Category: observation

  • Not Wishing Happy Birthday on Facebook

    Not Wishing Happy Birthday on Facebook

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYears ago I wished everyone “Happy Birthday”. Almost every day I would wish two or three people a happy birthday. Eventually I noticed that all the wishes were ignored and I stopped. I stopped because facebook went from being a place where we could connect, or reconnect, with friends that we…

  • Flying a Toy Plane 22 Miles

    Flying a Toy Plane 22 Miles

    Reading Time: 2 minutesJames May is interesting. People like me know him from Top Gear and Grand Tour with Clarkson and Hammond but his side projects are interesting. Instead of farming like Clarkson, or driving cars with his daughter Clarkson plays with grown up toys. When I say toys I don’t mean adult cars, planes…

  • Zen and the art of Fishing Leaves Out of a Pool

    Zen and the art of Fishing Leaves Out of a Pool

    Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile I was in Spain I spent hours by the pool. Due to it being winter, rather than Spring or Summer I wasn’t going into the pool or sunbathing. I was fishing out leaves that had accumulated over a period of months. The bottom of the pool had been filled with a…

  • Lost Streaks

    Lost Streaks

    Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Saturday I drove for twelve and a half hours and felt exhausted by the time I got home. I didn’t write a blog post so I lost my 480 day blogging streak, and I didn’t read using the Kindle app so I lost my Kindle reading streak. In the end losing…

  • A Long Drive in the Rain

    A Long Drive in the Rain

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday I went for a long drive in the rain. I drove from an hour from Valencia back to Switzerland with rain along most of the journey, and rain. The rain was sometimes falling so heavily that I had to slow down to see. At other moments the rain was light…

  • Tomorrow I Have a Long Drive

    Tomorrow I Have a Long Drive

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTomorrow, once again I will go for a long drive. We will see how well I cope with it. In theory I will be comfortable, as I was on the outward journey.

  • A Fishing Heron in Javea/Xabia

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Heron Fishing in Spain – [![IMG_3124](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3124-300×225.jpg){.alignnone}](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3124-300×225.jpg “myset0_1 “) – [![A Fishing Heron in Javea/Xabia — A Fishing Heron in Javea/Xabia](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3125-300×225.jpg){.alignnone}](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3125-300×225.jpg “myset0_1 A Fishing Heron in Javea/Xabia”) [![A Fishing Heron in Javea/Xabia — A Fishing Heron in Javea/Xabia](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3124-300×225.jpg){.alignnone}](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3124-300×225.jpg)

  • A Day With Little Walking

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome days I walk from one village to five others before going home. Other times I walk five hundred meters. Walking 500 meters is extremely rare for me. I usually always walk for one and a half to two hours.

  • View of Javea

    View of Javea

    Reading Time: < 1 minute[![View of Javea — View of Javea](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2759-225×300.jpeg){.alignnone}](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2759-225×300.jpeg)

  • A Man Ridding a Donkey in Spain

    A Man Ridding a Donkey in Spain

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA man ridding a donkey in spain.