Japonesa encuadernación

A friend sent Margaret a link to a course taking place in La Fresneda. The title of the course was Japonesa encuadernación. "That sounds interesting", we both thought as we wondered what it was actually about. Maybe it was something to do with Japanese cookery or even making sushi.

Well, we were correct about the course having something to do with Japan but it had nothing to do with food!

Encuadernación is bookbinding! And a very fascinating technique it is.

You need card for the front and back covers...

...and the front cover is cut into 3 parts as in the photo above.

The 2 larger pieces of the front cover and the back cover are then covered with decorative paper for the outside...

...and then covered on the inside.

The front, middle pages and the back are then sewn together.

Hopefully, the short video will make more sense than a description of the process.

The group produced a range of very successful outcomes...

...which they were deservedly very pleased with.

In fact, Margaret was so pleased with hers that she used a birthday card which had been sent by friends on the front. Very nice!

Rocky goes to Ejea de los Caballeros

Rocky has been diagnosed with PDA and needed an operation on his heart in order to correct this condition.

On Thursday 9th November we drove to Ejea de los Caballeros to the veterinary surgery there so that Luis and José could perform the operation. 

As it was lunchtime by the time we had dropped Rocky off and made all the arrangements, we made our way through the town to the Restaurant Aragón...

...for a delightful 4 course menú del día.

The town boasts this rather wonderful 16th century Church of San Salvador...

...which has a most ornate tower,...

...a superb Romanesque/Gothic transition style entrance...

...and a rather elegant interior.

In the main street the trees have already been pruned ready for their growth next Spring.

When we returned to the vets, Rocky had just completed his operation...

...and was being transferred to another area for recuperation.

That night Rocky stayed at the vets. We stayed at Orés in the Albergue Rural El Fragal which was very comfortable and provided a lovely breakfast the following morning.

You can get a more detailed account of the operation from Rocky's point of view over on his blog by clicking HERE.

Rocky has started his own blog!

Rocky, our new Doberman, has started writing his own blog!

At the moment he is just coming up to 16 weeks old but has had a very interesting and eventful life so far.

You can see his blog by clicking HERE.