Little vignettes that have caught my eye around the house in the last little while.

Phosphenes n. the stars and colors you see when you rub your eyes

Hot sun, cold coffee, jean shorts, beach blankets and pure summer.


“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”
- Henry James

“The cure for anything is salt water - tears, sweat, or the sea. 

-Isak Dinesen

On Tuesdays in Jalon on the Costa Blanca, fresh vegetables from the lovely vendors, and a cold beer in the narrow streets. La buena vida.

Hanging laundry in the fresh warm Mediterranean air. Everything is beautiful, inspiration found in seeming chores.

Guy has been cooking up a storm of different sauces; hot, bbq, smokey, sweet and just about everything in between. Our glass recycling has found a savior.

A lovely chair found at the market for 3 euros, love at first sight.

Níspero, nipero and mespel are terms referring to certain fruit-bearing trees, or to their fruit in particular:

• Common Medlar (Mespilus germanica), the origin of the term (called Mispel in many Germanic languages, mispeli in Finnish, nespolo in Italian, etc.)
• Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica), widely traded under these names today, in particular in temperate countries
• Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), often known by these terms in tropical countries in Latin America
• Manilkara huberi a tropical fruit

source: Wikipedia


Nispero season is wildly in bloom, it does feel like the official start of the warm season,the fruit hangs heavy, while the air feels light. Guy's mother makes a delicious chutney out of these little fruits, combine a cup of vinegar with dried fruits, a dash of curry powder and cook down for a good while. Heaven awaits I promise.

It has started. Warm nights, the outdoors is your living room.

A bike ride in the sun. Padrones. Well deserved beer.

Frisbee in the sun. Such freedom.