Red sky in the morning, afternoon, evening, night…
We were commenting yesterday on the strange color of the sky. It was a yellowy orange color and it is the same today. The orange color was dust from the sahara. It rained a bit, but not enough to…
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Ludvig flying to Ian
It’s actually quite difficult to get a good video of ludvig flying. I do have a lot of videos of Ian holding his arm out. I either get ludvig taking off or just landing as in the second vid!
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition…
We had to go to a council office in Llerena to get our ‘digital certificate’ which allows us to do more things online (including accessing our medical records on the health service portal). The office was pretty impressive and on…
Poor Wilbur
I’m not sure how this happened other than Daisy going in stealth mode over the top of the sofa and landing on poor Wilbs. They both refused to move – dog in a manger style – so as not to…
A Hint of Asparagus and a Visit to the Doctor
We saw a lonesome asparagus stalk at the weekend and the hint of green under the olive tree is asparagus plants, so it won’t belong now before we’re asparagus hunting again! Yesterday, I went to the doctor for the first…
I Remember When This Was All Fields
We really do! This is a reservoir which was flooded, I guess about 7 or 8 years ago. It’s out towards Feria, and we would definitely have seen it as fields before it was flooded. It’s now a substantially sized…
Olives and Long Shadows
Apparently olive trees only give a proper harvest every two years and the year in between, while they do produce olives, it’s very much less and the olives are just left to fall. This is an in between year but…
21 Months of Pandemic Life
Photo demonstrating how little we use the car at the moment – it has grass growing on it! So, it’s about 21 months now that we’ve been living within a pandemic. I remember when it first became serious I was…
Talking Parrot Talk
Having just heard Ludvig go through his morning repertoire, I wondered yet again what the first person to hear a parrot talk must have thought – or perhaps, what havoc a parrot may have caused on a ship the first…
We Say Goodbye to Bobbins
Bobbins was put to sleep yesterday. For well over a year she’s been suffering with diarrhea, which no vet has been able to diagnose. On the very first day of lockdown last year, she had a lump removed from her…