To everyone, everywhere, a merry merry, and a happy happy. Remember, the spirit of Christmas lives not only one day of the year, but the whole 365.

Some friends dropped in for the holidays.

Morning all. For absolutely no reason at all, here are some shots of unusual lenticular clouds over the Genil River in Granada. We get a lot of this type of cloud formation, but these stand out because of the sunset colours.

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Not exactly #TravelTuesday since we're still in Granada, but here are some Christmas lights you might like.

Hey! New sources for ROAD OF BONES, my e-book collection of Dhulyn and Parno stories: Amazon US: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G282BYDB Apple US: books.apple.com/us/book/road... Kobo: www.kobo.com/ebook/road-o... B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/road-of-bo... Google: play.google.com/store/books/...

Hey Tuesday. I've been going through my archive of story ideas to see what my next project might be. I've found several possibilities, but also things of the "what if a guy had a dog?" nature. So I wonder what I meant these ideas to be? Note to self: details, dammit.

Hey Wednesday. Successful shopping expedition yesterday. For the Christmas cookies, got the hazelnuts, the peanuts and the saffron (ok, not for cookies). Got the gift bags. Paul has made one batch of rumballs. Mince was made 6 weeks ago to allow for soaking up the rum. We're almost ready.

Morning Monday. I haven't been online much in the last week or so because I've been very busy doing absolutely nothing. Okay, that's not strictly true. We've been sorting out Christmas stuff, among other things. There's all that baking to be done. Today, we shop for gift bags.

Hey Tuesday. Finally getting back into things after visitors and travelling around to see family. Good news: my ebook Road of Bones is out, SKULLXBONES with a new Dhulyn and Parno story is out December 15th, and Artefact has gone to my agent at JABberwocky. Hmmm. Seems a lot got done. Luna approves.

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Good morning Monday. Well we're off to the wilds of Campanario (Badajoz, España) today, so there probably won't be that much forthcoming from me this week. Have a good one.

Hey Thursday. My posts and observations are going to be even more sporadic than usual over the next few weeks as my brother and SIL arrived yesterday and the games have begun. In other news, draft 4 is finished, except for one scene I just realized I need to add. Sigh.

Morning Monday. Well I'm up to chapter 13, and considering that 14 is on the short side, I have serious hopes of finishing draft 4 before the visitors arrive. Yesterday was taken up mostly by the house not cleaning itself. Luna takes a dim view.

At a nearby tree, someone has put a tiny faerie door #photography

Hey Thursday. Still working on chapter 11, I'm afraid. Turns out I forgot to do a final read through of 9 and 10, so there was that. Good thing I did because I found a couple of rough spots that shouldn't have been there. Onward. Luna the Cat says "what?"

Good morning Monday. I've had a busy week working on Artefact (4th draft now up to chapter 11) and getting the house ready for the visit of my brother and sister-in-law next week. This week should be a little bit calmer, but we'll see. Luna the Cat says "that's mine."

I'm sorry, when a crossword puzzle clue asks for "Homer source?" I think Hesiod, not ESPN.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian family and friends. I know many of you will be celebrating tomorrow, but I can't wait until then to send my best wishes since it will be Spanish Day (Día de la Hispanidad) over here.

What's up #FoodFriday? Just a couple of photos from the neighbourhood. The giant bottle of Coto Mayor is from La Mula Coja. They've switched to this rioja for the winter. The zamboriñas and mollejas are from Rincon de Lucas. The former are a variety of scallop, and I won't translate the latter.

Good morning Monday. Update on the 4th draft: I'm up to chapter 5. Today I'll do a polish before moving on to 6. Of course, while I was out walking this morning I thought of a scene I should maybe add earlier . . . so . . . maybe I should stop going out walking?

Hey #WordWednesday. Polished the first 3 chapters of draft 4, and naturally made a few tweaks and changes. I've also started switching out summer clothes with winter clothes, so that's taking up my afternoons. We'll see what happens today. Hello boots, long time no see.

Good morning Tuesday. Well, that's chapter 3 done. Chapter 4 was up for today, but I think I should read over the first three for a polish before I go on. Also, the new Thursday Murder Club book is out and that may put a dint into working time.

