Making Lime Marmelade
Don’t be fooled by the picture into thinking that I am showing you some lemons today. They are limes (Citrus Aurantifolia). We picked them ourselves from an organic farm (Ses […]
The Pine Processionary
What you see here – if you look closely – is the Processionary Caterpillar (Thaumetopoeidae pityocampa), actually three of them clinging onto each other top to tail. I think they […]
Election Fever
General Elections are scheduled to be held on March 9th for the Spanish parliament in Madrid. 350 diputados will be elected into the Congreso (the Lower House), plus 208 seats […]
Dry River Bed
You are looking at a torrente here. A torrente is a normally dry river bed. In the centre of my photo you can just about see the remains of an […]
A Battle of Wills
Organized industrial action over pay has been staged by the employees of the legal system in Mallorca for the second week now. The law courts in Palma de Mallorca are […]
The Rain in Spain
At long last, there has been some rain in Mallorca over the last few days. “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain”, Eliza Doolittle repeated after Professor Higgins […]
In For a Prayer
The people of Felanitx are causing a bit of a storm in a tea cup, lately, amongst themselves. Some 1,500 inhabitants of this Mallorcan town are followers of the Islamic […]
Terraced Territory
The production of good quality olive oil has had a bit of a renaissance lately, in Mallorca. One of the centres of olive oil pressing is the village of Caimari, […]
Plenty of Water
Gorg Blau is a water reservoir that Mallorca’s capital city, Palma de Mallorca, relies upon for most of its water supply, together with the Embalse Cúber. Well, here’s the good […]
Sleepless in Inca
Inca is Mallorca’s third biggest city, after Palma and Manacor, and is home to approximately 30,000 inhabitants. Inca is big in the leather business, including shoes. The main parish church, […]
Sa Feixina and the Fallen Heroes
There is a nice park in central Palma de Mallorca, right next to the Sa Riera torrente in Passeig Mallorca, and bordered by the Baluard, a fortress now converted into […]
Off Season
When I first came to Mallorca, almost 30 years ago, Cala d’Or could perhaps accommodate some 5,000 tourists at any given time. Since then, beds on offer in this resort […]
Carnal Desires
There are some topics of everyday life that many sources do not want to talk about, pretending they do not exist. Prostitution is one such topic. Presently, some 2,500 prostitutes […]
Tilling the Land
Not so many years ago, Mallorca was a predominantly agricultural society. Almonds, carob beans, oranges, apricots, wine and olives were the main crops, together with a bit of sheep farming […]
Police Force
Municipal police forces in Mallorca seem to have undergone a tremendous change over the last two or three years. In my estimation, local police forces have at least doubled in […]
Fandango
I love music. Spain is great for music, not least for the prevalence of flamenco and fandango. Both have their origin in Southern Spain, in Andalucía to be precise. I […]
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