A life on the Costa Blanca: February 2009

Tuesday 24 February 2009

Red Sky at Night.......from the pool terrace

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Sunday 1 February 2009

Hercules the night hog

Hercules the Night Hog

The clanking of the cats' bowl as Hercules the Hedgehog emptied it and sent it spinning

................used to bring us out of the house to watch. He was certainly not discreet. The photos on these pages were taken 5 years ago on New Year's morning as Hercules celebrated by emptying the cats' bowl specially refilled for him. Sadly neither he nor any of his clanking clan have appeared so far this winter.
Come back Hercules and progeny in 2009, we'll keep on filling the bowl. To hell with the recession!

Please look at the first blog in January for the first mention and more photos of the hedgehogs.
(In Archive, near the top in the righthand column of the blog page)

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Good old Iris, the first this year, January 28th.

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If you are thinking of living here on the Costa Blanca then the blog will help you get the feeling for the kind of life that you can enjoy here. One problem with assessing an area where you want to buy a house is that you usually have only one or two visits to look at the surroundings. This is not enough to grasp all the features of a new place.

The spread of this blog with information and comments over a longer period of time may help the reader to understand the possibilities of a life on the Costa Blanca.

To see an earlier blog on the same theme starting from May, 2008, you should go to At home on the Costa Blanca
when this theme first began. The latest news and information about being at home here is at Home from Home on the Costa Blanca

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Every plot is different

Would you like a garden of Mediterranean fruits, flowers and shrubs? And include favourites from temperate climates? Or do you want to live in or near an orchard of oranges, almonds, olives or even beside a vineyard?
Remember that every plot of land has its own particular climate. You need to work out when the sun reaches a location and at what times of day through the year before you buy. In a mountainous country you want to be sure that you do not live on the wrong side of the hill. Sunlight is more important to you in the winter than the summer both inside and outside the house.