Month July 2009

Nearly. We were sat in my workshop and heard a loud clucking. Went to investigate and found that one of the cockerals had got its head stuck in the garage door. Luckily we managed to get it out and only…

It now transpires that Ian uses one of his old socks to filter our water when we fill our water container from the pillar. I cannot think how bad the threat of things getting into the water must be to…

I’m not sure which disturbed me the most, the house falling down or waking to find a Spanish man in the bedroom. As it so happened, neither was true, but a disturbing way to wake up. It transpires that the…

I did something that you should never do yesterday. I worked out how much our one tomato had cost us, and it came to 16 euros. That includes compost and fertilizer for all of our plants – but I am…

Saturday a snake appeared from under the bed. Aaaaaagh We think that it has been outside for a while, as Schnookems (who is not the brightest button) has been staring at the wall outside the new bedroom for – it…

…. Green! Now there’s a surprise. I think it is normally this time of year when we bemoan how everything is brown and shriveled. I believe that this show of green loveliness is down to it not being so hot…

Aren’t quite as cute as they used to be….

Henry’s stitches didn’t fully dissolve, so the poor little chap needed to be sedated again so the vet could take them out. Henry’s eye is very swollen, but now all the stitches are out it is looking better. We’ve taken…