Fans, a collection of gifts, art and relief from the heat.

--- >I see fans as canvases, canvases on which works of art can be captured, not always, but when I see them I am amazed. They are also a breath of fresh air in the intense heat. ---  --- When I saw the initiative, I honestly said to myself: Now I'm lost, I don't have any fans, but then I remembered two things: that the city fair would soon be here and that my friend here likes fans and has some, so I spoke to her. My mother only has two, and one of them was a gift from my friend, so I set everyone to work looking for these beautiful objects that help in the heat. >I didn't expect my friend Loli to have so many fans, and such beautiful ones at that. I was really surprised. A big thank you to her for kindly taking photos of all her fans for me, especially. In the end, I'll bring my mother's two to complete the beautiful collection. The day she came over, over cold coffee, I asked her to tell me a little about them, and it turns out that most of them were gifts from her mother, some for a wedding she attended where the fan matched her dress perfectly. This got us talking a little about these topics, so this collection was a big topic at our girls' night. ---  --- My friend used this beautiful fan at a wedding. ---  --- This other one was a gift from her mother that she used for her eldest son's wedding, which is one of my favourites because of the flowers. ---  --- This one is my second favourite. It is a fan that another of her sons gave to my friend. He brought it back from a holiday he spent in the city of Torremolinos. I am fascinated by the landscapes and colours on this fan. ---  --- Another beautiful gift from her mother. I love how the brown contrasts with the little flowers. ---  --- This one is the one I mentioned earlier, a gift from her mother that matched the dress she was going to wear to a wedding. ---  --- This fan was also a gift, from her husband's niece. ---   --- And these last two are from her mother, also a gift, of course. They are all very beautiful, but I like the ones with flowers or figures the most because they are more artistic and I see them as works of art captured on the canvas that is the fan itself. --- --- Finally, I will show you two that belong to my mother. One is green and very simple, and it is the one she usually uses. ---  ||| |-|-| --- The second one, which is my favourite, seems to be made of a silk-like fabric, and I love it. It has some very beautiful designs that even look like abstract paintings. It was a gift from my friend, and she is delighted with it. ---    --- In those paintings, I seem to see doves, and not only the doves but also their own shadows, but you may see something different; that's how art is. If so, I would love to know what you see in those figures. >Also, my favourite colour is pink, so I really like both the colour and the fabric it's made of. It's not a huge collection, but I did put my friend to work taking the photos, and she was delighted. Thank you, Loli! And thank you all very much for joining me today. Best wishes to you all. See you soon. Amonet. --- _{All photographs are my own. The photographs of my friend's fans were taken by her exclusively for this publication. Separators created by me in Photoshop. Used translator [Deepl.com](https://www.deepl.com/translator) free version.}