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What a lightweight I’ve become. The humidity was between 60 and 70 percent when I went out walking around noon today. I thought I was going to die. It was warm, but not extremely hot. Hours later, it’s 37% which is still high for us.
I visited two more Fernandine churches and tried yet again to visit the Roman temple next to City Hall. It was closed for renovation when we arrived in the city. I waited more than a year and the work was finally completed. Then it was closed because the summer heat was just too much. I understood. Today, the “closed due to extreme heat” sign was gone, but the gate was still locked and I couldn’t make sense of the posted hours. Now I understand (by reading online) there are 45-minute guided tours at 10 and 11 during the week. I was too late. Better luck next time.
I’ll share churchy stuff in the coming days. It can all be quite interesting, but the display of wealth can be (for me at least) obscene. I’ve now visited three of the churches (one yesterday) and wonder if I’ll be able to get through all 12. Interesting photos anyway.
While out yesterday on my way to another church, I came upon a florist I especially like and saw a yellow orchid in the window. It was just what we needed to keep our other orchids company (one is still in bloom), so I bought it and then made my way directly home. That was a good thing anyway, because my digestive system started to act up and I made it home with little time to spare. I’m waiting to be scheduled for a test that may or may not offer another reason for my problems (as opposed to just blaming it on meds). I think this test might also prove I’m a genius (or so that asshole in The White House might suggest if he took it).
Speaking of loads, I washed a big one of towels yesterday. When I returned from the roof with the folded stack, I found San Geraldo already had another towel on the floor in front of his aquarium, in case he splattered while placing new plants. It never ends.
I was impressed to see SG easily use his iPhone to program the lights on his aquarium. This is the man who told me after about a year, “Look! My phone has a camera!” I grabbed the phone and said, “Look! I took a picture of you with the camera the very first day!”
¡Me he vuelto tan delicado!La humedad rondaba entre el 60% y el 70% cuando salí a caminar hoy al mediodía. Creí que me moría. Hacía calor, pero no un calor extremo. Horas más tarde, la humedad bajó al 37%, lo cual sigue siendo alto para nosotros.
Visité dos iglesias fernandinas más e intenté, una vez más, visitar el templo romano situado junto al Ayuntamiento. Estaba cerrado por obras de renovación cuando llegamos a la ciudad. Esperé más de un año hasta que por fin terminaron los trabajos. Luego cerraron porque el calor del verano era excesivo. Lo comprendí. Hoy ya no estaba el cartel de «cerrado por calor extremo», pero la puerta seguía cerrada con llave y no lograba entender el horario expuesto. Ahora sé (tras consultarlo en internet) que entre semana se ofrecen visitas guiadas de 45 minutos a las 10:00 y a las 11:00. Llegué demasiado tarde. Será para la próxima.
En los próximos días compartiré cosas sobre las iglesias. Todo puede resultar muy interesante, pero la riqueza que albergan puede llegar a ser (al menos para mí) obscena. Ya he visitado tres de ellas y me pregunto si lograré ver las doce. De todos modos, las fotos son interesantes.
Ayer, mientras iba de camino a otra iglesia, me topé con una floristería que me gusta especialmente y vi una orquídea amarilla en el escaparate. Era justo lo que necesitábamos para hacer compañía a nuestras otras orquídeas (una de ellas aún está en flor), así que la compré y regresé directamente a casa. Menos mal que lo hice, porque empecé a tener problemas digestivos y llegué a casa justo a tiempo. Estoy esperando fecha para una prueba que podría —o no— revelar otra causa de mis problemas (en lugar de limitarse a atribuirlos a la medicación). Creo que esa prueba también podría demostrar que soy un genio (o eso sugeriría el imbécil de la Casa Blanca si se la hiciera).
Hablando de cargas, ayer puse una lavadora llena de toallas. Cuando volví de la azotea con la pila de toallas dobladas, me encontré con que San Geraldo ya había puesto otra toalla en el suelo, frente a su acuario, por si salpicaba agua al colocar plantas nuevas. Esto nunca se acaba.
Me impresionó ver a SG usar su iPhone con tanta soltura para programar las luces del acuario. Este es el hombre que, al cabo de un año aproximadamente, me dijo: «¡Mira! ¡Mi teléfono tiene cámara!». Yo agarré el teléfono y le dije: «¡Mira! ¡Te hice una foto con la cámara el mismísimo primer día!».
• Aún a la espera de la entrega final de las plantas.
• ¿Gestionar el efectivo en sociedad? ¿Qué significa eso exactamente? ¿Lo opuesto sería «gestionar el efectivo de forma aislada»?
