Month October 2011

Well, true to form, the day before Ed and Emma arrived the house flooded. In fact it was the morning before they arrived and we woke up to stand in water and find there was no electricity. It was also…

After months of waiting one of my cotton buds finally opened. It was one of the green cotton plants and I was amazed to see how green the cotton really was. I was expecting it to be a light murky…

We’ve been promising ourselves that we’d do some more serious exploring on the tracks on the other side of the road towards Llerena. We thought that the cycle ride we did a couple of weeks ago ought to join up…

…and Tinkerbelle pinches Rosie’s chew

Our harvest this year has been decidedly disappointing. Our chillies resulted in the princely total of two, my cotton buds have failed to open and our tomatoes were rubbery. Lots of things failed to grow at all, and I can…

The first picture is Annie – Rosie’s sister. The second pic is Rosie. Seems like the sofa flopping gene runs strong through the family…

It was the 558th annual feria in Zafra and we went along after we had been to the scrapyard. We needed a new mirror for the wing mirror on the car. As many cars that we in the scrap yard…

As the weather is cooler we decided to go for a midday cycle ride – and of course this was a great opportunity to dig deep in the freezer and find a couple of last year’s pasties. These were of…