December 1, 2021 HOME ABOUT ME MY BOOKSHOP LA PALMA ASTRONOMY Home / About La Palma / The Silk Museum The Silk Museum The window of the silk museum La Palma has a long history of silk production, going back to the 16th century. In fact, at one time, silk was made in all the Canary Islands, but since the 19th century, El Paso, in the centre of La Palma, is the only place which still produces it. They use an old fashioned, labour-intensive technique, the only place in Europe which still does so. You can see most of the process at the silk museum in El Paso, where the staff will talk you through the process in Spanish, English or German. The only parts they don’t do on the premises are those involving boiling water. First, you have to care for the silk worms. They eat mulberry leaves, but you can’t just leave them on the mulberry tree or the birds will eat them. You have to keep them in a box, and collect leaves for them, and clean the box out. They have silk worms on view at the museum in the spring, but there are none available at this time of year. Eventually, of course, they make themselves cocoons. Silk cocoons. If you let the silk moths hatch naturally, they chew through the threads to get out, and you’re left with a bunch of short threads, instead of one long one. So they put the cocoons into boiling water, which softens the natural glue holding the cocoon together, and pull out the threads in groups of about 15. Amazingly, you get about 1 km of thread from each cocoon. Once the threads are out of the water, the glue hardens again, and the sticks the individual threads into one. At that point, it doesn’t feel like silk. It’s much rougher, something like linen. The threads are wound onto a drum, with thicker sections separated from thinner ones. From there, they’re wound onto bobbins, and then two or three threads are wound together onto another bobbin, to make a thicker thread. (The thickness of the thread depends on what it will be used for. Ties, for example, are generally made of three-ply silk.) These threads are then twisted together by hand, working one section at a time, from the bobbin at the right of the picture to the one at the left. Spinning the silk. Then the silk is wound into skeins again, so that it can be boiled with soap, to remove the natural glue. This gives the silk gets its delightful, soft texture, and allows it to be dyed. Plant dyes and the colours they give to silk. Only natural dyes are used. Most of them are plants, like eucalyptus leaves, marigold petals, almond shells and onion skins, but cochineal beetles and lichen (Roccella canariensis) are also used. The silk comes out with beautiful, glowing colours. Skeins of dyed silk. And then it has to be wound onto bobbins yet again, and finally woven. The museum contains three looms, with the oldest dating from 1860. All this hard work makes the final product distinctly pricey. A tie costs about 150 € and a scarf costs about 210 €, and both are on sale in the shop, along with smaller, cheaper items. The museum is in the centre of El Paso, Calle Manuel Taño 6 Opening hours: Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Entrance fee: 3.00 € Winding silk onto bobbins and weaving silk. Sharing is caring! You may also like: About Me How to help La Palma What’s in a Name? Useful Books on Writing DOT Specials It’s erupting A Better Class of Drunks Where the Heck is La Palma Anyway? by shareaholic . ads by shareaholic ads by shareaholic This article has 6 Comments Salome Phachuashvili says: February 8, 2017 at 12:24 pm Hello. Could you tell me the e-mail address of the museum? Thank you in advance sheila says: February 8, 2017 at 3:32 pm info@lashilanderaselpaso.com Gary Crispens says: April 8, 2018 at 3:41 pm This was a great tour where we learned a TON about how silk is made. They