This morning I went to Garafía town hall again with Helen. As usual, it was after ten thirty when we got there, and we had to wait at the technical office, but we got all the paperwork done without any real problem. I took some photos of the little garden at the town hall. I have no idea whether the rock carvings are genuine pre-Spanish items or copies, but they’re…
Today’s my birthday, and I’m 21 again. We celebrated yesterday at the local pizzaria with friends. I got some lovely presents, ate too much and drank too much and thoroughly enjoyed myself. It took most of the evening to recover. Today I seem to have spent most of the day running around keeping appointments and submitting short stories, but that’s OK, because yesterday was great. Only I really must get…
This afternoon we went to little Sam’s birthday party. He’s two. Here he is dancing to the music from his new toy bus – it’s one of those repetative tunes that makes little kids happy while the adults’ toes curl. And of course there was cake.
It’s January, and like half the women in the world, I want to lose a bit of weight. So I promised myself that I’d start exercising again as soon as my son went back to school. Yesterday the morning disappeared as I caught up with housework. When I still hadn’t managed a walk by eleven, I got cross with myself, grabbed my keys, and dashed out. The sun shone, it…
Last night the kings left presents under our tree. It didn’t take long to open them all this morning.
Tonight the three kings came to Santa Cruz. They come every year to bring presents to the good children, but first they parade through town. We wenbt to see them. Of course the parade started late and of course the crowds were tiring. We had originally planned to see the whole lot, but we gave up pretty early.Tonight the shops will stay open at least until midnight for last minute…