Tag: Santander

  • Houses and where to place them

    Houses and where to place them

    Looking back, he understood that his first love of his life was also, so much fun! “So Camila, which would you prefer: some place behind the orchard or in the pine tree’s clearing?” “Well to be honest, neither of them.” Magnifico was puzzled and he remained thoughtful for a few minutes. “Well then, where do you…

  • A small plot of land

    A small plot of land

    He raised the most difficult question in his life when he was only a child “Hey Camila, I was talking to my father. He says that by next year we won´t be kids anymore.” Magnifico said with a mysterious air. Camila couldn’t resist and let the opportunity go by: “You still look too much like…

  • Goose bumps and breathlessness

    Goose bumps and breathlessness

    Some memories are forgotten as time goes by, but the heart’s portraits never loose their radiance     When everyone had left, he walked Camila home. As they slowly strolled on a path that made a shortcut to the village where Camila’s lived.     When Magnífico found himself ambling or just sitting in high…

  • True love

    True love

    In his dreams he found the lost times of his childhood      It was a delicious cake decorated with a pine tree in the middle. At the highest point, there was a little boy. He was of icing and was watching the view from his heights. Suspended from the ceiling, three airplanes, were flying…

  • The boy in the pine tree

    The boy in the pine tree

    And when he reached his special spot,  that was his shelter, his hangout… in that moment, he was happy.     The birthday cake, had also been prepared by his mother, and behind his back, for she wanted to surprise her child.           So skillfully had she endeavoured in the preparation of the…

  • A birthday cake

    A birthday cake

    Starting upon that birthday, the happy sounds of his childish laughter, gradually became less frequent.       Outside the front door, his mom had placed a large, long table. It was in the terrace that ran all along the front of the house. There, in its shade, the air was nice and fresh. They keep the…

  • The birthday boy’s farm house

    The birthday boy’s farm house

    Those days, bathed in the warm sunlight, beneath blue skies… have left to never return      It was beneath a warm noon sun all the guests went into the house. They left the wagons and the horses beneath the shade, on the way to the cow’s shed.       While everyone got comfortable, Magnifico,…

  • A brave dare

    A brave dare

    Gallant acts of chivalry are not lost; they may be found in the anonymous everyday life of the world’s unsung heroes.        It was on the straight stretch of the road, just before the curve that comes out to the clearing with the pine tree. On the same spot where the family gathered…

  • The popular songs

    The popular songs

    And what of life, if it were for the music, for it to be properly enjoyed     On the second uncovered wagon, and sitting next to each other, Magnífico and Camila were carrying on this lively conversation, totally engrossed in their own separate world.     To their side and surrounding them, as well as…

  • Leaving from the park

    Leaving from the park

    In a good life, there should always be time for a bit of rumba with friends The hill          Zapatoca, Santander, Colombia     Their departure from the central park was, without any doubt, tainted with the overtones that came from a long gone past. The serious part of the celebration, The…