had actual demonstrations on silk spinning and weaving that were amazing. Everyone on our tour loved this museum. Pingback: La Palma and fog – Sandra Juto Pingback: მსოფლიოს აბრეშუმის მუზეუმები – silkmuseumblog Pingback: Silk Museums Around The World – silkmuseumblog Leave a Reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Comment Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. The Observatory guide book A Breathtaking Window on the Universe: A guide to the observatory at the Roque de Los Muchachos by Sheila M. Crosby. On sale NOW. Click on the link for details and excerpts. Categories Categories Select Category 1949 (1) 28th December (4) A Breathtaking Window on the Universe (4) accommodation (3) advantages (2) agriculture (3) al (1) All Saints (3) almond blossom (8) amateur astronomy (23) Angustias Church (2) animals (30) invertebrates (1) aphids (1) archaeology (23) archeology (2) Architechture (1) architecture (14) argemone (2) art (59) asteroid (1) asteroids (2) asteroids (1) astroarcheology (3) Astrofest (5) Astromaster (1) astronomical events (30) astronomy (183) comet (1) Galileo (1) astrophotography (7) astrophysics (2) astrotourism (9) attractions (2) Awara (4) award (1) b (1) Bajada (18) bananas (5) baptism (1) Barack Obama (1) barbecue (1) Barlovento (25) Battle of Lepanto (4) BBQ (2) Beaches (10) Belamaco cave (4) belen (2) Benahoare (7) Benahorita (7) Benaorare (6) Benaoristas (8) Benawara (7) Bernard Cornwell (1) bidens alba. Colias crocea (3) birds (13) biscuits (5) boat procession (3) Bodegon Tamanca (1) bonfire (1) book reviews (11) books (25) Books on sale (19) Breña Alta (58) Breña Baja (75) Breña Baja heritage. (1) Brian May (3) bricks (1) bride (1) buenavista (1) busstop (2) butterflies (1) c (2) caballos fufo (2) caballos fufu (1) Caldera (4) Caldera de Taburiente (25) Calima (3) camp sites (3) camping (4) Canaries (139) Canary (2) Canary Day (7) Canary Isands (26) canary island ecology (1) Canary Island fauna (11) Canary Island flora (20) canary island forests (2) Canary islands (129) Cancajos (12) Carnival (57) carnival programme (17) caves (4) celebrities (1) Ceramics (3) Charco Azul (4) chestnuts (3) Children’s fiction (6) chilis (1) Christmas (24) christmas decorations (2) churches (18) Cistercian (5) climate (4) Coffee (1) comets (3) comets (5) comment writing (1) competition (1) Computers (1) Concepción (1) convent (6) Corpus Christi (16) cosmology (1) counterculture (1) COVID-19 (2) crafts (24) cruz (1) cuban music (1) cubo de la Galga (2) cueva Bonita (1) culture (22) Cumbrecita (4) cycling (1) dancing (2) Danza del diabolo (7) decorations (1) democracy (1) devil (1) digital art (1) diving (2) Dracaena draco (6) drag queen (1) dragon tree (6) dragon tree publishing (2) dreams (1) drinks (3) driving routes (3) Dublin (1) Dutch Open Telescope (1) Dwarves (1) E-Bay (1) earthquakes (2) easter (6) ebook (1) Ecape Velocity magazine (1) eclipse (3) ecological bug spray (1) editing (4) El Hierro (8) El Molino (3) El Paso (56) el time mirador (1) el time viewpoint (2) end of the world (2) ends of the earth (1) enthusiasm (2) entierro de la sardina (2) equinox (1) ESA (3) Eschscholzia Californica (2) ESO (1) European Championship (1) European Northern Observatory (6) events (23) excursions (3) exhibition (9) exhibitions (9) exo-planets (2) fajana (1) family life (16) famous Palmerans (1) fantasy (1) Fanzine Ruido (2) fauna (19) featured (1) feghoots (2) feminism (1) ferries (1) fiction (17) fiesta (25) Fiesta de la Cruz (5) Fiesta de la Cruz (1) Fiesta de la Cruz (1) Fiesta de la Cruz (1) Fiesta de la Cruz (1) Fiesta de la Cruz (1) Fiesta de la Cruz (1) Fiesta de la Cruz (4) fiesta del Carmen (3) fiestas (136) films (1) fire (18) fireworks (1) Flags (2) flea market (1) Flemish Art (2) flemish statues (3) flight (1) flights (2) flora (34) flower arches (1) flowers (6) food (41) football (2) Footpath (3) Footpaths (1) Free rice (1) freedom (1) fuencaliente (45) Fuente Santa (1) fufo horses (2) Gallotia simonyi (1) gamma ray telescope (1) Garafia (68) gecko (1) geology (13) giant lizard (1) glassblowing (2) gofio (3) GR130 (1) graja (1) GranTeCan (17) GTC (12) guidebook (1) habits (8) hair dye (2) health (1) Hen party (1) Heretic (1) Heritage (1) hiking (20) Hip Hop (1) history (29) Holy Innocents (2) Holy Spring (1) Holy Trinity (5) Holy week (1) hotels (2) housework (1) humor (2) humour (7) IAC (3) India (1) insects (3) insects cochineal (2) Instruments (2) International woman’s day (1) invertebrates (3) Isaac Newton Telescope (1) Isla Bonita Car Rally (1) Island of La Palma (1) ISON (3) Isora (1) Jean-Michel Jarre (3) juniper forest (1) Juniperus phoenicea (1) Jupiter (2) Jupiter (1) Just having fun (3) Kings (2) La Glorieta (3) La Palma (765) La Plama (104) la punta (2) landscape (2) landscapes (1) Las Nieves (8) laurel forest (5) lava (1) lava flow (1) legends (4) LHC (1) library (2) life on La Palma (7) Light pollution (1) lighthouse (3) live music (11) living statues (3) loa (2) Local Writers (1) loonies (1) Los Cancajos (14) Los Indianos (10) Los Llanos (28) Los Llanos de Aridane (15) Los Sauces (28) Los Tilos (5) Lovers leap (2) Luis Morera (2) MAGIC (6) MAGIC II (6) Manolo Blahnik (1) map (1) marigolds (3) Marine wildlife (1) market (11) Mars (6) Martinmass (1) Maruo (1) May 15th (1) Mazo (55) meridian (1) meridiano cero (1) Meteor Showers (3) meteors (2) Midsummer (1) Midsummer (1) mime (1) miradores (6) miradors (1) money (1) monsters (1) Montaña Quemada (2) monuments (1) Moon (17) moonrise (1) Mother’s Day (1) Moving house (1) municipalities (2) murgas (1) museum (26) museums (1) Music (14) my fiction (2) NASA (16) nativity scene (2) nature reserve (1) Naval museum (3) nebula (1) New year (5) new year resolutions (1) Nightscape photography (1) non-fiction (16) NRAO (1) observatory (95) Large Size Telescope (LST) (11) Observatory book (12) octopus’s funeral (1) ojala mucha (1) open days (1) organic (1) other writers (2) Our Lady of Monserrat (2) Our Lady’s Anguish (2) palmerans (1) panning (1) Papaver rhoeas (2) Papaver somniferum (2) parenting (1) parrot (1) passports vacations insomnia (1) Peace Day (2) peas (1) people (1) performance arts (2) persaids (1) Peter Hermans (2) Photography (17) photography (7) Physics (1) Pink knickers (2) pirates (4) Places to visit (9) Casa Lujan (1) planets (9) Planisphere (1) Plants (42) Plants Canary island fauna (5) politics (2) poll (1) poppies (2) poppy (2) popular culture (25) powder night (3) prices (1) Prickly pear (1) Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (1) princess of Thailand (1) procession (1) productivity (1) Professional astronomy (11) psychology (8) public holidays (2) public transport (1) publications (4) publicity for writers (4) Puerta Naos (6) Puerto Espindola (5) Puerto Naos (1) Puerto Tazacorte (3) Puntagorda (30) puntallana (28) pyramids (1) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus (3) racism (2) Racism in the Canaries (1) rainbow gathering (1) Rally (2) raven (1) ravens (2) reader preferrences (1) Real life (10) Recipies (3) Red-billed chough (3) religion (7) replica (1) Reptiles (1) restaurants (2) reviews (1) road (7) Rocke’s Bar (1) rocks (1) romeria (2) Roque (1) Roque de los Muchachos (119) ruido (3) Ruido Fanzine (3) rum (1) Sacred Heart (2) Sagrado corazon (2) Sahara dust (3) Saint Michael (1) Salemera Beach (3) Salerma (2) salt (2) salt carpets (2) salt pan (3) salto del pastor. (2) San Andres (1) San Andres y Sauces (25) san antonio (6) San Antonio Abad (1) San Isidro (2) San Jose (4) San Juan. (7) San Martin (3) Santa Cruz (11) Santa Cruz de la Palma (147) Santa Cruz de la Palma