Normally when we travel one of our friends keeps an eye on our house; keeping the plants alive in 100 degree or more heat requires daily watering. In the winter though things pretty much take care of themselves in our house while we’re gone, except for the mail. We don’t receive enough mail to worry [...]
We’ve had a little free time to ourselves between Christmas and New Years and Shannon and I have been working to update our site design, you’ve probably noticed it hasn’t changed much in the last year aside from new photos and blog posts. We’ve changed the way we store our photos, hopefully for the better. [...]
January 2nd is a holiday in Granada called “La Toma de Granada”, the taking of Granada. On January 2, 1492, the Muslim king of Granada surrendered the keys of the city to the Christian Kings (Los Reyes Catolicos), Ferdinand and Isabella. Granada was the last part of what is now Spain to be returned to [...]