We spent most of today getting good exercise by helping the friends in Franceses – mostly shifting earth for the next section in front of the house, with a bit of shifting gravel (ready for the following concrete) and some weeding of veggie patches. As usual, they were very grateful and gave us a lovely lunch. And as usual, it cleared away the brain fog too. The photo is a…
It’s Holy Week, and in this Catholic country, a lot of people take it very seriously. The bigger churches hold processions, which look very exotic to my English eyes. Do try to see at least one. It’s not so much that they take the obviously-heavy statues along the street – most churches do that on the respective saint’s days. It’s the costumes. They remind me of the Klu Klux…
National Geographic photo editors in Las Nieves church. Wow! Where did the last week go? Well, working at Fotonature got busier. On Friday I worked 12 hours and slept for 5. On Saturday I worked 18 (!) hours and slept for 3 (!!!). On Sunday I worked 6 hours and collapsed in a heap. I spent Monday and Tuesday alternately catnapping and doing light housework. But Fotonature was great. I…
Yesterday the silk museum in El Paso held an open day, with a performance by the folk group Cumbre Nueva. I’m having a technical problem with editing the video, but here’s some photos of the performance. .
Yesterday the silk museum in El Paso held an open day, with a performance by the folk group Cumbre Nueva I’m having a technical problem with editing the video, but here’s some photos of the performance. .