Canaries (1) Santa Maria (3) Sardine (1) Sardine’s Funeral (7) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) satellite photo (1) saturn (2) scenery (4) Science (1) science ficiton (1) science fiction (2) sculpture (2) sea-sickness (1) seasons (1) selling fiction (13) SF (3) ships (4) shipwrecks (3) Shopping (21) Silk (4) Slideshow (4) snow (4) soap (1) sofas (1) Solanum lycopersicum (2) solar system (4) solstice (1) sonic the hedgehog (1) souvenirs (5) space exploration (4) spain (5) Spam (1) spiders (2) sport (14) springs (1) St. Anthony the Abbot (1) St. John the Baptist (5) St. Martin (2) star party (3) stargazing (39) stars (4) statues (2) street theatre (2) Stress (1) sunburn (1) sunset (1) supernova (1) superstitions (1) Superwasp (2) swedish solar telescope (4) swedish solar tower (3) Talc (1) Talks (2) Tarentola delalandii (1) Tazacorte (22) telescopes (39) Large Size Telescope (2) telescopes La Palma (2) Teneguia (1) The Day of the Dead (1) The devil’s dance (9) The moon (2) The Music of Stars (2) The Observatory at the Roque de los Muchachos (18) The sun (11) theatre (2) three kings (1) tijarafe (26) Top 10 (1) tour guiding (7) translations (3) transport (7) Transvulcania (3) travel (2) trivia (1) tsunami (1) tunera (1) tuning cars (1) twin dragon trees (2) Uncategorized (386) unemployment (1) Unreal Estate (1) USA election (1) vacations (1) vacations holidays travel Eire Ireland (1) vacations holidays travel Wales Eire Ireland (2) Venus (5) video (1) viewpoints (13) Viola palmensis (2) violet (1) Virgen de los Reyes (1) virgen del pino (2) Virgen of the Pine (2) Virgin of Fatima (2) Volcano (3) volcanoes (3) volcanos (8) Votive offerings (1) walking (30) Weather (35) Web hosting (1) websites (5) wedding (1) weight (1) WHT (1) wild tomatoes (2) wildflowers (1) Wildlife (12) William Herschel Telescope (5) windmill (3) wine (5) wine museum. (1) work (1) Wrinkly potatoes (2) writer’s bottom (2) writing (9) writing awards (1) writing competitions (1) writing fiction (31) writing markets (2) writing non-fiction (1) writing productivity (3) writing techniques (3) yoga (4) zero meridian (1) The Seer’s Stone The Seer's Stone:Twelve adventures under La Palma’s amazing starry sky. by Sheila Crosby. On sale NOW. Click on the link for details and excerpts. Quirky SF eBook Nine quirky science fiction stories from the off-beat imagination of Sheila Crosby for only 2.59€ Click here for details. RECENT POSTS Going on hiatus October 30, 2021 Volcano update day 14 October 2, 2021 Exhibition of paintings September 29, 2021 How to help La Palma September 26, 2021 It’s erupting September 19, 2021 ARCHIVES Archives Select Month October 2021 (2) September 2021 (6) August 2021 (9) July 2021 (10) June 2021 (9) May 2021 (9) April 2021 (8) March 2021 (10) February 2021 (7) January 2021 (9) December 2020 (9) November 2020 (8) October 2020 (9) September 2020 (8) August 2020 (9) July 2020 (10) June 2020 (8) May 2020 (9) April 2020 (6) March 2020 (7) February 2020 (7) January 2020 (8) December 2019 (5) November 2019 (6) October 2019 (8) September 2019 (5) August 2019 (5) July 2019 (6) June 2019 (6) May 2019 (6) April 2019 (4) March 2019 (5) February 2019 (7) January 2019 (6) December 2018 (6) November 2018 (3) October 2018 (7) September 2018 (4) August 2018 (4) July 2018 (2) June 2018 (3) May 2018 (4) April 2018 (8) March 2018 (7) February 2018 (6) January 2018 (5) December 2017 (4) November 2017 (2) October 2017 (3) September 2017 (2) August 2017 (4) July 2017 (2) June 2017 (1) May 2017 (1) April 2017 (6) March 2017 (10) February 2017 (4) January 2017 (5) December 2016 (2) November 2016 (6) October 2016 (3) September 2016 (4) August 2016 (9) July 2016 (4) June 2016 (5) May 2016 (4) April 2016 (3) March 2016 (5) February 2016 (5) January 2016 (4) December 2015 (4) November 