I went to visit my friends in Franceses on Wednesday, and en route I left book on sale or return in Los Sauces (the librería Iriarte) and Barlovento (librería Barlovento.) Then Friday was the open day for Garafía (the observatory is built in land ceded by Garafía Town Hall, so they get their own open day.) I worked as a guide in the morning doing the general explanation and showing…
Now that the craft fair has finished, Los Cancajos is getting ready for the art fair. It will feature 29 painters, sculptors and photographers, and run from August 23 – 25, from 11.00 am to 9 pm. There will also be workshops from aged 8 onwards, and musical performances (see below) 29 different artists
Mars has two moons, Demios is very small – only about 12 km in diameter, and orbits in 30 hours. But since a Martian day is 24 hours, 39 minutes long, Demios isn’t much above synchronous orbit, and it takes 2.7 days to rise in the east and set in the west. From the equator of Mars, it looks about as big as the planet Venus does from Earth. Phobos…
The fair is even better than I thought. It turns out that there’s 100 stalls of non-edible craft work, (although some exhibitors have half a stand) and 20 of food and drink. The non-edible stuff includes lots of embroidery, crochet, tatting, leather work, felting, traditional folk dress, wooden boxes and bowls, notebooks and photo albums made of banana paper, paper and glass beads, wrought iron work, several very different styles…
Are you eating? Because you’d probably prefer to read the next bit when you’re not. I made a big cake for my husband’s belated birthday party which I’d planned to decorate with “Felicidades” in chocolate letters. Only I opened the packet of letters and found – (You’re not eating, are you?) Maggots. About 10 of them. Yuck! Eugh! Gak! I’m quite a bit less squeamish than average, but believe me,…
Yay! I finally sent the second edition of “A Breathtaking Window on the Universe” off to the printers. The new version with have a more complete history section, details on a new telescope and an explanation of why we’re all made of starstuff. Now I can celebrate, and get on with my next project: an anthology of children’s stories set on La Palma featuring our glorious night sky.See what I…