Mallorca is going through a strange year, weather-wise. Summer came late this year and was rather short, and it was not very hot. Autumn now has seen some tornados, some […]
On a walk through Mallorca’s countryside you will have come across this sign, Coto Privado de Caza. If you were licensed to hunt in Mallorca, or Spain, you would be […]
Felanitx yesterday celebrated its first ever Trobada de Gegants with a congregation of mega-sized giants from 14 villages from around the island of Mallorca. Next Sunday, Felanitx will hold its […]
October. Autumn. The wild mushrooms season is about to start. Time to go into the woods to look for setas. Not here, though. Even though the current proprietor is not […]
On an afternoon stroll yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting this little fellow. A locust by its size, not any old grasshopper, possibly even a Locusta migratoria. He landed […]
I have not yet shown you many photos of Mallorcan finca farmhouses in the country. Here you have one finca that I have known for many years and that I […]
Traditionally, Mallorca was a rural society dedicated to farming and animal husbandry of mainly sheep and goats. Sadly, with the onset of tourism this tradition seems on the way out. […]
One of the villages in the central plains of Mallorca is called Vilafranca de Bonany. This pueblo is famous for its annual Melon Festival. It was celebrated this last weekend. […]
At this time of the year you will see farmers in Mallorca beating long dark locust beans off their trees with long sticks. Now is the time for the annual […]