I really do live a charmed life - even my dreams are keen to help out, it seems. At some point during the course of the night, I was walking along a camino. On my right, there was a large, mostly dilapidated Finca, and behind that a pine forest. Between the two and with some erraticism there was a kite. Not just any kite though. It looked like it was made from old paper, roughly in the shape of an eagle. But two things made this kite really demand my attention. It was huge! Bigger than the finca it was trying to rise up beside, And Whoever was flying the kite seemed to be training their loft of white pigeons to help lift the kite; at least six of them spread along the front of the kite as it stuttered in the air, dipping in and out of sight behind the finca. I ran up the drive, trying to get closer, pulling my retro digicam from my pocket, turning it on, raising it to my eye (weird, as it doesn’t have an EVF - Electronic View Finder) … to find the camera was water-logged. It seemed to turn on but no screen nor lights sparked into life. I tried to take a photo as the kite lurched fleetingly into view. The camera vibrated a little. Had it caught the shot? I had no way of knowing. I almost never travel with just one camera, but left the 10x more expensive semi-pro camera in my pocket. There was a moment of “aww 😔 “ at the thought my digicam might finally be bust, but the thing was, because it was so inexpensive (in reality, in this instant, free) whilst never disrespectful of my equipment, if I had ever really wanted a shot over the last month, and the conditions - eg rain, sand etc - ran the risk of busting my devices, then I’d erred to using the digicam. Great photo vs. € 35- € 135 camera (eBay range of prices for this device) Great photo vs. € 1,299+ camera. Yeah, no. There was a TREMENDOUS freedom in that. Waking up, I’m pleased to say the digicam isn’t bust, although regrettably I don’t have the image of the kite to share with you. #ipreview via @preview.app (at Ibiza, Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/CprcKWctJWK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=












