Kate Pullen

Ludvig has decided he is no longer a baby! The last couple of days, Ludvig has started not really wanting his baby parrot formula. He eats a bit of it, but isn’t really interested, being much more interested in his…

We’re determined to get Ludvig off to a good start with regards to his diet. Happily, this isn’t proving to be a problem as he tries anything he’s given and seems to have liked it all – except banana which…

This really is the last of the asparagus. We haven’t been for a walk since last week, however this is what we find. Enough for breakfast, however I don’t think we’ll be getting any more now. It has been a…

Last Wednesday we went to pick up our new parroty friend, Ludvig. When we went to pick him up, we were taken into the ‘nursery’ and my immediate thought was ‘they aren’t as big as I was expecting’. I thought…

Surprised to see that we have a little friend come to stay! The weather turned super hot yesterday so I wonder if he came in out of the heat. the weather has been unseasonably cool, however I think for mum…

We have so much asparagus this year, we’re not even able to eat it all. This is me blanching the asparagus ready to freeze

The asparagus season is coming to the end. Although last year we were picking until my birthday, that was the exception. We’ve started going for a walk again in the morning, so have been doing our hunting then in different…

Book illustrations are taking forever. This time it’s about an annoying girl and her equally annoying grandmother. I think I will revisit the idea I had a few years ago to write a book for young English learners, and illustrate…

A family of swifts has been checking out our kitchen / living room as a potential place to call home. They’ve been coming in, flying round the room and flying out again. This morning they flew in, both headed to…