Kate Pullen

Ian and I have been busy making pumpkin soup and quince cheese. Ian has been making the soup from a huge pumpkin that one of my class give us and I have been making quince cheese from some quinces we…

Pirata is settling in well. He is very confident and doesn’t get fazed by much. Ian wonders if Pirata can determine light and shade. Certainly he does sometimes seem to ‘look’ at things. I’m not really sure of how things…

We went ahead and bought a couple of cat trees. A small one for Pirata and a big one for the rest. Needless to say – the box was much more interesting – you can see Tib’s tail as she…

…to look at this chair (click here for more info) – and the $85,000 price tag – and not start mentally planning a soft toy round-up. I did check to make sure that the price wasn’t in Zimbabwean dollars or…

The sun terrace looking over to the yard next door (and our new chest) Ian and the sun terrace looking towards the castle The sun terrace looking towards the police house. We’ll be able to wave to them. Nicely painted…

I thought that it would be great if Ian and I wore bells so that Pirata could hear where we are. So much so that I’ve been looking for Morris Men bells that we could wear. I must admit that…

Well, we’re having a really busy week. We’ve cleared and painted the outdoor kitchen which is now looking pretty good. We’ve painted the back gate with the super expensive ‘extreme’ paint which has given us a rather unusual mottled effect.…

We went to meet Pirata yesterday and he’s going to come and live with us on 26th October. He has one more visit to the vet about his leg. The people who are fostering him are very nice and I…