Kate Pullen

Kate Pullen

Hanging Bottles and Squawking Hoopoe

When we were out asparagussing we saw one olive grove with hanging bottle in the trees. I guess about one third of the trees had these bottles with what appeared to be clear liquid in them. I’ve been wondering why…

It’s that time of year again…

Asparagus season! Or, as Daisy would put it, the time of year when a perfectly good walk full of ball throwing opportunities is ruined by us looking for little green twiggy things. It hasn’t been a great start, but the…

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!

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…

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…