Kate Pullen

We went to the rastro in Badajoz yesterday then nipped across the border to stock up on Vinho Verde, which is a light Portuguese wine that we like. How extravagant to go to another country to get our wine!! It…

I remember that over the years, I have said how I longed to write a blog post that said ‘not much to report’. So here it is… Not much to report I’m not complaining, as it is quite nice to…

Well, ‘discover’ is perhaps a little misleading as, being a large reservoir feeding most of south Extremadura, the chances are other people had also discovered it. Oh, and the Roman spa town on the banks of the reservoir suggests it’s…

We haven’t had any rain now for a few days, which is nice, although there is a 95% chance of rain today. We’ve taken quite a lot of stuff out of my workshop and I won’t worry about putting it…

Tuesday we came within a gnat’s whisker of flooding at the back of the house. Just pure volume of rain – it was one of those rain storms that is not unlike someone putting a pressure hose outside. The rain…

IMGP2438 copy, originally uploaded by vdltorre. If you check out Ian’s Flickr account – , you’ll see more snowy pics!

Well, there’s still snow on the roof and in the yard, so it has remained pretty cold. The fire’s doing it’s job though and it is noticeably warmer in the house this year to last. I had a surprise on…

Ian is taking part in a ‘do a creative thing every day’ challenge, and he is taking a photo a day. He’s posting the pics on his Flickr account. It’s here – Ian’s Pics.