Hello to you all
I have decided that I am going to take a short break so there will be no post from me this week. There are numerous personal/family things I have to sort out. I also need to do some catching up and reply to lots of the blog friends who I have neglected of late.
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Amanda 🌴
Lazy darning light bulb moment💡
Sunday outing
As we had no plans to go to anywhere in particular for our last Sunday outing we went to the first place that came to mind (my mind)which was Busot up in the mountains. We hadn't been there for quite some time,years in fact.It is usually a bit cooler up there so I took a cardigan. I didn't need it! The photos will tell all!
BUSOT is approximately 19 kilometres from Alicante City. The name BUSOT means place in the Woods as Busot used to be situated in the middle of a massive pine forest. That,I imagine;must have been quite sometime ago though as there is not much of a forest there anymore ...more's the pity! All the same it really is a lovely little town and the views are fabulous! I also have to give it top marks for how clean and neat it is. Absolutely no litter at all. The streets and houses are so well looked after. You can see the people are proud of their little town.
Looks like Sr P got his skates on again because you can see him way up there nearly at the top of the street.
At the top of that street we saw this sign and of course we had to go up there.
I was huffing and puffing well before we got to the viewpoint. The pathway was well dotted with pine trees...so at least some of them survived.
The view at the top took our breath away ... the climb up there too 🌞
Well we weren't house hunting up here even though it is so beautiful and the view is sensational. Our goal is definitely to stick to the coast. We both are very much coastal creatures. Nevertheless it did briefly pass through my mind that I wouldn't mind living here in Busot.
Worth the wait.
It has taken one of my orchids months to show signs that it could produce buds and a few months more to finally see them bloom.
Yes another suncatcher.
This one is for my sister's bedroom window in her new flat.
As is usual you can't see the sparkly bits in the photo but they should make it twinkle in the sun.
I was told to use various shades of pink and a touch of purple. I think I have managed that.
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Amanda 🌄
When I say ample I don't mean a heavy substantial meal like a typical Full English breakfast(much as I love it!).
You know... I have always thought...who has the time of a morning (Sundays perhaps) to dish up a full English breakfast before going to work? 😔 Toast,cereals with fruit and of course a mug of tea or two is what I considered ample.
I tried arduously to instil into my daughter the need to have a substantial breakfast of a morning. While she was under my thumb she had breakfast every morning before she left for school and later college. It usually consisted of a mug of cocoa and a small bowl of cereals with some fruit which she would swished around continuously hence a large portion of the cereals stuck to the side of the bowl. I'd say probably only four spoonfuls would have got eaten.
As an adult she has slipped into her own routine which is having breakfast and elevenses together and mostly in a cafe.
I have never had to worry about Sr P's breakfast as he always adhered to the Spanish custom which was to have his breakfast out at a local cafe with one exception that was during the Pandemic national lockdown. He found it extremely difficult not being able to go out for breakfast. There were constant moans and groans about the quality of the coffee I brewed for him!
Time and the aging body changes things of course! I continue to have an ample breakfast but as I am on a high-fibre low cholesterol diet the buttered toast has gone and the milk in the cereals too. I eat three different types of fruit usually banana,grapes and apple slices sprinkled with oat flakes and nuts and mixed in with a low fat plain yogurt. I allow myself one mug of tea twice a day. The latter was indeed difficult to reduce as I used to drink easily six cups of tea a day. It's ok now though I got rid of that habit!
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| Google image. Alicante city Postiguet Beach. We had heard that there were several apartments for sale at those beaches so we thought we'd go that way and after all as you can see it really is a lovely area.        Peeking out from someone's balcony. It was a disappointment though! We were quite put off because although the beaches and the coastline is wonderful and really beautiful, the beaches were a mess having been badly hit during the winter storms. Actually the condition of the beaches didn't really worry us because the council will be repairing all that very soon due to the return of tourism. However, the apartment blocks and different housing estates where there were apartments for sale were very shabby and quite dated. I could see why there were so many up for sale! In a couple of the housing estates there also seemed to have been some sort conflict with the local council where the council has stepped in and have demolished what we thought looked like illegal private access to certain beaches and also barriers put up impeding public access along that part of the coastline. We certainly wouldn't be interested in living somewhere like this! Our golden years have to be lived comfortably without any stress. Replies to previous post comments completed  Happy blogging Amanda 🏊🏊🏊 |
