Arboleas Covid19 Figures as at 28.6.21.

Arboleas still showing 1 case.

Other charts below for Almeria Province plus Andalucia totals.

From Informacion Covid19 Almeria.

Comparison of Active Cases February 4 (Peak of the Third Wave) with the data as of June 26.

 It took a lot to go down, please, let's continue to be responsible.

You wil enjoy this little treat from Jos Biggs this Sunday morning.

It was once again the cat problem that has caused the ruffling of my metaphorical feathers.

I decided to consult the Sage of Calle Malaga, so I betook myself to Girasol. I was not disappointed – Try Valerian in her food, admonished Claire.

I come from the South West, where Valerian grows profusely, but in Spain? I don’t know.

In the meantime, while I scoured the Garden Centres for Valerian so that I could grow my own, I bought some capsules to see if they were going to have any effect.

They did, so full of optimism I trotted into Organica to purchase a parent plant from which I could have an endless supply of cat calming medication.

I wasn’t sure what Spanish Valerian would look like, but I found a fairly similar plant and took it to the counter.

‘Is this Valeriana?’ I asked in Spanish.

‘No.’

Start again. ‘Have you got Valeriana?’

‘Yes. Follow me.’

I did, and my leader selected a plant that looked absolutely nothing at all like Valerian.

‘Are you sure?’ I queried politely.

‘Yes, that’s Valerian.’

No it’s not, I thought, but he should know, he works here.

Returning to the counter I asked if he had Orchid fertilizer.

He proffered a bottle of general fertilizer.

Maybe he hadn’t understood. After all the combination of a mask and my Spanish could easily confuse him.

‘No, I want Orchid fertilizer.’

‘Yes, that’s Orchid fertilizer.’

‘You can’t use that for Orchids.’ I protested.

‘Yes you can. You can use it for anything.’

I considered asking if ‘anything’ included a remedy for male pattern baldness, but instead I forked out 2€ for the plant and left it at that.

So the end result is: My Orchid has no fertilizer, my cat has no magic calming plant, and I think that my Not Valerian is Celery!

Anyone out there got any Valerian plants? I’ll swap you for something that may or may not be Celery.