2015 (3) October 2015 (2) September 2015 (8) August 2015 (14) July 2015 (15) June 2015 (10) May 2015 (12) April 2015 (13) March 2015 (5) February 2015 (9) January 2015 (19) December 2014 (4) November 2014 (6) October 2014 (10) September 2014 (4) August 2014 (8) July 2014 (18) June 2014 (9) May 2014 (7) April 2014 (8) March 2014 (6) February 2014 (8) January 2014 (12) December 2013 (9) November 2013 (8) October 2013 (7) September 2013 (12) August 2013 (14) July 2013 (12) June 2013 (9) May 2013 (15) April 2013 (12) March 2013 (20) February 2013 (18) January 2013 (14) December 2012 (19) November 2012 (13) October 2012 (17) September 2012 (9) August 2012 (13) July 2012 (23) June 2012 (30) May 2012 (20) April 2012 (16) March 2012 (19) February 2012 (20) January 2012 (12) December 2011 (17) November 2011 (3) October 2011 (13) September 2011 (6) August 2011 (18) July 2011 (8) June 2011 (11) May 2011 (16) April 2011 (7) March 2011 (17) February 2011 (12) January 2011 (6) December 2010 (5) November 2010 (3) October 2010 (4) September 2010 (4) August 2010 (8) July 2010 (17) June 2010 (14) May 2010 (19) April 2010 (8) March 2010 (10) February 2010 (18) January 2010 (16) December 2009 (6) November 2009 (8) October 2009 (18) September 2009 (10) August 2009 (27) July 2009 (9) June 2009 (16) May 2009 (13) April 2009 (14) March 2009 (16) February 2009 (17) January 2009 (17) December 2008 (12) November 2008 (12) October 2008 (16) September 2008 (13) August 2008 (11) July 2008 (27) June 2008 (29) May 2008 (35) April 2008 (34) March 2008 (27) February 2008 (31) January 2008 (18) December 2007 (14) November 2007 (9) October 2007 (15) September 2007 (13) August 2007 (12) July 2007 (9) June 2007 (8) May 2007 (12) April 2007 (8) March 2007 (1) February 2007 (2) January 2007 (2) TAGS animals architecture art astronomy astronomy Bajada books on sale Breña Alta Breña Baja Canary islands Carnival Christmas El Paso events fauna fiestas flora food fuencaliente Garafia geology GTC hiking history isla de La Palma La Palma La Palma island Los Llanos Los Sauces Mazo moon museum NASA observatory Photography places to visit Plants Roque de los Muchachos San Andres y Sauces Santa Cruz de la Palma sport stargazing Tazacorte telescopes weather CATEGORIES Categories Select Category 1949 (1) 28th December (4) A Breathtaking Window on the Universe (4) accommodation (3) advantages (2) agriculture (3) al (1) All Saints (3) almond blossom (8) amateur astronomy (23) Angustias Church (2) animals (30) invertebrates (1) aphids (1) archaeology (23) archeology (2) Architechture (1) architecture (14) argemone (2) art (59) asteroid (1) asteroids (2) asteroids (1) astroarcheology (3) Astrofest (5) Astromaster (1) astronomical events (30) astronomy (183) comet (1) Galileo (1) astrophotography (7) astrophysics (2) astrotourism (9) attractions (2) Awara (4) award (1) b (1) Bajada (18) bananas (5) baptism (1) Barack Obama (1) barbecue (1) Barlovento (25) Battle of Lepanto (4) BBQ (2) Beaches (10) Belamaco cave (4) belen (2) Benahoare (7) Benahorita (7) Benaorare (6) Benaoristas (8) Benawara (7) Bernard Cornwell (1) bidens alba. Colias crocea (3) birds (13) biscuits (5) boat procession (3) Bodegon Tamanca (1) bonfire (1) book reviews (11) books (25) Books on sale (19) Breña Alta (58) Breña Baja (75) Breña Baja heritage. (1) Brian May (3) bricks (1) bride (1) buenavista (1) busstop (2) butterflies (1) c (2) caballos fufo (2) caballos fufu (1) Caldera (4) Caldera de Taburiente (25) Calima (3) camp sites (3) camping (4) Canaries (139) Canary (2) Canary Day (7) Canary Isands (26) canary island ecology (1) Canary Island fauna (11) Canary Island flora (20) canary island forests (2) Canary islands (129) Cancajos (12) Carnival (57) carnival programme (17) caves (4) celebrities (1) Ceramics (3) Charco Azul (4) chestnuts (3) Children’s fiction (6) chilis (1) Christmas (24) christmas decorations (2) churches (18) Cistercian (5) climate (4) Coffee (1) comets (3) comets (5) comment writing (1) competition (1) Computers (1) Concepción (1) convent (6) Corpus Christi (16) cosmology (1) counterculture (1) COVID-19 (2) crafts (24) cruz (1) cuban music (1) cubo de la Galga (2) cueva Bonita (1) culture (22) Cumbrecita (4) cycling (1) dancing (2) Danza del diabolo (7) decorations (1) democracy (1) devil (1) digital art (1) diving (2) Dracaena draco (6) drag queen (1) dragon tree (6) dragon tree publishing (2) dreams (1) drinks (3) driving routes (3) Dublin (1) Dutch Open Telescope (1) Dwarves (1) E-Bay (1) earthquakes (2) easter (6) ebook (1) Ecape Velocity magazine (1) eclipse (3) ecological bug spray (1) editing (4) El Hierro (8) El Molino (3) El Paso (56) el time mirador (1) el time viewpoint (2) end of the world (2) ends of the earth (1) enthusiasm (2) entierro de la sardina (2) equinox (1) ESA (3) Eschscholzia Californica (2) ESO (1) European Championship (1) European Northern Observatory (6) events (23) excursions (3) exhibition (9) exhibitions (9) exo-planets (2) fajana (1) family life (16) famous Palmerans (1) fantasy (1) Fanzine Ruido (2) fauna (19) featured (1) feghoots (2) feminism (1) ferries (1) fiction (17) fiesta (25) Fiesta de la Cruz (5) Fiesta de la Cruz (1) Fiesta de la Cruz (1) Fiesta de la Cruz (1) Fiesta de la Cruz (1) Fiesta de la Cruz (1) Fiesta de la Cruz (1) Fiesta de la Cruz (4) fiesta del Carmen (3) fiestas (136) films (1) fire (18) fireworks (1) Flags (2) flea market (1) Flemish Art (2) flemish statues (3) flight (1) flights (2) flora (34) flower arches (1) flowers (6) food (41) football (2) Footpath (3) Footpaths (1) Free rice (1) freedom (1) fuencaliente (45) Fuente Santa (1) fufo horses (2) Gallotia simonyi (1) gamma ray telescope (1) Garafia (68) gecko (1) geology (13) giant lizard (1) glassblowing (2) gofio (3) GR130 (1) graja (1) GranTeCan (17) GTC (12) guidebook (1) habits (8) hair dye (2) health (1) Hen party (1) Heretic (1) Heritage (1) hiking (20) Hip Hop (1) history (29) Holy Innocents (2) Holy Spring (1) Holy Trinity (5) Holy week (1) hotels (2) housework (1) humor (2) humour (7) IAC (3) India (1) insects (3) insects cochineal (2) Instruments (2) International woman’s day (1) invertebrates (3) Isaac Newton Telescope (1) Isla Bonita Car Rally (1) Island of La Palma (1) ISON (3) Isora (1) Jean-Michel Jarre (3) juniper forest (1) Juniperus phoenicea (1) Jupiter (2) Jupiter (1) Just having fun (3) Kings (2) La Glorieta (3) La Palma (765) La Plama (104) la punta (2) landscape (2) landscapes (1) Las Nieves (8) laurel forest (5) lava (1) lava flow (1) legends (4) LHC (1) library (2) life on La Palma (7) Light pollution (1) lighthouse (3) live music (11) living statues (3) loa (2) Local Writers (1) loonies (1) Los Cancajos (14) Los Indianos (10) Los Llanos (28) Los Llanos de Aridane (15) Los Sauces (28) Los Tilos (5) Lovers leap (2) Luis Morera (2) MAGIC (6) MAGIC II (6) Manolo Blahnik (1) map (1) marigolds (3) Marine wildlife (1) market (11) Mars (6) Martinmass (1) Maruo (1) May 15th (1) Mazo (55) meridian (1) meridiano cero (1) Meteor Showers (3) meteors (2) Midsummer (1) Midsummer (1) mime (1) miradores (6) miradors (1) money (1) monsters (1) Montaña Quemada (2) monuments (1) Moon (17) moonrise (1) Mother’s Day (1) Moving house (1) municipalities (2) murgas (1) museum (26) museums (1) Music (14) my fiction (2) NASA (16) nativity scene (2) nature reserve (1) Naval museum (3) nebula (1) New year (5) new year resolutions (1) Nightscape photography (1) non-fiction (16) NRAO (1) observatory (95) Large Size Telescope (LST) (11) Observatory book (12) octopus’s funeral (1) ojala mucha (1) open days (1) organic (1) other writers (2) Our Lady of Monserrat (2) Our Lady’s