My blogging has been infrequent at best. In the coming weeks I hope to rectify this and am hopeful that I might even get some sort of theme going. However, not every post has to be part of a bigger purpose. Today is the time for a little frivolity.
I would like to tell you about my holiday. Specifically, the holiday that my BeechBumb and I took to Lanzarote. I will do this through a little slide show of my snaps. It shouldn’t take long. There are only 9 of them. When you have visited the same place an average of once a year for the past 12 years the need to make a visual record of the trip becomes somewhat diminished (even for an archivist such as myself). I love the location and the scenery but probably have enough photos of volcanoes by now. Here are the images I collected this time:
Photo number 1 is the infamous black Lanzarote sand.
I’m surprised I had never photographed it before. It’s possible that it’s because I don’t really think of this substance as sand. It’s really too coarse and is more of a fine gravel. Plus, there is much more “sandy” sand nearby (the delicate, camel coloured kind). Maybe other parts of the island have true black sand but my experience is of a shoreline covered in these tiny rocks. Not quite as infamous but special in their own way.
Photo number 2 is a rare shot of my BeechBumb.
Photo number 3 is a salty tide mark.
Photo number 4 is a salty tide mark.
Photo number 5 is the view to the south.
Photo number 6 is possibly the only soil on Lanzarote.
Photo number 7 is the whole reason I wanted to write this post.
Photo number 8 is an alternative view of our friend the sea cucumber and an excuse for me to do some appalling punning.
Right, back to the David Attenborough stuff. At the time I took his photo he was suitably rehydrated. He didn’t move (I later read that they are capable of locomotion) but after a few moments he had sent out some tentacles from his mouth end and could be seen visibly “breathing” from his rear (they use their bumholes like gills – nature is awesome). I can’t be sure that he made it through the day but I like to think I gave him a fighting chance. He certainly gave me some good holiday memories.
This photo has a bonus feature. Near the back of the shot, to the left of Senor P. de Mar (his right) you can see a little white speck. This is a tiny hermit crab. I like to think they kept each other company after I had gone.
Photo number 9 is…some plants.
Nine photos, quite a few words and a great escape into another world. Thanks for joining me.