Yesterday we were joined this little Spanish Water Dog (perro de agua). Name to be decided but not-so-short-list includes Maisy, Meg, Pili (short for Pilar – source of water), Bubbles, Osito (little bear), Poppy….Unusually, she has both eyes, can see…
Here’s a happy stork story about a stork who leaves his partner who can’t fly every year to emigrate and return in the spring – https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatian-love-story-continues-klepetan-returns-home-early/ and he’s come back for another year. Their storks are obviously on a different pattern to…
Sadly, we had our little cat, Missie, put to sleep yesterday. We’ve been back to the vet with her about the lump on her nose, and it transpires she has feline leucemia, and it was going to be too much…
When we were asparagus picking yesterday, I noticed that the almond trees are now full of almost fully grown almond fruit, which now just hang there and ripen for a few months. We’ve been almond scrumping as a birthday treat…
Finished the scarf I made with the wool Susan gave me – just as the weather gets warmer! Now to decide whether to dye it. White is not a good colour in our house…
Pixie looking happy to be on her way home from the vet. She’s been losing her fur – in clumps – so she’s got special shampoo and drops. It’s not her favorite thing…
These are the silk cocoons I had bought for when mum and susan visited last summer. I decided I wasn’t going to use them as cocoons, so I degummed them. I should have taken a before and after pic as the…
Horace went to the hairdressers on Monday and is now neatly sheared. It was the same groomer this time, which I think is a first. While she blanched a bit when she saw him, she knew what to expect and…