Sow thistles look rather like a dandelion gone ballistic. They’re also really popular with insects. This morning I when to the garden at the Caldera visitor centre, and had fun trying to get macro photos of all the insects enjoying the feast. I made lots and lots of notes for the new novel. In the last couple of days, I think I have a rather nice romance sub-plot going, although…
Sunday Photos: More bugs
Another week zipped by. I googed off for two days, so inevitably I got less done than usual, but I think it did me good. My writing chums have been busy, and I’ve done quite a bit of crtiquing. I keep making notes for the next novel. I still don’t feel I did much. These photos are from a hike up Barranco de la Madera on Thursday. I also went…
Sunday Photos: her royal Chai-ness
I’m happy to say that Chai Latte has gradually made an almost complete physical recovery from her horrible accident in October. She can run around and jump almost as fluidly as before and wash all the hard-to-reach corners again. The most noticable damage is her saggy belly from the hernia and subsequent infection. Her personality’s changed a bit, though. She’s extremely nervous of traffic now, which isn’t surprising. She’s also…
Sunday photos: fern shadows
It’s mostly been a “more of the same” type week. I’ve read more of “Murder by Starlight” aloud, and now I’m up to chapter 78, so 10 more chapters done. I’ve carried on practising touch typing, and I’m slowly getting there. I’m still doing 10 ideas a day, not always plot ideas for the next novel and it’s getting easier. I also spent quite a bit of time working on…
Sunday photos: Puntagorda
I had a double dose of walks this week, one to the old church at Puntagorda and one around La Salemera. I’m not getting noticeably fitter, but I had fun and took lots of photos. I’m reading through “Murder by Starlight” aloud. The friend who recommended this is quite right; you catch a lot of little things that you missed all the other times through. The trouble is, it’s very…
Sunday photo: Cumbrecita
Thursday was my birthday. I’ve made 59 trips around the sun now. I celebrates with a walk from Cumbrecita because I hadn’t been there since March 2020 and I loved it. I don’t have any wonderful original wisdom to mark the day, so I’ll leave you with a quote from the Dalai Lama. Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible