[Oshkalaboomboom]

You have an incredibly beautiful view!

We love to sit out on the terrace. If we look to the left we have the mountains. If we look straight ahead we have the Castillo San Miguel, which had been used as a fortress since Roman times:

and if you look to the right, besides the Mediterranean you can see the Penon del Santo where the Moors landed but where they were also expelled from Spain 750 years later. At the base of the rock is a statue of Umayyad Abd ar-Rahman I, founder of the emirate of Cordoba and at the summit is a cross that was erected to commemorate the expulsion of the Moors in 1489. It is very large and lights up at night so it can be seen far out at sea:

Anyway, we liked the view so much that we decided to make a picture of it. Our house is decorated in an Art Deco style with an accent color of purple, my wife's favorite color. We came up with an idea of an art deco era couple sitting out on a terrace, having a drink and enjoying each other's company with a lovely view in the background. Once we hashed out a concept we had a couple of local mosaic artists translate our ideas into a picture:

It's pretty big and has a lot of purple in it as per my wife's wishes. To get an idea of the size here it is on the terrace:

If you look closely at the mosaic you can see the cross behind the lady:

and just over the man's shoulder is the castle:

Hopefully even after we are both long gone our view and our impression of it will live on.

[Liz]

A nice treat to store away in the fridge. Intense-taste, lovely texture, can overpower other flavors so keep that in mind.
The unwhipped mixture keeps refrigerated for over a week. Prepare it on Sunday and, during the week, you can
add a Caramel Cream touch to plain angel food cake topped with strawberres, or top a just-baked brownie, cake or pie.

CARAMEL WHIPPED CREAM

METHOD gently heat/melt 1/2 c br/sugar. Stir gently after it begins to melt; completely melt (becomes slightly darker).
Offheat gradually add 3/4 c 35% h/ cream (careful, it splatters). Then simmer/stir til caramel almost completely melts.
Add an extra 3/4 cup h/cream; BTB. Strain out unmelted caramel bits. Cover/chill 8-24 hours.

TOO SERVE Elec/mixer desired amount to stiff peaks.

CHEF NOTES: Needs a degree of skill when melting the sugar. Proceed til sugar melts--no longer
or else you'll have burnt sugar. Mixture separates overnight but whips up beautifully when needed.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

The mosaic is stunning! Thanks for sharing that. How did you end up in Spain in the first place?

[MomwithHope]

Love the pictures, that mosaic is amazing.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Nice!

Your mural looks like a scene out of a 40s movie! I hope that you both enjoy the mural and the view for a long time yet!

Now I saw your peppers and the sunrise... Do you have any potted fig trees, or are figs so commonplace that you would rather just go to the marketplace and buy local varieties? (There are a lot of good Spanish varieties!)