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• Iron Dancers

  
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  Have a great weekend! music+image New York City and Washington series continue in Sketches of Cities. Gracias por su visita. / Thanks for visiting, please be sure that I read each and every one of your kind comments and I appreciate them all. Stay tune.
  1 week ago

• No permit fees for home remodeling in La Palma

  
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  Do you live in La Palma? Did you know that the city has waived building permit fees on small home remodels until the end of June? The city is estimating homeowners could save $1,647 in plan check and permit fees. Click here to see the city web notice about this Here are the details, from the Community ...
  1 week ago

• Dragon trees

  
  A small rock in the Atlantic — Authority: 116
  One of the most exotic looking plants on La Palma are the dragon trees.The latin name is Dracaena draco Although they grow anything up to 12 metres tall, botanically, dragon trees arent trees. They dont have annual rings, for one thing. Actually, theyre classified in the same order (Asparagales) as garlic and ...
  2 weeks ago

• El Pasos Silk Museum

  
  A small rock in the Atlantic — Authority: 116
  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 ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Molino Museum

  
  A small rock in the Atlantic — Authority: 116
  A collection of old weightsAs well as the workshop making replica ceramics, the windmill at Mazo houses a small museum. Entry is free, but there are a couple of places you can make a donation. Upstairs is mostly a collection of old tools: an old Singer sewing machine, combs for flax, knife grinders, braziers...Oil ...
  4 weeks ago

• Pre-hispanic Ceramics

  
  A small rock in the Atlantic — Authority: 116
  Inside the workshop at El MolinoThe Benahoaritas (or Auaritas or Awaras) were the people who lived on La Palma before the Spanish invasion. They lived in caves and wore animal skins, but they farmed, and they had ceramics. The older ceramics are simpler, and the newer ones usually more decorated.At El Molino, in ...
  4 weeks ago

• La Glorieta Square

  
  A small rock in the Atlantic — Authority: 116
  Looking north, towards the stageTheres a lovely little square at La Glorieta. The whole floor is covered in mosaics, as are the benches. The plants are all local ones.One of the benches.Most of the vertical walls are made from the local volcanic stone, as is the back of the little fountain of a mosaic chameleon.The ...
  8 weeks ago

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