Kate Pullen

I never cease to be amazed that children here do not know when Christmas Day is – I continually forget and take it for granted that everyone knows that Christmas Day is the 25th. Yesterday, in my class at the…

We saw the details of THIS FARMHOUSE and have added it to our list of potential places we might like to live. It is in the olive producing area of Jaen (as you can see by the olive trees in…

Bobbins surprised us recently by a sudden spurt in the growth of her legs. She now looks a tad less like a little barrel and more like a little dog. She’s now probably as tall as Tinkerbelle (albeit a completely…

Well, one week into autumn weather and I was rendered lurgy-ridden, no doubt by germy students. Having spent what feels like most of last winter battling some lurgy or other, I had meant to get a flue-jab this year but…

One of the joys of teaching English to teenagers (and to adults actually) is correcting the grammatical errors in their clumsy attempts to swear.  One of the things we can thank our Saxon heritage for is the rich range of…

Here are some more Modme pics. These are samples which I’ve made using patterns I’ve written and I think the round and square Modmes will be part of the launch range. These show the new backs that I have made…

I was doing some spinning on my spinning wheel with two treddles, but I was just using my right foot to give my ankle some exercise. I was aware that it was becoming heavier and I looked down and Bobbins…

Well, no one could be more surprised than me to find that Ian has written all of the last month’s blog posts. Time to pull my finger out again… I noticed the other night that we now have silent nights…

Poor Petal has been dealt a cruel blow. Having improved so much that she was pretty much her normal self, as Ian wrote in his blog post, she is now paralyzed at the back legs, because she had a swelling…

Well, there isn’t anything to update really, which in itself must be good news. We think she is much more lively and perkier. She seemed to go downhill quickly after we went to the vet the first time, but perhaps…