15 Tuesday Mar 2022
Calima is an atmospheric phenomenon that happens when Sahara sand drifts over to Spain, leaving the skies an eerie orange hue and affecting air quality. When accompanied by rainfall it becomes lluvia de barro (muddy rain) and the dust and sand particles are dragged down to earth, covering every possible surface. Good idea to stay in. And watch out for zombies.
14 Monday Mar 2022
Posted in coronavirus, covid, sevilla, sevilla shutdown
I remember back in March 2020, exactly two years ago today, being all worried that this new pandemic lockdown thing might last more than a few weeks. Ha. And then of course on last year’s lockdown anniversary we were all looking forward to the vaccine. Since then so much has changed while much has stayed the same.
I’m still living a kind of “part time” life, not going out a lot, not travelling, etc. Much of that has to do with barely working these days, so there’s no money for these things, but some of it is also me still being extra careful. I look ahead with dismay that China is locking down cities with the same numbers of new daily Covid cases countrywide as we are experiencing just in Andalucía (approx 3000), meanwhile Spain’s government is talking about removing all preventative measures after Semana Santa. Something is not right. Why is the response to the latest omicron variant being taken seriously in China and Hong Kong and not even being mentioned in the news here any more? I fear a very nasty “surprise” lies ahead.
Meanwhile I’m so tired of people being “tired of Covid” as if that is enough to make it disappear. It wears me down, it makes me all kinds of sad and want to just give up. The astounding selfishness I’ve seen from people who are only being inconvenienced in their otherwise comfortable lives is so demoralising. I shudder to think what they would do if they ever suffered an actual hardship. There is at least one more year of this fucker, as a serious threat to our lives and to those around us. Deny it all you want. Cherry pick news articles that back up what you want to be true. But please be aware that you are not only risking your own lives. The rest of us live here too. ✌️
12 Saturday Mar 2022
Posted in casa azahar, cats, caturday, home
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Here’s Loki looking somewhat distinguished and then… not so much! Oh, my big orange doofus, how I love him 🧡🐈
11 Friday Mar 2022
Other than a brief respite mañana (so I can hopefully get some laundry done) it looks like it’s going to be non-stop RAIN for the next ten days. At least, we hope so. It’s been such a dry winter that there is a serious threat of drought this summer in Andalucía. So it’s time to stay cosy and dry inside, do some cooking, work on the website, read and do photo editing, etc and basically breathe a sigh of relief. The rain is finally here.
10 Thursday Mar 2022
Posted in casa azahar, food & drink, home
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I used to only occasionally order in from the supermarket, mostly heavy bulky stuff like cat food and cat sand, bottles of wine, water and olive oil, etc and I would save it up until I had enough in my virtual basket to get FREE DELIVERY. But then my old flat mate moved back in and it turns out that now I can get a minimum order in about once a week. I mean, it only costs 8€ to have it all delivered, which also means I don’t have to go there and spend an hour shopping (though I actually like going to the supermarket). And so it becomes a kind of game to see how much I can order without going more than a euro or two over the minimum amount, so I still get free delivery but can save up other stuff for the next (free) delivery next week. Yeah I know, but I get my fun where I can these days.
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