Monday
25th February
I was
having another go at paella today. Our
boating friends, Andy and Sue plus Roly and Bev were coming. The paella turned out very well and we sat
outside to eat it. Andy and Sue informed
us that they were going home on Wednesday, for two reasons. Firstly and most importantly they want to go
to Paul’s funeral. They along with Roly
and Bev were very close friends with both Paul and Elaine. Secondly the dust and the noise from the
Nienar building works are getting them down.
Then Roly and Bev said that they are going home on Sunday for the same
reasons as Sue and Andy. It was sad to
hear that they are all leaving but we can understand their reasons. We shall hopefully see Sue and Andy on the
River Thames this summer but I guess, with Roly and Bev, it will here in
Mojacar in 2020. Would you believe I didn't take a single photo all day :-(
Tuesday
26th February
I had a
visit by a podiatrist today as I had a very sore foot. She set to with a nasty looking knife and cut
away a lot of dry skin – hopefully that will do the trick.
We are going
on a big ship cruise in May and it really was time to get on with organising
some excursions. So, I sat at my laptop
most of the day trolling through internet page after internet page. Our cruise is split into two sections – the
Adriatic and then the Greek Islands. I
managed to complete the Adriatic and sent everything off to Penny for her to
make choices. Oh, I forgot to say that
Penny and Jim are going on the cruise too.
It was all right for me so sit in the lovely sunshine and do this, but
Penny does lead a busy life and I was tapping my fingers waiting for replies,
but she was out and about at meetings or the like!
Richard
dragged me down the beach kicking and screaming – I wanted to do more
research! No of course he didn’t but he
was right about me getting away from my laptop and enjoying some sunshine. Muffin really enjoys his afternoon walk – he
starts pestering about 3pm and we usually go about 4pm. I didn’t take this photo today but I love it
– just look at the ears!
I’ve been
reading back today’s post and realised that I have used the word
“trolling”. I thought I ought to double
check that I did have the meaning correct (carefully and systematically search
an area for something). So, just to make
it clear, I am not a person who starts quarrels or upsets people on the
Internet to distract and sow discord by posting inflammatory and digressive,
extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community with the intent of
provoking readers into displaying emotional responses and normalizing
tangential discussion – what the hell is tangential discussion?
Wednesday
27th February
Yesterday
I queried what tangential discussion is – well me being me had to look it
up. It means referring to something
that's not part of the whole. If you make a comment that is tangential to the
story you're telling, it's a digression. The story could still be understood
without it. In geometry, a tangent is a line that touches a curve in one spot
but doesn't intersect it anywhere else.
I wish I hadn’t started this now!!
More
cruise excursion research today. I got
the Greek Islands done and sent off to Penny.
I said yesterday that she lives a busy life – well I got this from her
this morning. “I am chasing my tail
today: I had a ‘free’ morning, but just
been asked to go to a meeting for half an hour at 11am and couldn’t really get
out of it. Out this afternoon at my
Bible Study group (fixed last week) and then I’m singing tomorrow evening, all
day Saturday and Sunday afternoon. So
bang goes my free morning today to catch up…”
Heavens I think I will stick to life in the sunshine!!
I
mentioned my Indalo Man necklace the other day.
You see these little men all over Mojacar and the region. Here is a bit of information about them. “The Indalo is a prehistoric magical symbol
found in the cave of "Los Letreros" in Sierra de María-Los Vélez
Natural Park in Vélez Blanco. It has been customary to paint the Indalo symbol
on the front of houses and businesses to protect them from evil and is
considered to be a god totem. The indalo has an origin in the Levante, Spain
and dates back to 2500 BC. Legend has it
that the Indalo was a ghost that could hold and carry a rainbow in his hands –
hence thus the arch over the man’s head.
We have an Indalo man at our front door, on the car, on the boat and on
the caravan – so no evil should get us (I hope)!
There
appears to be two designs of Indalo men – as this photo is of the one that was
in the cave I guess this is the correct design.
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