Typical February day in Nerja. The cloudless sky is bright blue and the trees in the square are filled with oranges ripening in the sunshine. We've been eating fresh avocados each day, provided by our landlord who seems to have a garden somewhere on the premises. Although the streetside face of Spanish village houses is almost forbidding with heavy wooden door and small windows with wrought iron bars and closed shutters, a glance in through those doors reveals elaborately tiled inner courtyards ablaze with sun and flowers. Rooftop terraces are filled with plants and balconies spill geraniums and other blooms out into the street.