Month September 2008

I woke up this morning to find that Sam had not only got into the bed, but he was led on his back, with his head on the pillow and his front paws peeking out over the duvet. How on…

Of course, other exciting things happened too last weekend. Not least the fact that we measured the well. We’ve had a dry summer (until last Sunday, of course) so the well must be at a low point. We were delighted…

So, we were heading towards Seville to take Jim and Viv to the train station when, just outside Monestario, the car made a funny noise. Ian pulls over and takes a look under the bonnet and finds the remains of…

We went out prickly pear scrumping today. Based on the fact that our Aloe Vera has grown like a triffid this summer and we see them growing wild locally, we thought that perhaps we ought to look at other native…

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It is raining today for the first time in nearly three months. Interestingly this is exactly the weekend last year when it rained after the summer (and we flooded). I will always remember – not just the nightmare of the…

We get a lot of these little fellows in the yard, by the Jasmine bush and they were featured on Radio 4 last night –

Wow – how did that happen! One moment it was the beginning of the summer, and next we’re at the end of it. Actually the end really ends after the village fiesta later in September. Then the swimming pool closes…