As a reward for getting my website finished, I felt I’d earned a day off. Luckily my friends Helen and Theresa felt they’d earned a day off too. So this morning we all met in the flea market in Santa Cruz, and then moved onto the picnic area up at El Pilar. It was pretty full, but we got lucky. Someone had almost finished cooking for a largish party, and…
Galaxy M 83 Want to learn about amateur astronomy on La Palma? Well, at last, my new website is open for business. Star Island is designed to be a window on the universe, and a show case for astrotourism on La Palma. In future, I hope to sell advertising on the site, but for now, it’s just for people to enjoy. The Cat’s Eye nebula
Las Nieves will be holding its annual fiesta starting on Friday at about 1 am. It’s quite a big fiesta as Our Lady of the Snows (the Virgin Mary) is the patron saint of the island. The church holds a statue of the her in painted terracotta, from the 15th century, standing on a marble throne covered with silver. Las Nieves is a pretty hamlet, in the municipality of Santa…