vet and picnic
we had a family outing to the vet today. Horace for his haircut, Pixie for her blood test and Daisy to be neutered. While we were waiting we had a picnic lunch by the new reservoir we found at Zafra.…
Kate Pullen
Lockdown Life – Month 6
I was looking at an email I sent mum back at the beginning of March. I said I would postpone my visit for Mother’s Day because I wasn’t sure how this virus thing was going to develop. And then a…
Gary the Lovebird
Sadly, Gary (Sugar Plum) the lovebird died yesterday. He had appeared fine but Ian found him at the bottom of the cage last night when we went to bed. We had no clues that he was ill so it was…
Lockdown Life: Month er…
So things continue without much change. However, living in an area which is not greatly affected by the virus means we see things differently to people in Madrid. Extremadura is seeing a rise in infections, but nothing like some of…
How wrong can you be…
Well, as it turns out, very. Yesterday we were trying to work out when Wilbur was ill last year so I looked through the blog and found out (July) and I read another post around that time where I was…
Lockdown Life
Spain is experiencing an increase in cases of the virus, but people seem pretty relaxed about it. The figure that everyone watches is the ICU capacity – and that is pretty much back to normal. More ICU units are being…
Anniversary Balls and Daisy’s Amazing Nose
We celebrated our anniversary with a cheese feast, nice bottle of red wine and throwing a luminous ball for Daisy. It was coincidental that the luminous ball arrived on our anniversary, however it did make a fun end to the…
Virus and Heatwaves and Whistling Parrots
The places with the biggest increase in new virus cases are unsurprisingly Madrid and Cataluña. Interestingly, a huge number of the new cases are in young people (10 – 19) who are asymptomatic and have been found through contact tracing.…
Lockdown Life – a resurgence of cases
I don’t suppose anyone was greatly surprised to see an increase in covid cases in Spain. It appears to be very polarized with some areas experiencing relatively large outbreaks and then others continuing to keep things under control. Fortunately, the…
Lockdown Life – Masks!
As from last Saturday, it’s now mandatory for us to wear masks at all times, even when we can socially distance. Even in the countryside (that was specifically mentioned in the notification). But not when exercising. It’s quite busy early…