Produce & More

And the lettuce!! These babies are enormous! The one below is a small one. I almost can’t get them into the plastic bag! And I love the locally grown pink onions. The town markets are obviously the best source of fresh, local produce, but even the grocery stores offer a very good selection and our newest store, Ametller Origen, a kind of Catalan Whole Foods Market, is my go-to now.

Randomly, I was at the hardware store looking for some kind of kitchen device, when I saw this. It’s for quail eggs! That should come in handy. Bet the manufacturer is making a fortune!

My town, Begur, has four big festivals a year, the Festival of Indians in September (I wrote about this annual homage to the families of Begur who made their fortunes in Cuba and returned in “Departure/Arrival” https://wordpress.com/post/susiessenioryearabroad.blog/28), the film festival in October where the main street in town is covered by a red carpet all week, the Carmen Amaya festival (I also wrote about this flamenco festival in “Culture and Dysfunction” https://wordpress.com/post/susiessenioryearabroad.blog/3070), and

the most recent, the Rockfish festival, which lasts for the whole month of May. Area restaurants offer special menus featuring rockfish in every conceivable form, from croquettes to grilled to puréed (like hummus). I love to take part in the local festivities! Especially when food is involved. Wink.

Update on the Russian spy: his car (the primary car in play) now has Spanish plates. This is not so suspicious as it seems any car from outside of the EU owned by a resident of Spain would need to be registered. But, later on the same day that I noticed the new plates, it was gone and a SEAT with Spanish plates was in the garage. Also, last week I saw a woman, two teenagers, and a dog on the balcony, and I saw the woman later parking a different car in the garage. Then, in two days they were gone. Writing about it is giving me a permanent record of the events should it ever become necessary for evidence!

Update on the arm: My doctor agreed that my arm is sufficiently healed that I can lead a “normal” life, but he suggested that I continue to take advantage of the physical therapy sessions he prescribed, which I am doing. I’d say I’m probably 90% there and at last I can put my hair up when it’s bothering me!!

Note right arm raised and hair up!