As I may have mentioned a couple of times before, summer is a long affair here in Southern Spain. Children’s activities like playgroup and baby yoga broke up for summer long ago with the schools. And now, as the heat subsides, the schools open, and things start to get back into a less soporific groove, … [Read more…]
… and now for a musical interlude. This week I am joining Older Mum in a Muddle and waxing nostalgic for the summer that is nearly over. Here in Andalucía with summer come the sounds that take me back to childhood holidays: the gentle wind in the trees, cicadas screeching through the heat of the … [Read more…]
I really know that summer is winding down when we hit the birthdays. We have no fewer than five September babies in our family. One of those babies is Mr B who turned a ripe old age this year and was deserving of my first real attempt at a birthday cake. And so, for Day … [Read more…]
It seems that here in Andalucía summer starts in May and finishes in October. We are into the second week of September and the kids are going back to school. The swimming pools are closing. And the current temperature in the shade of our lovely terrace is a very comfortable 27 degrees. I have been … [Read more…]
