The grandmother of one of our friends said: "Here's this boring August! ". At least this year has been the case. It was no bad thing that he left. But on that journey, the brain has started even to melt, and the lost files in memory, like in the watering of the leaves, have gone afloat ...

The heat licks, one of the few luxuries that summer brings me every year is the pleasure of living the live ball games. Bounce and laxo, usually. I like those who play with basket, gijon or glove more than by hand. These games are played in long squares and for long hours. As they are the most repugnant of the summer, the spectator needs the shade and almost everywhere you will find the banana (Platanus x hispanica) as the hat of the plaza.

I've enjoyed the bounce since I was a kid. The father and the uncle with the cart in hand, seeing from the shadow the only sport that is not the sport, is collected by the sieve of the files that will never be lost in memory. File marked, in the memory of the body marked... The best place to learn the game, as always, is the most dangerous. I've received the punch several times. One, beautiful, hitting the spine. I lifted up my padlock and, even though the ice had drilled into my leg, it took me a whole day to recover. But when I came back ...

In the Zubieta de Beterri, one of the most elegant squares among those who live the bounce, I saw a great finish among the people, all right! Four days later, the final of the XXXIII Baztan-Erreka Laxos Championship was disputed in Arraiotz. The brave and young team of Doneztebe/Santesteban won (9-3) before an experienced team of Irurita.

Apreta is my time of year, but on those occasions I feel more comfortable than with new charol shoes. In the Plaza de Irurita as in the Plaza de Zubieta there is banana shadow. But I, on both occasions, preferred the shadow of Hibiscus sius, the hibiscus.

There are the Syrians, in the most dangerous places: In Zubieta in the garden of Kale Berri and in Arraiotz in the atrium of Harotzenea. Because for years they retain their beautiful appearance and summer flowering, they have to have at their disposal the iron and copper they need to flourish in shape. The English call it the flower of shoes, the extract of the flower that was formerly used to wash the shoes and give them a special shine. The color of that glow is also called "black hibiscus," the same color as my tight ones.