Bloomin' Lovely

Today the weather is so much better. Yesterday there was rain and thunder and stuff that went on for the whole morning at least and included an overhead simultaneous thunder clap that (I'm told) actually struck in La Nogalera up in town, just a couple of hundred metres from here, if that. But just a risk of a shower today so they say. Currently the sun is out, there are a few clouds floating around and the humidity is 100%. 100%? Then why is it not raining? Strange! Anyway I'm pleased that it seems that I won't get wet when I go to retrieve my altered trousers a little later for the princely sum of 4 Euros. Talking of which, euros that is, I had a very good night in the bar last night, really earning my day off today. Thoroughly enjoyed myself as usual. Favio and Ana-Mary came in after she'd finished work and Favio raised the question of me taking over Beryls shoes in June when she retires. It's the second time he's mentioned it so now I feel that he might actually be serious! Last time he talked with me he suggested that I might like to move into Beryl's apartment (which is over the bar) assuming that she moves to USA to join Randy and asked if I had a Driving Licence because I could then use one of their cars for stock purchases etc. All sounds good and makes the future more rosy. Ana-Mary suggested that I might enjoy the show in El Bajondillo's bar tonight because there is a comic musical troupe (students from somewhere) performing at 10pm so I'll probably pop over there and see and if I do I'll probably get a little more Spanish practise if she talks with me for a minute or two once they takeover the mike from her.

I've dug out my old laptop, the one that Austen gave me many moons ago, loaded it with Linux and I'm working with it right now typing this blog through a browser called "Seamonkey". I'm using the SUSE distribution of Linux which of course is a free download off the internet (albeit a long one) and I'm really getting to grips with it now; I've got digital camera connections working, a functional modem and network connection and USB flash drives operational which, for me, is a plus because I've never understood the OS that well before, but now.....I am getting to grips with it and it really ain't that bad. At least I can now leave my Vista machine alone again to get on with the job of serving the webcam images etc.

My babies out on the terrace seem to have enjoyed the rain of late, they are in flower!! Well, some are. I don't know what they are called but I've just taken a couple of photos (in Macro Mode, boy, I'm really getting clever) and I'll upload them here for you to see. The yellow one has lots more flowers to come yet (note the buds at top left of the picture) so I may take another photo if the display really "takes off" in the next day or two. But for now I'm plugging the camera in to download the two I already have.......................................
..............................OK, all done, except that for yellow read pink - the colour balance is all wrong, they are actually very yellow!

Yesterday, last night, Richard brought in for me some kidney that I'd asked him to get next time he goes shopping in Malaga market so later today I'm going to make a Steak & Kidney pud using one of the small pudding basins that Ann brought back from the UK last year for me - speaking of whom - there is going to be a small bash in the bar tonight at 5 I believe to toast the new Bride and Groom who, hopefully, will have returned from Gibralter by then. Anyway, whatever happens won't stop me dishing my pud with Red Cabbage and Beetroot, very Lancashire!! But first I need some Stewing Steak.