We've been having pretty bad weather these last few days. Lots of wind and rain and cloud cover and power cuts!! It's the power cuts that are the most annoying. Last night for example, we were home watching a DVD and the power kept going off for 2 minutes every 15-20 minutes. So annoying as we had to restart the film from the beginning every time. And the wind has been quite strong too which reminds me a of wind storm we had last year about this time which completely destroyed a cover we had in the pool terrace and blew everything out of shape.
When I went into Ronda this morning, I left Juzcar which was in the sun, windy but in the sun at least. Ronda, on the other hand, was grey and cold. No rain today but just not a very nice day. Coming back to the Genal Valley, it was quite a beautiful sight actually. As I came down the hair-pin turn (there is a slope downwards at this point and the whole valley is lower than where the entrance is) at the entrance to the valley near the village of Parauta (pronounced "Pa-RAU-ta"), the whole valley was just under the cloud/fog and in the distance the cloud/fog thinned out and the sun was shining through. Cartajima was basking in the light with white puffs of cloud behind in and fog coming down off the mountain in front of it. It was quite a sight.
And then there are all the cherry trees which are now in bloom and are spectacular!! White or pink puffs of flowers adorn these individual branches from the tree's trunk up to the tip of the branches which are reaching skywards.
There is supposed to be lots of sun tomorrow and Sunday and then more clouds next week but the NOAA weather site says no rain for the next few days which is good. Temperatures up to 18 degrees... wwwweeee, happy times when the weather improves!
Our art gallery is coming along. We finally got that wall up to create a closet for the extra beds and cleaning items. It needs to be rendered and a door installed and then it will be almost finished. A couple of coats of white paint and then it will be done. Then we need to install the hanging system for the art work and then finally we can get some things hung there. I have a few items to hang already as we have been fortunate to have some gifts of paintings left here by a few of our clients. We are also speaking with some local artists to exhibit some of their work here. I hope this will be done by Easter as this whole project is taking a lot longer than I had anticipated. But given the fact that we have few booking so far this month, we will be able to spend more time working on this project as well as the flat and move it along faster!!
I have redesigned my website as mentioned in the last blog entry but I have now also included a new page which will be about the art gallery. A little history of what it is, why we have it and what is currently on exhibition. Hopefully this will draw more business. All very exciting stuff.
In the flat, the windows are finished as is the frame of the new terrace door and picture window. Now we just need the door to be hung and the glass installed. Still plenty of things to work on here.
The hotel is almost fully booked for Easter and Holy Week so if there are people wanting to come then, book now.
