Kate Pullen

This time of year there’s a smokey haze that hangs over the countryside as farmers – and anyone with land, thinking about it, burn off the dry weeds etc. I joined in the fun yesterday, burning a patch of debris…

It‘s looking good…

Cuddling Kitties equals colder weather.

This is what it’s like in a household with many dogs!

I asked him if he had any great ideas for hoe Spanish people conserve grapes. He gave me an odd look. We picked the last of our grapes yesterday and our Apple harvest(which was small in both senses).

Last week – hot weather warnings, 41 plus degrees temperature HOT Today, 21 degrees temperature A drop of 20 degrees!

In the summer we have tremendous night skies. One day we’ll treat ourselves to a telescope, but at the moment we just look unmagnified at the sky and can see all sorts. I think I mentioned before that we sometimes…

This little fellow was sitting next to me. Until he got popped into next file’s yard hastily!

Our first grapes!

Hooray! The finished paint and the damar resin i had to melt with the wax. All of the colors except for the small whites were made with the darker brown wax which hasn’t been bleached in the sun. . The…