Mmm! I love me some shepherd’s pie. I have a shepherd’s-pie-ish recipe that I make. I might have to share it here one day.

Paul, it’s actually “buenas noches”. How could something as mysterious as the night not be feminine?

You’ve just reminded me of Grandpa Ramón (which is a huge compliment, btw). He’s always saying “Hay un refrán que dice…” and then he spits out some rhyme that either seems like an obvious tautology or a scientifically dubious statement that has held true enough times to get repeated (such as yours). Normally there’s some abnormal word, as there often are in rhyming statements, that I don’t understand, so I just nod and pretend liked I’ve committed his wisdom to memory. But really…he’s got a refrán for everything.

Say you can’t find your keys or something. He’ll say something like, “You know what they say! ‘He who can’t find his keys can’t do as he pleases!’” That’s a horrible example, but it represents the idea. It’s pretty cute and a shame that someone doesn’t write them all down.

Your Grandfather says “Pink skies in the morning, sailors take warning; pink skies at night, sailor’s delight”.

I tend to try always to make the panos with the camera in ‘portrait’ orientation, as it allows you to get a better height/width ratio and a larger final product. Worth practicing with.