In the afternoon...
, originally uploaded by Cecilia!..
Cecilia is a Spanish girl whom I encountered among the acquaintances of "Miss Van Dietrich" (despite the nickname, the intriguing Marta -- whom you just met here -- is also Spanish). Cecilia lives in Albacete, in southeastern Spain -- equally distant from Madrid, Barcelona and Malaga, in the interior, and likewise far from Alicante on the southeast coast.
I know all this because, with no idea where it was, I Googled it -- and it sounds like a charming place. I've travelled in Spain, but never closer to Albacete than perhaps Seville, which is another delicious Spanish city.
As it happens, I have always loved Paul Simon's humorous* song of the same name:
"Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm begging you please..."
Anyway, that was an American Cecilia of three decades ago. THIS Cecilia, from Albacete, is sophisticated and modern -- but with a hint of shyness and Latina flirtiness. I know her a bit better than many first-timers here because her more-than-passable English collided with my passable Castellano -- requiring 6 emails, between us, in order to be properly introduced and to clarify which photos I wanted for this blog.
All of which is a set-up for my next post, a painting of hers that I just adore!
PW 50 (that, mi querida Cecilia, is a high sexiness rating -- perhaps I shall get around to explaining it to you sometime; just know it's very good!)
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** Catchy, too, and of course it's Rhymin' Simon at his cutesiest:
"Making love in the afternoon with Cecilia
Up in my bedroom
I got up to wash my face
When I come back to bed
Someone's taken my place"