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A good sea view, a pool, retired! Good things.

If you think about it you have very little time on this Earth to spend on yourself. The first 18 years or so you are either helpless, dependent upon others or busy. Then you spend the next 30-40 or so years working and on family obligations. Even with today's health kicks and medical care you see few vibrant, active people over 80 and even fewer over 90. You may be alive but your body doesn't react, your reflexes start to go, you heal more slowly and once again you start becoming dependent upon others. So you could be lucky to have a sweet spot of 10 to 15 years where you have the time, health and resources to actually enjoy life for your own sake. My wife, the lady in the pool, has lunch every Friday with a woman whose husband is having serious health problems and he just hit 70. They moved to Spain the same time we did so they only had 5 really good years. My wife is having health problems but so far they have knocked us down but not out. We're going to Bruges in September if the Covid Gods let us and we have already booked a week in Gran Canaria for next March in order to get a break from the harsh Almunecar winter :-) I've seen too many people spend their entire lives working only to end up so sick they can't do a thing. We are determined to enjoy the few good years we have.

So envious of your lifestyle, though I have no complaints with mine.

And here I thought leaving Wisconsin for Tennessee for MY retirement years was going to be scary, LOL!

That WAS my plan until Beau came along. ;) I’ve been retired 5 years and he’s been retired 4, but he still does some jobs for his brother from time to time. He loves playing with those big Earth-movin’ machines - and who can blame him?

I am happier than I’ve ever been on, ‘Abandon All Hope Farm’ and I, too, highly recommend planning for and getting OUT OF The Rat Race as soon as you can. You are SO right that LIFE is too short!

‘89 trips around the Sun and it’s STILL not enough for me!’ ~ Grandpa Elmer, on what would be his final birthday

And that is about right. For many people you work and save until your late 60s and then use the savings for health care the last 2 years of your life!
I see her enjoying the pool hope the Mrs. is doing better! I am glad you are healthy enough to enjoy this time of your life!

Humm. “harsh Almunecar winter :-) “ Yes, I see the smilely emoji—so harsh! (Diana do you have anything to say to Oshk. about his, ahem, “harsh” winter?? :)

**An aside; While you can probably buy figs locally, if you ever wanted to plant a fig tree by your pool, or in a pot by your pool,
they can fruit in as little as 1-2 years and usually (usually!) and do not grow to enormous size! Grows fast so a good growing choice when you are up there in years.
I have a number of trees for that reason! (90+ F heat is not unusually in Kansas! Neither is -15 F.)

(Very nice pictures!)