I’m finally allowed out – with limitations. I can go for a walk within a kilometre of home from 6 – 10 am or 8-11 pm, and alone or with someone from the same household. People doing sport can go further, but I’m not sure that hiking counts. Anyway, a kilometre is enough to get me to the little thermophile forest reserve, so that’s where I went. After almost 7…
I went down to Los Indianos in the afternoon with friends. It was fun, of course. As usual, a good part of the fun was watching everyone else. The local TV were there, with their camera well protected. And as usual, the little kids were incredibly cute
Carnival really starts with the wig party. It’s a great idea because a cheap wig is cheap and fun but creative people can get creative. Essentially we put on an art show for each other. And then drink and dance. Sometimes groups of friends go with the same disguise – it think it would halp to keep track of each other in the crowds. Some designs are definitely one off….
Willow trees like damp sports, so they aren’t common in the Canary Islands, but there’s one on the road to the observatory and its catkins are in flower. The tree looks almost luminous.
These photos were taken on the way down fromthe observatory on Saturday. In other news, I finished the writing for the guide book on February 2nd. Getting an ISBN was a bit fraught because I only do this about once every 5 years and the process is full of Spanish technical terms like “paperback and “perfect bound”, but it’s done. Now I’m wading through the proof reading. It’s a…
