We’ve been mulling over what work surface to have in our new kitchen. Obviously having spent the last couple of years minus a kitchen, another couple of months while we debate work surfaces won’t matter. However, surprisingly, we’ve reached a…
This is Pirata, who is a little 5 month old blind cat. He also fell out of a window, so also has a broken leg which is pinned, but the leg will make a full recovery. We enjoyed the experience…
We decided to take our pasties out for a road test at lunch time. We went down to the village picnic spot which wasn’t far away. Pasties stood up to the journey well, but Ian cheated, putting his inside a…
Actually, it’s Spain Day, or in the rest of the Hispanic world, Día de la Hispanidad. We celebrated by making pasties. The thought being that now the weather is cooler during the day and dark in the mornings, we can…
I have bought an Amazon Kindle. I’ve had some money in a US Amazon account from when I used to write for BellaOnline. I’ve not done anything with it, however when the new Kindle was released, I thought this would…
Quite honestly, I don’t think that there is anything more gruesome than ants. After seeing them dismember a lizard earlier this year, there is little that would surprise me. After the flying ant hayhem of yesterday, today we found a…
This time of year is sometimes referred to as the second spring. It is easy to see why, when the grass is coming back and the countryside is turning green again. Where it is still warm during the day, flowers…
Judging by the number of flying ants that have suddenly appeared today, today is flying ant day. Really!
Basil is getting much better. How do we know? Because he spends from about 2.30 wandering between the garage where the food is kept and Ian down to let Ian know that it is nearly tea-time. This is typical Basil…
The DHL man came with our kitchen appliances on Monday (yey!). In his excitement, Basil’s front went in one direction and his back legs in the other. Unfortunately he couldn’t get up onto his back legs after this. In a…