I finally finished an embroidery, even if it’s only a little one. I used to do a lot of cross-stitch, and I have several kits waiting to be sewn. And now I realise that my eyes are getting older, so it seems like a good idea to try to get on with it. Except that I’m busy. So I’ve taken to doing a little while I sit in the car…
The octopus’s funeral procession Most places in Spain end Carnival with a mock funeral for a sardine. Los Cancajos decided to have a few carnival events this year, ending in an Octopus’s funeral (just for a change). Close up of the octopus But the weather was terrible, and they postponed it for two weeks. And when the new date came around, there weather was terrible again, and they had to…
Los CancajosThey’ll be having yet another attempt to cremate the octopus in Los Cancajos on Friday 12th, starting at 8pm. This was supposed to happen during Carnival, but it’s been postponed twice due to bad weather. The town hall assures everyone that the octopus won’t have gone smelly, because it’s been frozen during the wait.[This is a joke. I’m sure it isn’t a real octopus.]Anyway, the procession will leave at…
This morning I popped down to the monthly flea market, mostly just for a change of scene after a couple of days spent catching up with domestic stuff. It was fun. My son didn’t find any second hand video games he wanted, but he did get his German sausage – there’s a stall that does what you might call deluxe hot dogs, and he’s a huge fan. I got some…
I finished the rush translation job and decided that I’d earned a morning off. So I went off to Tijarafe to see the banana museum. I had trouble finding it, but it was a lovely, sunny morning, and the old part of the village was nice, too. I stopped to ask an old lady directions, and we had a nice chat, and I found the museum with her help. Well,…
The outside of the church of St Michael the Archangel, Tazacorte On Thursday I was in Tazacorte, so I popped into the church. I’m not religious, but most of the churches on La Palma are beautiful, and worth at least a quick look. Even if the building itself isn’t special, there’s often a beautiful renaissance statue. In this case, I’d recently translated a text that said the church “was built…