Anguish (2) palmerans (1) panning (1) Papaver rhoeas (2) Papaver somniferum (2) parenting (1) parrot (1) passports vacations insomnia (1) Peace Day (2) peas (1) people (1) performance arts (2) persaids (1) Peter Hermans (2) Photography (17) photography (7) Physics (1) Pink knickers (2) pirates (4) Places to visit (9) Casa Lujan (1) planets (9) Planisphere (1) Plants (42) Plants Canary island fauna (5) politics (2) poll (1) poppies (2) poppy (2) popular culture (25) powder night (3) prices (1) Prickly pear (1) Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (1) princess of Thailand (1) procession (1) productivity (1) Professional astronomy (11) psychology (8) public holidays (2) public transport (1) publications (4) publicity for writers (4) Puerta Naos (6) Puerto Espindola (5) Puerto Naos (1) Puerto Tazacorte (3) Puntagorda (30) puntallana (28) pyramids (1) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus (3) racism (2) Racism in the Canaries (1) rainbow gathering (1) Rally (2) raven (1) ravens (2) reader preferrences (1) Real life (10) Recipies (3) Red-billed chough (3) religion (7) replica (1) Reptiles (1) restaurants (2) reviews (1) road (7) Rocke’s Bar (1) rocks (1) romeria (2) Roque (1) Roque de los Muchachos (119) ruido (3) Ruido Fanzine (3) rum (1) Sacred Heart (2) Sagrado corazon (2) Sahara dust (3) Saint Michael (1) Salemera Beach (3) Salerma (2) salt (2) salt carpets (2) salt pan (3) salto del pastor. (2) San Andres (1) San Andres y Sauces (25) san antonio (6) San Antonio Abad (1) San Isidro (2) San Jose (4) San Juan. (7) San Martin (3) Santa Cruz (11) Santa Cruz de la Palma (147) Santa Cruz de la Palma Canaries (1) Santa Maria (3) Sardine (1) Sardine’s Funeral (7) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) Sardine’s Funeral (1) satellite photo (1) saturn (2) scenery (4) Science (1) science ficiton (1) science fiction (2) sculpture (2) sea-sickness (1) seasons (1) selling fiction (13) SF (3) ships (4) shipwrecks (3) Shopping (21) Silk (4) Slideshow (4) snow (4) soap (1) sofas (1) Solanum lycopersicum (2) solar system (4) solstice (1) sonic the hedgehog (1) souvenirs (5) space exploration (4) spain (5) Spam (1) spiders (2) sport (14) springs (1) St. Anthony the Abbot (1) St. John the Baptist (5) St. Martin (2) star party (3) stargazing (39) stars (4) statues (2) street theatre (2) Stress (1) sunburn (1) sunset (1) supernova (1) superstitions (1) Superwasp (2) swedish solar telescope (4) swedish solar tower (3) Talc (1) Talks (2) Tarentola delalandii (1) Tazacorte (22) telescopes (39) Large Size Telescope (2) telescopes La Palma (2) Teneguia (1) The Day of the Dead (1) The devil’s dance (9) The moon (2) The Music of Stars (2) The Observatory at the Roque de los Muchachos (18) The sun (11) theatre (2) three kings (1) tijarafe (26) Top 10 (1) tour guiding (7) translations (3) transport (7) Transvulcania (3) travel (2) trivia (1) tsunami (1) tunera (1) tuning cars (1) twin dragon trees (2) Uncategorized (386) unemployment (1) Unreal Estate (1) USA election (1) vacations (1) vacations holidays travel Eire Ireland (1) vacations holidays travel Wales Eire Ireland (2) Venus (5) video (1) viewpoints (13) Viola palmensis (2) violet (1) Virgen de los Reyes (1) virgen del pino (2) Virgen of the Pine (2) Virgin of Fatima (2) Volcano (3) volcanoes (3) volcanos (8) Votive offerings (1) walking (30) Weather (35) Web hosting (1) websites (5) wedding (1) weight (1) WHT (1) wild tomatoes (2) wildflowers (1) Wildlife (12) William Herschel Telescope (5) windmill (3) wine (5) wine museum. (1) work (1) Wrinkly potatoes (2) writer’s bottom (2) writing (9) writing awards (1) writing competitions (1) writing fiction (31) writing markets (2) writing non-fiction (1) writing productivity (3) writing techniques (3) yoga (4) zero meridian (1) © La Palma island