For some reason, the theme of today turned out to be smoking. Which is kind of odd since we are both avid non-smokers. It started with a business appointment in a small room where the owner obviously had just put out the last cigarette. Making me cough and not too keen to discuss health insurance … Read more
Nowadays we walk after 8 pm because of the heat during the day. Much to our surprise, we saw a traffic-jam northbound when we entered Puerto de Mazarrón. It was a real exodus, but we weren’t worried because our walk would last an hour and after that, we had to do some shopping. Ha, what … Read more
The ants in our garden have a field day: a dead mouse. How the mouse ended up dead just on this spot is unclear. It could have been dropped out of the claws of a hawk. Hawks frequently hunt in this area. It could also have been laid down there by one of the many … Read more
Time flies when you’re having fun. It was the last day of the family visit. Phew, a week is gone by quickly. Well, we celebrated the end of a lovely holiday in style: we all had ice cream in a chiringuito at Nares Beach. We’ll miss them dearly when they drive off tomorrow morning. On … Read more
The road on this picture goes in circles. The lamps do not work. There comes no electricity out of the grey box on the left side on the ground. This is an empty piece of land at the border of the sea between Bolnuevo and Puerto de Mazarrón. To the right is the Playa Canina … Read more
Unfortunately, we have to come to the conclusion that our grandsons are Spanish builders, not Dutch ones. Instead of building dikes and canals, they like to stampede on the castillos that daddy and oma build. It’s not that we mind that much as long as they are having fun. And since the sun returned after … Read more
Once a year I do a 6-week program called “The Elements of Success”. One of the assignments is to create 7 goals. And one of those goals is that I want to ground. Having no house and no place with our own stuff around us might grow a sense of non-earthiness. Which I don’t want. … Read more
In Spain, the school holidays start halfway through the month of June and finish halfway through September. So it’s quite a challenge what to do with all the school kids during these three months. You can send your kids to the holiday apartment of the grandparents on the coast. But still, what can the grandparents … Read more
This is not a Hyacinth, but a Yucca in full bloom. Like the yellow flowers growing in the garden a couple of weeks ago, the Yucca is a weed over here. It grows everywhere and most of the plants we pass on our daily walk have beautiful flowers. I had to take the picture skyward … Read more
With an outfit that prevents them from getting any further underwater than their chest and with their buckets, scoops, sieves, rakes, and wheelbarrows they finally arrived a la playa, at the beach. We picked a spot with shallow deep water and low waves. They were shy from the water in the beginning, but in the … Read more