• Él es muy listo.
That tank is going to be stunning with the fish in it. Heck, it’s already stunning!
And no, you’re not a lightweight. Heat and high humidity are killer even for those of us who are used to it. (sometimes literally)
Kelly:
SG’s has done an amazing job planning and creating the aquascape.
In Cordoba you’ll never run out of churches and fountains. The tank is looking like the one that works as a room divider at my dentist. Very calming. The only hitch is that seeing a calming tank makes me think of the dentist. Boud
Boud:
You’re not kidding about the churches. I wonder if anyone has ever tried to do a count. Nice that the dentist has a “calming tank” but it seems to have had the opposite affect.
SG’s towel reminds me of Dave’s drinking glasses. I can never keep up.
Love the orchid!
Steve:
SG has a number of variations on the towel theme.
SG is doing a great job on that tank! Looking forward to the arrival of its occupants.
Jim:
He’s hoping the remaining plants will arrive today. I love it.
“Look! My phone has a camera!”–the mind boggles; you have the patience of a saint. The tank does indeed look lovely; tell SG I said so. A recommendation from my aquarial (?) experience of long ago: red-tailed black sharks are cool. (Obviously so called; there a tropical fish noit a marine predator. 🦈
wickedhamster:
I remember red-tailed black sharks from when I had aquariums, but I never had any myself.
PS: The orchids are lovely!
wickedhamster:
I’d been looking for an interesting color addition.
I love the orchids! The aquarium is coming along nicely. It’s gorgeous. The towel is kind of icky. SG, *sigh*, ya gotta love him. Looking forward to the fish.
Deedles:
I’m washing darks today, but I already have another load of towels.
It’s mirror man again!
Ha! Our temperature is only 89 or so today and the humidity is almost down to 50%! I just worked in the garden for a little over and hour and didn’t come close to dying! It’s a miracle!
Please tell SG that I, too, think his aquarium is looking very nice. I am actually more excited to see fish in it than one would think necessary.
Mary Moon:
SG is hoping the remaining plants arrive today. I can’t believe how relaxing (for me) it already is.
The aquarium looks so nice, and you had me laughing about SG and the iPhone camera! For me, it is the humidity. I can take heat, but when it is really humid out there, I just don’t do well.
Michael:
Yes, the humidity hits us hard. We’ve lived in very humid environments (Washington D.C. for one), but it’s been a long time and is now even less tolerable for us. To think we consider 40 percent humidity high.
I have the same reaction as you to any obscene display of stolen wealth.
Debra:
I admire the artistry and craftsmanship and the centuries that have passed, but I do find it difficult to take in these sights without getting angry.
Orchids! The aquarium (and its plants) almost ready for fish! Dramatic buskers! There’s lots to be joyful about today… Jx
Jon:
Yes, so much beauty.
The orchids, the aquarium… all so lovely!
Judy C:
I have a feeling if I come across an orchid of another unusual color, I’ll be taking it home, too.
Carlos and SG with their phones is the gift that keeps on giving.
And the new orchid is stunning!
Bob:
What would we do without our boys?
The aquarium is already beautiful! The nice thing about being SG is all the wonderful surprises he experiences when he discovers the new to him things. I’m a bit jealous.
Love,
Janie
janiejunebug:
That reminds me of the story of Max the emu at the San Diego Zoo. I’ll have to share it again.
The aquarium looks good, towel notwithstanding.
Kirk:
I can usually find a big green hose in the bathtub, too.
People give to the church to assuage their guilt. I agree the churches should sell it and carry out their mission of improving the lives of those in the community. Gilt monuments, a hot topic in DC these days.
David:
I know some churches do good work to help people in the community. My friend Susan was administrator of a liberal Methodist church in Oregon that constantly helped the community. I also know the Catholic church has untold (untaxed and ill-gotten) wealth that could have improved the world for centuries. So, I’ll choose my charities myself. I’ll worship at a monument dedicated to the demise of you-know-who and all his evil cronies.
the aquarium is looking good. Is Loomis an armored vehicle moving money? But why is it in English?
ellen abbott:
Loomis is a cash-handling company that’s been around for more than a hundred years and started in the United States. It went international not long after, so I don’t know why their armored cars in Spain wouldn’t be in Spanish.
Its history is very convoluted – the group was created when the original Loomis company merged with the even older Wells Fargo, but since the turn of this century it’s actually Swedish, under the umbrella of Securitas. Maybe that crap strapline is a direct translation from Swedish, and they couldn’t be arsed to make it make sense, nor bother to try and do the same by translating it into Spanish. Jx