August 2007

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The scent of barbecued pine
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 | Permalink | Comment?

New here? If you’d like to be notified the next time I write something, simply subscribe to my RSS feed or sign up for email alerts. Thanks for visiting!Actually, isn’t as nice as you expect it to be when it’s related to the biggest fire in Tenerife’s recent history that affected an area equivalent […]
Cooking
Instant energy snacks
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Actually, isn’t as nice as you expect it to be when it’s related to the biggest fire in Tenerife’s recent history that affected an area equivalent to 13,882 soccer pitches (over 28,000 of the American type.)
Yes, you worked out that I like measurements I can “get my head round”, like cups and handfuls in cooking […]
Tenerife, Cats
We wuz refugees
Monday, August 6, 2007 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Our human is still very busy, which is why she hasn’t been able to post any cat pictures lately, Mico, as you can see, has just fainted and the girls have run off to hide, so it’s left to me, Balu, to write a blog post as usual.
So I’ll tell you about when we became […]
Tenerife
Evacuated because of forest fires
Monday, August 6, 2007 | Permalink | Comment?

This photo shows the kind of view I saw last Tuesday morning at 5 a.m. when I was dragged from my bed. The Civil Guard (tho’ there’s nothing civil about that time of morning!) had been round door-to-door telling people to leave and our village was among those evacuated. I left, four cats, dog and […]
Tenerife
Are we on holiday?
Monday, August 6, 2007 | Permalink | Comment?

It would seem like it, wouldn’t it? But no, part of the reason for my absence and the lack of posts has been that I was one of the thousands who were evacuated because of the forest fires in Tenerife last week.
We’ve also been getting intermittent service on DSL, but since coming home, I’ve had […]
Single Life
Top Tips To Survive A Singles Holiday
Sunday, August 5, 2007 | Permalink | Comment?

Singles holidays can be great fun, exciting and an excellent way to meet new people and make life-long friends. Many people still think that going on holiday on your own can be somewhat scary and boring. However, if you follow some of these top tips, they can be just as enjoyable as going on […]

Cosmos is a personal blog, or more accurately, a mishmash of unrelated ramblings, by former accountant, recovering journalist and serial cat collector, Pamela Heywood, an erstwhile expat who lived on the island of Tenerife for 16 years. Currently visiting the equally “foreign” Costa del Geriatrico in the UK, she is fluent in three languages; English, Spanish and Rubbish. This blog is written in the latter.