(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 [...]
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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 »
From Benijos to Blingville (part 1)
Posted in Friends, Life, Party, People, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, fiestas, tagged Absolutely Fabulous, ‘The Village’, Benijos, bling, Canary Islands, Cat Ballou, chorizo, Costa Adeje, costume, Dragon, fiesta, Giant, gofio, hamburger, horses, La Orotava, M. Night Shyamalan, Palacio de Congresos, Party, Playa de las Américas, puchero, resort, restaurants, romería, Siam Park, Spain, Tenerife, The Patch, timple, tourist, traditional, Veronicas, Water Kingdom on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The cloud had descended to just above our heads; so close that it felt if you stretched out an arm it would disappear into grey cotton wool. The man in front of us swayed to the music as he played an imaginary timple; tears rolled down his creased cheeks in response to the emotional ballad [...]
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