walking back to the centre after having had lunch in Triana and suddenly I stopped dead in my tracks because THERE IS WAS. That gorgeous fragrance of azahar (orange blossom) that always takes me to a happy place. I’d been noticing buds on the trees for the past week or so but today was the first time I actually saw and smelled the blossoms. Oh my god… so happy.

azahar 2021 (2)

this helps!

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this helps

So remember that high-sided litter box I bought last month? Well, it has indeed cut down on the amount of sand tracked all over the house, but then following advice from a few friends I thought I might be able to make the non-tracking situation even better. And voilĂ … a little mat outside the box. Most of the sand kicked out of the box gets trapped in the open spaces of this cut-out design which means less to travel around the place. And well, I think that’s about as far as I can go unless I put the box inside the coat closet next to the bathroom and leave the door ajar. Hang on… đź’ˇ

salvemos la hostelerĂ­a

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salvamos la hosteleria

First off I want to say that of course I support the bars and restaurants here, many of which I love like my own second home and the people who own and run these places are like my family. And there are plenty of others that I respect and enjoy visiting. BUT… I have always felt it was my right to express my personal opinion about any of these places because, well, why not? It’s not like I’m anybody important.

But the ironic thing is that, since Covid, you are suddenly not allowed to say anything critical about any bar or restaurant because they are suffering, under pressure, doing their best, etc, etc. Well, I call bullshit.

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