Sunrise over La Palma by Helen Bennett La Palma has a talented new digital artist called Helen Bennett. She left her high-stress job in London and moved to Franceses, in Garafía, with her partner. They bought a fixer-upper and set about fixing it up. Of course this wasn’t always smooth going – you can read their adventures at http://casa-estrellas.blogspot.com Helen also did the layout for several issues of Ruido. For…
This year the almond blossom isn’t quite as good as previous years, probably because we’ve had more wind and rain than usual. All the same, I think this hillside above St Maurus’s Church is lovely. The photo at the bottom is from the Mirador (viewpoint) de Millflores. You can see close-ups of blossom at my blog entry for Jan 24th
Yesterday I left my fellers and sneaked off to Puntagorda to photograph almond blossom. As usual, I felt as though I’d bunked off school. I’ve seen better years – I think the wind and rain got there before me. But for all that, it was still gorgeous. I stayed until sunset. Living on the eastern side of the island means I get to enjoy a sunrise every day (provided I…
Today the school children celebrated peace day. In Primary school they wear something white, or mostly white (if the children remembered to tell Mummy), and usually they go into the village centre and sing a song. At high school, the teachers try to work a peace theme into the lesson. For example, my son´s English lesson was the lyrics of John Lennon’s “Imagine”.
The north-west of the island is home to great many almond trees, and at this time of the year, they’re all blossoming. The trees in El Paso and Garafía are beautiful, but the best display of all is at Puntagorda. In fact Puntagorda hosts an annual almond blossom fiesta. The date varies — the Town Hall sets it a couple of weeks in advance, to (hopefully) coincide with the best…
So I finished my day’s work and waved Helena and Theresa off. Then at half-past nine, they phoned to say, “HELP!” There they were, driving peacefully towards home, when a sizeable rock detached itself from the side of the cutting and leapt towards them, screaming “Banzai!” It bounced on the other side of the road and rolled to a halt just half a metre in front of the bumper. Of…