Lunes, Lunes

Monday Monday, so good to me,
Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be.
-The Mamas & The Papas

Risa and I finally had a shopping day in León today and found some wonderful finds at end-of-summer clearance prices. We enjoyed perusing Spanish fashion at a leisurely pace, beginning our time with vanilla & caramel and forest fruit teas respectively in the center's café. 
After lunching vegetarian at L'Union we returned with Enrique to Astorga in time for him to enter into Astorga's annual chess championship. He's moving on to play in the finals tomorrow. He loves the game. So fun to watch.

Meanwhile hundreds, 327+ acres (132 hectares)  to date, of ancient pines have been burning for three days in the National Reserve of Tabuyo del Monte and have left the sky mourning under an uncanny black and brown cloud. Ashes rained down and covered our red comforter through the skylight window we accidentally left open. So sad to think of the nature and wildlife, and one human life so far destroyed due to arson.