I had been toying with going for a hike today, along the peninsular at the far Western end of the island. I had some misgivings as the weather forecast was still unsettled and only one bus (at 9am) went there and there were not a lot of return times listed. Halfway through the night, as I was not sleeping well, I thew the idea out all together and opted for sleeping in. Given how the weather developed, I am glad I did.
I did some laundry and some tidying and
Blanca and
Joao came and did some cleaning of the rooms I am not using, in preparation for a busy weekend of guests from the other two apartments also leaving and all 3 locations receiving people this weekend.
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| In addition Joao's father came and did some gardening. I have been pulling weeds and deadheading flowers that I can reach but he pruned the hibiscus hedge so that it now sits just above the wall. He also took off all the baby spider plants. The border looks much tidier without them but it felt a bit brutal. |
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| In spite of the grey clouds (they often just stay up on the mountain) I walked downtown, just to wander about for the last time (tomorrow will be spent tidying and packing) and to check at the store where I bought my swallow coffee mug to see if they had received any more in the March delivery (they hadn't) |
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| I got caught in a downpour. I made it into the place I think of as "the pigeon's cafe" and had a coffee and a pastel de nata. I sat for a while and it was still pouring, so I hailed a taxi to get home. |
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| We had rescued some of the flowers from the pruning (I had to get Blanca to translate what I wanted) so I painted |
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| my rendition of a geranium flower. |
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