A Taste of 1984 …
A total of 24 CCTV surveillance cameras have been installed in Felanitx by mayoress, Catalina Soler, over the last few weeks. Big Sister is watching you. As it turns out […]
War and Peace
Most Spanish towns and cities have statues and memorials for their war dead. The battles won, or lost, most often refer to the victims of the Civil War, 1936-39. The […]
Room With a View
This is where we live. The photo shows the view that we have from our master bedroom, in our house in Felanitx, Mallorca. The photo was taken in the town […]
Resting in Peace
I like cemeteries. They tell you a lot about the culture and the traditions of a place. In Spain, the final resting place is overground. Like these ones, to be […]
Small is Beautiful
I find it pleasing to the senses to see things like they were in the past. Like this one, with two pumps probably one of the smallest petrol stations on […]
One Way to Spend Christmas
Everyone would assume that one could only take a photo like this one during the summer. Not so in Mallorca. This photo was taken on Christmas Day, last year. The […]
Eight Weeks to Go
The annual grape harvest is only about eight weeks away now. The biggest wine making area in Mallorca is in Binnissalem, but the Pla i Levant comes a close second. […]
A Tree Like a Sculpture
The fig tree sheds all its leaves in late autumn. Without leaves, the tree slowly evolves into a sculpture-like shape and form. Now, in the summer, the figs are beginning […]
Spain is Lottery Crazy
Spain loves to play the lottery. The National Lottery sells tickets for Thursdays and Saturdays. ONCE, the blind people’s organization, sells tickets for every day. Everybody in Spain hopes for […]
The Prickly Pear is Called ‘Higo Xumbo’
You will not find a farm house in Mallorca that […]
Sunday is Market Day in Felanitx
Every Sunday it is Market Day in Felanitx, Mallorca, where I live with my family. This main square of this small town is the Plaza España. The most appealing square […]
Stepping Down Slowly
These are some very old steps in Felanitx, Mallorca. There had been an afternoon shower. I was on my way back from the Municipal library. The photo was chosen from […]
Bon Jour, Perine
Sunday is not only Market Day in Felanitx, but the time to have your café con leche and meet some of your friends. If you are lucky, your coffee might […]
The Black Pig is Indigenous to Mallorca
If you like pork, you must try Mallorcan pork. If you are lucky you’ll find meat at your butchers that comes from the Black Pig, a Mallorcan delicacy. Try Lechona […]
Ora Pro Populo
This monument can be found in Felanitx, Mallorca. It hails the Concepción Inmaculata (the Virgin Birth) and urges us to Pray for the People, or something to that extent, if […]
Home, Sweet Home
Mallorca traditionally was a rural society including animal husbandry and livestock. Animals are not seen as pets but as working dependants or else, for breeding or for food consumption. Things […]
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