Hello lovely peeps,
Finally I have returned from my travels. I've had nothing but rain. Now I'm home and it's raining here too. This is great as we desperately need rain. For the first time in 14 years I had to dry my washing indoors. It could be because of the rain, but I have had trouble with my internet and my tv digibox doesn't seem to be working either. No TV is good in a way as I get more things done. I have got my scrapbooking stuff out again and have started making a lay-out following Sharon's (Foxy Stamping) suggestion of Calvinball.
But first a postcard:
It comes from (and Iris will be pleased to know) Western Australia. My friend Maggie is there at the moment with her husband and she sends me cards of things she thinks I might enjoy. And she certainly hit bull's eye with this one.
The info on the back of the card reads:
"The Pinnacles Desert is found in the Nambung National Park, close to Cervantes and 200 km from Perth, Western Australia.Regarded as one of Australia's most unique landscapes, these thousands of incredible limestone monoliths rise eerily and spectacularly out of the sandy earth."
Wikipedia writes:
Some of the tallest pinnacles reach heights of up to 3.5 m above the yellow sand base. The different types of formations include ones which are much taller than they are wide and resemble columns—suggesting the name of Pinnacles—while others are only a metre or so in height and width resembling short tombstones.
The stamp is a colourful Christmas stamp:
As I said earlier, I'm home from my winter break. I was in a beach resort called Matalascañas, in the Huelva province of Spain. (Near the Portugese border). The beach there is 7 km long, a lovely sandy beach.
At one end there was a 'rock' in the water near the beach. I can't remember what it was called.
I made new friends and every day there were a few hours without rain, so we go for long walks along the seafront.
Here the sky looks very nice but the angry clouds could come in very quickly and I could never leave the hotel without an umbrella.
One day when it was raining (we were walking in the rain) we saw some men barefoot with some special gear which we didn't recognised:
Of course we asked them and they turned out to be clam digging. Later we saw them at work:
They stand in a foot of water and poke in the sand with what looks like a spade. Then they move the utensil back and forth in the mud, then I see them bend down, probably collecting the clams they found. They also carry a basket to keep them in.
There were lots of sea gulls and these little things. I don't know what they are:
They are less than half the size of a gull, about the size of my hand.
Now as it is the T-Party today, hosted by Elizabeth and Bluebeard, I need a drink to join:
Here I am in the hotel dining room with my new friends. Every table had a bottle of wine and a bottle of water. The lady on the right, lives in Granada and I will be keeping in touch with her and visit her in the future. The gentleman had his eye on me but I don't fancy a relationship, (I'll be 74 in a few weeks) so I won't keep in touch with him! (Although he is very nice and we got on well)
That is all from me today.
Happy T-Day all!
Lisca
5 comments:
Those pinnacles look really great, and I would like to visit them too. And wow, that is a gorgeous beach. Sorry to read you had so much rain. I was really interested in the part about clam digging because when I was a child I used to visit with my aunt who lived on the Maine coast and we went clamming a lot. There we used this small rake like tool and we would rake away the sand and then pick up lots of clams. But those clams were small. I wonder what size the ones you saw them getting were. I hope you have a super T day and week ahead. hugs-Erika
Yes, indeed, Lisca, I saw the postcard and smiled. We´ve been there 1995 and 1999.
Sad your whole trip was rainy. But beautiful seafront, if just for hours. To new friends, or at least one - have a happy T-Day, hugs
Good to hear that the rain didn’t turn your trip into a total disaster! In fact, it sounds quite interesting and enjoyable, though you could have had better beach weather.
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Wow, what a unique Australian landscape! And it looks like you had a lovely time in Huelva. Happy T Day!
I just got back from the beach, too! Oh, I would love to walk along the beach in your picture. Mmmm, clams. Still a few months away for fried clams here. The bird looks like a little sea gull to me. Nice that you got to make some new friends. Happy T Day
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