Rocking Your World 2019; Week 24

Well here we are again, and I am glad to say I feel considerably better than I did last week. I still have a rather raw throat, which is a pain as I am singing in a choir concert tomorrow night, but as there are only four of us altos who can be there, I need to do my bit. But I feel better in myself, probably because I have stopped all the tablets, so I have tried to get a few things done this week. 

I knew I wouldn't be in church again on Sunday, so on Saturday I asked Chris to run me over to a friends house with some papers I wanted her to take for me. When we left her, Chris suggested we stopped off for some lunch before going home. I wasn't up for eating much, so I only had a snack and some rice pudding which features on every menu in Spain! But Chris had a good lunch which made up for some of the scrappy meals we have had while I was unwell. We sat outside on a shady balcony and from where I was sitting the scenery was beautiful. 

Chris is looking a bit grim, but he didn't know he was in my photo! You can just glimpse the Cabrera mountains between the olive trees, which this week have mostly been capped with light clouds. The red and yellow flowers in the foreground are lantana. They are often referred to as the Spanish flag flower because they have tiny yellow heads in the centre, and fiery orange/red ones around the edge. They are very attractive and make a good display, but they are aggressive growers and soon take over if not kept in check.

Here you can see some in our own little patch of garden. They are in urgent need of cutting back, but I am afraid neither of us have been up to doing much gardening this year. I took the photo really for the rose of course. I wanted to show it to my friend who bought me the plant when I was so poorly early in 2018. It was slow to get started, but this year it has been lovely.

I stayed at home again for the rest of the weekend and all day Monday, but on Tuesday I went to my friends house because it was the last meeting of our house group before we stop for the summer, and we were following it with a bring-and-share lunch, so I didn't want to miss it. We had a very good discussion for our second look at the Book of Revelations, and then the cool-bags were opened and food spread all around the kitchen. This is just some of it, and it was only for ten people! A lunch fit for a king.

My friend's house has a good size fly-free area, similar to ours, with a dining table in it, and we sat there to enjoy the food and have a good chat together. We usually have a couple more men in the group but they were unable to attend.

Most activities come to a stop now, as many folk who find the heat too much, return to UK for the summer. others are busy with family and visitors, and it's hard to find times for everyone to meet.

I saw this lovely photo of Mojacar on a tourism page recently. The pueblo sits on top of a hill and we can see it from miles away. The views from the top are great and we always think of it as being so high up, but when you see it like this, it is dwarfed by the Cabrera mountains behind it. Beyond the village, Mojacar Playa (beach) stretches for several kilometers, part sandy and part rocky, and very lovely.

The yellow flowers in the foreground are oxalis which grow wild everywhere around here, and usually bloom from March to May.

And now for a couple of memes that I spotted. The first is bit mean to all the lovely dads out there, but it made me smile.

I'd be the first to admit I have on occasion messaged my sons or grandees to explain what their abbrviations stand for, so this one gave me a chuckle too.

On occasion I have managed to take a fairly decent photo of the full moon with my little camera. I would have loved to take photography more seriously, but I left it too late to get started, and now I simply can't carry the equipment, and my hands are not steady enough to go without a tripod. But a couple of nights ago I took my rubbish out to the bin and noticed one very bright 'star'. There was about a half moon behind me, but this one spot was shining so brightly and Chris said it was a planet, not a star. Well, of course I wanted to get a photo. My efforts at taking stars before have failed. All you get it a distorted flash of light. But I tried anyway and this is what I got.

Nothing startling I know, but considering all I have is a little point and shoot camera with a fairly good zoom, I thought it was good enough. It shows it is certainly a planet, and from what I have read it is probably Jupiter.

Apparently last night we had a big thunder storm. Chris asked me if I had heard it but I slept right through it! We actually had some rain with it, though not enough to raise the reservoir levels I don't think. This morning the sky is blue again, but it smells fresh outside, and everything is sparkling.

And with that I will link up with Virginia on Rocking Your World, and Annie's Friday Smiles.