Tuesday 23rd March.
Hmm, not quite sure where or how to start..... but think I'll do it with stepping out into the garden this morning, seems as good as place as any. As you can see the grass needs cutting, could it be spring?
Poppy thought so anyway and put herself in the best spot to take the early morning sun, on the bench outside the window of my study / workroom / studio ? from where I am writing this blog. Being camera conscious, she probably noticed the nice red cyclamen, she chose her photo spot well.
A week or so ago this part of Andalucia looked like this
which was 100% better than it had been a day or two before with floods and mud everywhere, wonderful the cleansing, prisitne qualities new snow can bestow on the landscape
this is the flooded river just a few minutes away from my house, a rushing torrent of dirty washing up water, with some neat white decorations to pretty it up.
Today I tried to make some headway deciding on my route to Poland, should it be from Málaga, Granada, Madrid, Barcelona .. ? and that's only the first bit, but doubtless it will get sorted soon.
After a healthy lunch of fish, good for the brain and hopefully, decision making, I was expecting to give a private English class, but atv the last minute it was called off which gave me a free hour or so to play around on the computer, and then I went off to give another class, this time with a group who I have been teaching for years and from whom I learn a lot on subjects various.... tonight we were discussing the effect of new technologies on our lives, how some are completely hooked and can't live without being connected all the time and how others feel the need to impose some limits, and not have their lives taken over by it all. In particular we were talking about Light Blue Optics' new product , an interactive projector that projects multimedia content onto any flat surface , such as a desk, a wall etc, we considered the usefulness of this and wondered about the possibilities of using it while travelling and if anyone had yet come up with a foldable thinwhite sheet of something, about half A4 size? which could be slipped into a pocket and used whenever.
At the end of the class I walked back over the quiet evening campus to the car park with JL and we talked about how important it is not to get bogged down in work and the series of musical events on at the uni in the evenings this month, as these always coincide with classes, we played with the idea of starting Thursday's class a bit early so that I could catch all the concert, piano and clarinet, and JL said he may come along with me, so we shall see.
At this point my first entry draws to a close, I'll be back s00n, in the meantime
as I'm trying to learn/ memorise/ find someway of getting a few useful expressions in Polish for my forthcoming visit, fixed in my mind and usable.....
Do zobaczenia...
Sunday 4th April.
As we were walking we heard music, thought it was coming from one of the old houses, but as we rounded a corner, it turned out to be a young couple playing (later found out the instuments are called "hang", they originate in Switzerland and make gentle melodious ethereal music). They played beautifully and were lovely together, and when later we sat in a little plaza (and I had a glass of Moroccan mint tea) and listened to more music, the young couple stopped on their way down the hill to listen too . I couldn't resist taking a few photos of them.... ah, to be young and in love....
