¡Feliz Cumpleaños Cariñoso!

Today is my favourite aunts birthday. When I first came to Spain she flew with me & Don Duende. I remember how exciting it was sitting on her lap in the car all the way from the airport to the new casa. It was the first time I had seen the sea and she was explaining to me about Spain. We practiced Spanish. It was such a fun journey.

This is a picture of my cousin Charlie. She lives with Summer puddin' & mi cariñoso.

Factoid: Alfonso XII of Spain (November 28, 1857–November 25, 1885), was king of Spain, reigning from December 29, 1874 to November 25, 1885, after a coup d'état restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic. He was son of Isabella II of Spain. His biological paternity is uncertain, though his legal paternity is not: his mother was married to her (presumed) homosexual cousin Francis of Asissi de Bourbon.

Gotcha. El Día de Los Santos Inocentes, falls on the 28th December. What does it mean? Well, it is the Spanish equivalent of April Fool's Day. This day recalls the killing of the "innocents" by King Herod whose intention it was to eliminate the recently born baby Jesus.