Is it Tuesday already?
Mom, this morning: "Is it Tuesday already?". Me, annoyed, emphatically: "Of course not, mom. Today is Wednesday". At 18h30 we found out it's Thursday and the only possible explanation is we must have...
Mom decided to start blogging too
My 73yo mom decided to start blogging too! After a few days trying out wp, micro.blog, publii, we settled on a self-hosted Htmly install. We needed PT-BR support and ultra easy to use UI. Finally all...
The cutest thing
This week the cutest thing happened: five kittens were playing at a parking lot when this one spotted me hiding behind the bushes. She decided to investigate, I pretended to be part of the scenery, ve...
Recipe: Vegan bolognese with TVP
When I said I would make a vegan bolognese for dinner using soy TVP, I was met with distrust in their eyes and low expectation in their voices. Once they tried it, they went for seconds... This is an...
Recipe: Fig jam
We have a fig tree in our garden. It produces hundreds of delicious, sweet little fruits every single year. I discovered I am allergic to them on the very day I had them for the first time. How nice /...
Week 5: Day trips
This week my mom arrived from Brazil. We drove from Valencia to Madrid to pick her up, and on the way back stopped to visit Cuenca. 💚 We visited Mora de Rubielos and Rubielos de Mora, two beautiful to...
Cuenca
A few days ago we drove to Madrid to pick my mom at the airport. She came from Brazil to stay with us for three months and the tickets from our hometown to Madrid were half the price of the tickets to...
Week 4: Site redesign
This week I decided to stop faffing around and just book a date for my driving theory exam. Did the driving aptitude test and I was honestly expecting some kind of Rorschach test (because if I remembe...
I have too many photos
Help, I have over 120k personal photos in my hard drive. I am overwhelmed by trying to organize, keyword, and find a way to see them, to share them. In the past I have created: Printed albums for our...
Photographing the Milky Way
The visit to Galactica last week made such an impression on us, we decided to travel back to Sierra de Javalambre earlier this week to photograph the stars. We arrived an hour before sunset to scout l...
Week 3: Dust off my cameras
This week I decided to take my cameras out of storage and put them to work. The visit to Galactica last week was so inspiring, we decided to go back to Aras de Los Olmos to photograph the stars and th...
Mercado de La Imprenta
Mercado de La Imprenta, a hidden gem in Valencia. Tucked away in an alleyway, out of the tourist path, frequented only by the locals, this place is really pretty and ideal for a cold beer or artisanal...
Week 2: Our galaxy
Vacations, finally! Enjoying the alternating weeks of heat waves and cold fronts. R.I.P. Ozzy! 🤘🖤 A few days ago we went to Mercado de la Imprenta in Valencia. Such a beautiful building! I posted some...
Week 1: The Start
Instead of spamming people's feeds with short updates on movies and dinners, I'll collect everything into a weekly post. I still get my little corner on the internet to yell at the void, while keeping my own timeline clean.
Back from Andalusia
A month ago I went to Andalusia. It was amazing, I visited castles, went to two fancy restaurants, took a million photos telling myself I would make an online gallery, maybe even print and frame a few...
One blog to rule them all
I’ve been blogging on and off since the early 2000’s. I’ve blogged about linux, going to university, movies, programming, photography, moving to Rio de Janeiro, moving to Sweden, moving to Spain, gard...
Sunset at Ciutat de les Arts i Cièncias
This weekend we went to the xmas market at Ciutat de les Arts i Cièncias. I've been there many times before, but I hadn't seen it during sunset and blue hour. The colors, the reflections, the shapes,...