Photo of the week: flowers

Flowers beside a bath tap at Hacienda de Abajo, Tazacorte, La Palma island
December 2, 2018

Hacienda de Abajo is a historical hotel in Tazacorte. Sometimes I visit with a group of guests from a cruise ship. We tour the hotel then have coffee in the gorgeous garden. The place is always full of charming details, like these flowers on a washbasin.

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Sunday Photo: backlit clouds

Sunrise behind Mt Teide on Tenerife
November 25, 2018

Mt Teide often forms a banner cloud; the locals say that Teide is wearing its cap. At this time of year the sun rises behind Tenerife, so any clouds, including the cap, are backlit.

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Rough week

November 15, 2018

On Tuesday last week Chai Latte discovered loo roll. We had to clean up the confetti in the living room. On Wednesday morning I slipped in the shower and fell right out of the tub, grabbing at the shower head as I went down. For a second I thought I was going to break my neck on the washbasin, but I landed on the bathmat instead and just bruised my hip. I…

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Photos of the week: Chai

October 21, 2018

We have a new member of the family. Chai arrived on Tuesday evening. We don’t know her parentage or exact age because she’s a found cat. To be precise, she was found by the neighbours of a friend of a friend. Luckily for her and luckily for us, I’d been asking around for kittens in need of a home. Everyone’s happy. It’s been a busy week, but this morning we…

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