Month June 2009

Listening to the news this morning, I heard about the ‘heat wave’ in south east England. They were giving out tips for coping with the hot weather. They were – stay indoors during the hight of the heat (11 –…

I wondered why an IKEA bag that was hanging on the wall kept moving. So I called Ian and we were convinced it was some kind of monster. Therefore it was with a certain degree of nervousness that we went…

Someone crowed this morning – when I say ‘someone’, I of course mean a chicken. We currently think we have two boys, two girls and one unknown. Blackie is unknown. She has a definite pompom on her head, but also…

The vet gave us very detailed instructions for looking after Henry. But he missed off the cuddles and sausages that are proving an essential part of his recuperation. He sits there looking all sad until he gets a cuddle and…

We’ve hung a long white mosquito net over the bed. It looks lovely and it is like lying in a lacy tent! I said it is like being a princess. Ian said it is like being a tuna caught in…

We’ve been storing some furniture for some friends and they came to get some of it yesterday. The furniture was from his sister who lives in Portugal and it is lovely,so I was a little worried about how it would…

Poor Henry had an operation on his eyelid and is currently looking like Pudsey Bear. The eye wart that he had last year has come back and this time the vet wanted to cut it out rather than freeze it.…

Here are some pics of my birthday present from Ian, which is in our new bedroom – our first finished room (with the exception of doors) – yippee. Also, another picture of the mushrooms, which, admittedly, might not be as…

Yes, this is Ian rolling around on the floor. In case you are wondering whether the picture was taken after a night on the town, I will assure that it was taken this morning! So, what is he doing…? Ian…

Work in progress – the dining room. A table lamp that we’ve turned into a wall light Our home grown mushrooms – we’ll be looking forward to eating these when they are a little bigger