What constitutes a plague? The reason why we were pondering this was when we went asparagus picking, one olive grove we went to was completely baron – and full of caterpillars. Full of very fat looking caterpillars. Those that weren’t…
I’ve recently finished classes with a girl who is off to Ireland to au pair. She thanked me at the last class ‘the most funny classes’ she has had. I was slightly perplexed that apparently she a/ wasn’t paying attention…
Oh dear, another Semana Santa and another rainy week. The ancient statues of Mary and Jesus will be taken out, but most under cover. It was the same last year too, so someone has been very naughty. Talking of which,…
Classes finished on a new low last week. One little girl wet herself. The word for wetting oneself appears to be the same as ‘oak tree’, which confused me as I couldn’t work out why they were telling me about…
A couple of weeks ago, one of my teeth broke. I guess about half of it broke a way and while it doesn’t hurt, the tooth looks quite unsightly as it now appears black. I thought I’d ask around my…
Larry was entertaining us yesterday by wandering round the outside of his cage and dangling off it at improbable angles. It was very entertaining and he seemed to be enjoying himself as he dangled upside down attacking the bottom of…
While not much settled in the ground – as you can see from the snow on the table, a lot fell yesterday. Most has gone today though. Here are some photos that were sent to the newspaper. Judging by the…
I don’t think Ian would look quite so comfortable if he had to keep Bentley or Rosie warm!
Sigh. In typical Pullen style, we spent part of yesterday trying to work out if we were lucky or unlucky. Our car needs the work done on it that Ian feared before Christmas so we can’t drive it. Not only…
…. continues to be interesting – and very noisy. Larry is currently taking exception to a new feeder. We bought him a new feeder as he seemed also to take exception to his last one, liking nothing more then throwing…