What's happening ...

Patrick's cat, lord of the manor!

I saw the seagull trying to fly...

It all went a bit quiet as far as the blog is concerned over the past few weeks, it took me a while to catch up with the photographs from the Los Abrigos Fiesta as I was working on a little project creating a 'Los Abrigos Fiestas' souvenir booklet using photographs to trace the development and progress of the fiesta from start to finish. It worked out quite well but cost a fortune to reproduce so I ended up giving copies to the women who organised the event and there it hangs at the moment. I also converted the files into .pdf format parts 1,2 & 3 as I could not create the whole thing as 1 document. Anyone know of a 'free' program to join .pdf files together?  I have now uploaded the photographs to go with the 'Return of the Fleet' blog and inserted the link on the post.











I haven't done any travelling this past couple of weeks as I have just been too tired, it has been very hot here and it drains you after a while.  My year in Tenerife is drawing to a close but the news is that I am returning to the UK for a month's holiday then coming back mid November to continue my explorations and, hopefully, visit some of the other islands - so - if you are still interested - more bus trips and photos to come!

Meanwhile there is always something going on around me, we have another fiesta this here in Los Abrigos this weekend and as I looked out of my apartment window the other day I saw nature in the raw as a seagull struggled for survival, I think it was exhausted.  Out on the street, Patrick's cat preening itself as usual:

... using my binoculars I could see that it was not tangled in anything ...

... it drifted towards the rocks with the current ....

.. I thought that it would reach safety ...

... but just as it came to solid rock where it could rest ...

... and be able to recover ...

... a wave crashed over its head and it was never seen again.