One of the delights of living in the north of Tenerife is that, although we’re now into our fifth month of proper summer (glossing swiftly over September’s propensity to cloud over in the afternoons at the moment) and looking forward to another six weeks or so of it, we do still have seasons.
With November comes [...]
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Managing the Wood Supply, or how to build your cat a pine staircase.
Posted in Friends, Puerto de la Cruz, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, gardening, tagged Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, summer, seasons, pine, Wood, logs, wood burning stove, wood pile, winter, real fire, burning wood, kindling, rustic feature, staircase, Whiskas, rural living, country life, cat, cats on September 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My Fantasy
Posted in Life, Tenerife, Travel, gardening, tagged dream, Fantasy, garden, Johnny Depp, ladder, leaves on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some people fantasize about winning the lottery, others about rescuing Johnny Depp from imminent life-threatening danger and then he’s so incredibly grateful to them that he suddenly realises he’s fallen hopelessly in love with them and…ahem, sorry, where was I? Oh yes. But not me.
I fantasize about a tree.
I’ve just spent the past hour and [...]
War of the Peaches – the final outcome
Posted in Food, Life, Tenerife, Travel, gardening, tagged fruit trees, gardening, growing fruit, making chutney, making jam, peach tree, peaches on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(see ‘The War of the Peaches‘)
It’s all over bar the shouting.
The peaches were ripe enough to pick by Wednesday and over the course of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, we picked basket after basket of plump, sweet, juicy peaches.
We spent the whole of Friday afternoon and Saturday cooking, the food cupboard is full and the fruit [...]
The War of the Peaches
Posted in Food, Life, Puerto de la Cruz, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, gardening, tagged battle, Battle of the Roses, chutney making, fruit, garden pests, gardening, harvesting peaches, jam making, peaches, rats, soldiers, war on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…similar to the War of the Roses but with only one ground upon which the battle is being staged; the peach tree in the garden.
On one side we have the rightful owner of the garden and heir to the peaches; me, and on the other we have the scavenging pretenders to the throne; the tree [...]
In the land of eternal spring, how do you know when the season changes?
Posted in Life, People, Puerto de la Cruz, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, gardening, tagged British, Canarios, Daniel Craig, Easter, freesia, garden, German, jasmine, Lee Evans, lifeguard, perfume, Playa Jardin, Puerto de la Cruz, sandals, Scarborough, scent, seasons, smell, spanish, spring, spring tides, sunbeds, swallows, Tenerife, unbrellas, Yankee Doodle Dandy on March 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As a visitor to Tenerife, you’re likely to discern only minor differences between your January and your June holiday. In January the backless dress you’ve been saving for your last Saturday night when the tan would be optimum may have to stay in the suitcase, or you may decide to wear it anyway and go [...]
My advice…grow papayas instead
Posted in Life, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Travel, gardening, tagged avocado tree, Canary Islands, fruit tree, garden, gardening, Mount Teide, Puerto de la Cruz, seeds, Spain, sweeping, Tenerife, terrace on February 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For the past 6 weeks I’ve been locked in combat with the over sized avocado tree that dominates the garden.
Every morning, I step onto the terrace filled with joy for another beautiful day and my feet cushion on the carpet of seeds from the avocado tree which overnight, have covered every surface. I sigh, look [...]
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