We hosted my friend Helen’s party last night, because they could sleep at our house, but we couldn’t sleep at theirs. So I cooked quiches and they bought sausage rolls, and we ordered a cake. I thought the cake sounded a bit expensive, but what the heck, it was a special occasion. When I collected it, I found out why. I’d asked for a cake for 5, but the phone…
Ferrets are a common pet here. They’re mostly used for hunting wild rabbits, which are plentiful. The trouble is that occasionally they escape. Since there are plenty of wild rabbits, they do rather well, so we also have a population of wild ferrets. In fact, it’s just been confirmed that La Palma is the island with the highest number of wild ferrets in the Canaries. The scientists say that, “the…
Ferrets are a common pet here. They’re mostly used for hunting wild rabbits, which are plentiful. The trouble is that occasionally they escape. Since there are plenty of wild rabbits, they do rather well, so we also have a population of wild ferrets. In fact, it’s just been confirmed that La Palma is the island with the highest number of wild ferrets in the Canaries. The scientists say that, “the…
They’ve just switched off the analogue TV here, so of course there’s been a scramble to get digital TV going, in spite of the fact that we were all warned about this months ago. My husband installed an old lady’s Digibox, and told her that the beer and nibbles she provided where payment enough. So she went out and bought us presents. Our son got some underpants. Here’s the fun…
Every year Santa Cruz has a demonstration of living statues, and I believe this year is the fifth year they’ve had them. If you haven’t seen them before, living statues stand perfectly still (or try to!) until you put money in the hat (or whatever), and then they perform. They’re performing along the main street of Santa Cruz, the Calle Real. Everybody calls it “the Calle Real”, but nowhere along…
Holy Week is a big thing in Spain, with lots of photogenic, religious processions. And this year I managed to miss the lot. Partly it was the weather – it drizzled and rained constantly for the second half of the week. Mostly it was a combination of laziness and business. I used to edit two of my blogs — the ones about the island of La Palma and El Hierro…