Oh, how much are we missing the sunshine of Spain..? Sob.
I've had a productive day, dear reader - first time pottering out in the extensive gardens here at Dolores Delargo Towers since last Autumn! The main thing I always have to clear at this time of year is all that death that winter brings - so out came the secateurs, and I made a start on pruning off blackened and browned bits on the fuchsias, ferns and (some) salvias, tore down the dead Thunbergia vine, and scraped out more leaf-and-sycamore-seed clag from several pots. Loads more to do, but it was a good start...
Right! Back to Spain it is (we wish!), in the company of another fave fiery diva who is wildly popular over there [she is actually Mexican, but that's merely splitting hairs], and whose birthday it happened to be while we were there - Señorita Gloria Trevi!
And here's her duet with our other "house fave" Señorita Monica Naranjo:
Whew! That was a battle-of-the-tonsils, alright...
Now, guapo! where is that Tinto de Verano?!
[*"Todos Me Miran" = "Everyone looks at me" in Spanish]
YAY! Your back!!!!! I don't blame you one bit for wanting to be right back in Spain...look at the sunshine...not too much the architecture! I trust you had a good time and maybe just a few libations?
ReplyDeleteIn the garden!!!!! Oh hell, it will be at least two months till I get in the garden. It's been downright cold, rainy and snow and sleet, currently as I type this....and forecasted several more times over the next week, with downpours all weekend. And I adore Gloria Trevi! You may be the only person I know to have heard of her.
Oh, yes - we're back, dammit! I did announce our return on Monday, but I know from catching-up with your blog you've been sick, so it's no surprise you missed it...
DeleteIt's cold and miserable here, too - certainly in comparison to the Costa del Sol - but not freezing, and no (proper) rain, so I thought, as I am here until next Monday I might as well wrap up and get out there to at least start doing the things that need doing at this time of year, before I no longer have the spare time. February's the time for repotting herbaceous perennials, too, but it remains to be seen if I can muster the energy to even start tackling that task! Jx
PS Gloria Trevi's a powerhouse - but even she met her match with Monica Naranjo!