Good morning Monday. Work on Artefact went on during a rather busy weekend, but at least chapter 3 is on its way. On another note, this is what we saw parked in front of the paint and body shop place around the corner. This is no fender-bender, we figure suicidal tree.

Good morning Friday. Draft 4 of Artefact is coming along. I'm now half way through chapter 2. Probably won't get too much more done today as I'm going out for lunch. On the plus side? Mexican food. Maybe some photos for next Friday. Who knows what evil lurks in a couple of margaritas?

Good morning Thursday. Despite being a bit under the weather yesterday (hello headache) manage to do edits on chapter 1 of draft 4 of Artefact. Hoping for the same level of output today.

Hello #wordWednesday. An appropriate day to begin draft 4. I've just found a typo, "frozon." My problem is, I think it really should be a word.

Hey Tuesday. Well, okay, that's Artefact draft 3 done. Last chapter's still a bit chewy, but that's what draft 4 is for, right? Right. Just need to make sure that everyone behaves like themselves all the time. And figure out what happened to the violin.

Good morning Monday. Work on Artefact continues apace, but the real news for last week was the painting of the guest room. The blank spot on the print on the wall is reflection from the window. What do you think?

Good morning morning. Spent most of the weekend on chapter 12 and making black rice for Sunday's dinner. of course it was half eaten and leftovers put away before one of us thought "crap, we didn't take a photo." So what you see below comes from La Mula Coja, it's not ours. Just to give you an idea.

Hey Thursday. Apparently someone objected to the cat-feeding station in our laneway and dismantled it. It's been replaced, along with copies of the 3 by-laws allowing that 1) these stations can exist, 2) they cannot be removed, and 3) the cats must not be interfered with.

Good morning Monday. As the season for vacations draws to a close, there were many more people on the street and stores preparing to open than there have been for the last month or so. And, more personally, I'm finally back to chapter 11 of Artefact.

Luna the Cat and her new box. Ain't it the truth.

Good morning Monday. I'm almost finished with "The Judgment" my story for SKULLXBONES; just need to read it over one last time, looking for egregious stupidities. It's truly amazing how they can crop up. Once the story is sent off, it's back to Artefact.

Hey #TravelTuesday. Besides tiled floors, I really like fancy streetlamps. Here is a selection from Logroño, in the north of Spain. Note the preponderance of griffins.

Good Morning Monday. Work on Artefact has stopped for a bit while I do revisions on The Judgment, the new story coming out soon in SKULLXBONES. On reading it over, I find myself where so many writers have been before, asking myself "who wrote this shite?"

Hello #TravelTuesday. Here are some photos from Logroño, where we were in April. An oddity, "Calle Cerrado" which means "closed street" or perhaps "locked street." And the cat colony, found in the park along the river.

Hey Monday. Lots of distractions last week as a damaged drain pipe was replaced in our apartment. We just had some damp walls, the garage below us had a bit of a flood. The apartment above us was unaware there was a problem - gravity was on their side. Back to normal as soon as replastering is done.

Hello #TravelTuesday. A selection of buildings from Logroño, in the Rioja region. Not just good wine.

Hello #FoodFriday. Just a few shots from Logroño. Some are from the Marques de Murrieta winery, and a couple are strange things in windows. Really, chocolate sardines, who knew?

Good morning Wednesday. Work moves ahead on both the Artefact and short story collection fronts. Chapter 8 of the novel done, and the collection only needs (from me) the cover copy and the title. Yeah, like those are easy.

Hello #TravelTuesday. Going through photos from our trip last April. Here's the Marques de Murrieta winery outside Logroño in the Rioja region. Paul is pointing to the vintage from his birth year. They keep samples from every year they've been making wine. Don't think they'll run out any time soon.

Good morning Monday. A great weekend with a tapas night (at home) and a review of the first draft of my Dhulyn and Parno short story collection. Well, okay, I'm still reviewing it today, but it's one step closer to publication and I'm starting to get excited.

Ooops Found some more #FoodFriday photos. You can't go to San Sebastián/Donostia without going to a sidreria.

Hey #FoodFriday. I may have posted some of these before but to round up my photos of San Sebastián/Donostia here are some food shots from a pretty good Mexican restaurant. Specifically margaritas and tacos.