Climate

In general, North-East of the island is wet and cloudy, green vegetation pleases an eye.
I am on the opposite side, sunny and dry. Only banana plantations are trying (and failing) to please your eye with green colour.
Having said that - there are a lot of small areas with their own microclimates.
On top of this comes difference in temperature with changing altitude, 1 degree per 100 meters.
All in all, the weather in my place is nice :)
Seriously, very roughly: 20C in shade during a day (winter and summer), at night 16C in summer and 10C in winter. If you're not in shade - it can be hot.
First pic: permanent picture, clouds are coming over mountain range from the North and dissolving in hotter South.
Second pic: Calima - hot dust from Sahara.

Water

Archaic, different arrangements in different parts of the island, not always easy to understand. A lot of murders happened in the past because of it. No wonder, it's the source of livelihood of the island.
I own a share (€3,5K) in a sort of cooperative, which owns a big pipe bringing water from the mountains. One share entitles you to 1,3 litres per minute, you cannot stop it coming: use it, save it or waste it. Luckily I have a water tank (10x5x1,5)m.

Vegetable garden

Here is going to be my vegetable garden

 Bush, grass and big stones removed

 Hard work: used plastic box as a sieve to separate stones, to prepare one square meter - one and a half loads of stones were taken away

 Two weeks later

 Pipes for drip irrigation are being laid

 Two months later

Farm

My farm as I bought it

And now

La Palma - Home Sweet Home!

On 17th of January I bought this place (and moved in on 18th):

Zoom in - and you will see it:

20 Avocado trees, 6 Papayas, 4 Walnuts, 2 Guavas, 1 Peach, 1 Mango, 1 Orange, 3 chicks.

Life in Russia

To summarize it all: depressing.

And stayed much longer than intended.

But on a personal level I enjoyed quiet time with my mother.
Did the shopping (waiting in line to buy some milk):

Went to see my Alma mater:

Maths was not popular back then, nor is it now:

This reminded me of Red District in Amsterdam:

Met some local dogs, failed to make friends with them:

Went to see my first teacher, Maria Nikolaevna:

Russia

Short update:
End of September: a Russian passport was issued to me, first in my life!
Beginning of October: flew to Russia, Voronezh, where I am staying now with my mother.
Will stay here for a couple of more months.