Today, almost two months after the end of summer, which has extended into autumn, generating a warm and beautiful climate until a few days ago when the light, soft and distant rains began, I remember the first days of this past summer as well as the last ones.
In a previous post I compared the summer of this city and the summer of my hometown, the big difference between the two and how I suffered the summer there and how I started to get very fond of this kind of summer. One that doesn't have killing temperatures, although it is quite humid, as opposed to the dry and suffocating summer of BahÃa Blanca, the city in Argentina where I was born.
There I suffered every day because of my low blood pressure and here I enjoy it, besides having the beach which I love, although it is not just around the corner, I can reach it by bus.
But I think it all started with the day of San Juan, a very important festival here in Spain where it is celebrated on the beach with lots of people and fireworks. Well, I think that on that day, the first time I went to this festival, I missed the beach where the fireworks were and ended up somewhere else.
It was just the beginning of summer and the days were beautiful, warm but mild and that night there were many people on the beach. I took few pictures, because I was really hoping to see the lights in the sky. That didn't happen, but I had a good time with my family.
I think the whole of Malaga was on the spot, plus the festivity could be enjoyed on several of the beaches. But there was also already a lot of tourism. I could hardly get a spot from the promenade to take the pictures.
People were very cheerful and fun and many groups of friends and families gathered for this festivity.
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I must say that this summer was the best ever in terms of temperatures. It did not exceed at any time the highest I have experienced since I have been in this city and the days have been very pleasant, whether for walking, hiking, going to the beach or just having a good time in a park having a cool drink.
Whenever I have the chance I go to the beach, I love it, although this summer for various reasons I have gone much less, and whenever I go I love to take pictures of what I see around me. Many times those pictures are only for me and I don't share them, but today I bring you some of them, even the ones I take when I look at the sky when I come back from the beach.
Now I try to make the most of the summer because I like it more and more every day, I am not sure if it is because of the beach or because the heat is not suffocating and killing, but because it is beautiful everywhere and the sun illuminates everything in a different way.
The last two days I went to the beach I enjoyed them in a different way, one of them walking along the shore feeling the foam touch my feet like soft cool caresses already because the water feels cooler in late September and early October, and the other one having a picnic on the grassy area under the palm trees.
Unlike summer proper, by the end of summer clouds are beginning to show, the sun is coming down more quickly and the reflections on the trees and palms are different, the shadows longer and the water bluer. I like to pay attention to all the details, to understand nature.
There were still tourists, but more locals who enjoy the quieter beach, with less people. I also like the solitary beaches, for me alone, the feeling is different, I appreciate more the aromas of the sea, the sounds of the breeze and the birds and above all the sound of the sea that I like so much, it motivates me and relaxes me.
I think that today I identify summer very much with the sea, the sun, happiness, good spirits and life in the open air, travelling lighter, without heavy coats, for example. In this place and with the passage of time I learned to enjoy another kind of summer, one that is stable, harmonious and with an accompanying warmth. That's how I see summer now, the place has changed my perspective on it and now let's say we are friends.
Here summer is already gone, but in many other countries it will start very soon to continue to share our summer vibes here.
Thank you very much for joining me today, I send you my best regards. See you soon.
Amonet.
All photographs are my own.
