We’re just coming to the end of a mammoth cheese feast which we started for Ian’s birthday. In fact, we started the weekend before his birthday, having bought a number of different cheeses, including our favourite torta cheese. We bought…
Once a year we confuse the animals by dragging them away from the comfy spots they have commandeered around the house, and frog marching them into Ian’s office where we subject them to very loud music – for their own…
They had to take a photo of themselves in front of 356,000 euros. This was the number on this sign behind them. I did a surprisingly long bike ride yesterday. I spontaneous turn meant that I ended up taking a…
It has been the hottest and driest summer for 50 years. Hence the youngsters were drawn to the agricultural water tank after the barbaque. The water isn’t drinkable, but it is fine for running in and out of if you…
We had a end of summer classes treasure hunt today. And lived to tell the tale. We had three teams who had to go round the village answering questions. To stop them getting completely lost we had some photo clues,…
Ed demonstrating a ‘slack line’ (a sort of tightrope that is tied between trees). They had bought it with them and we went to the fitness park and tied it between a couple of trees there. It was about a…
I was a little surprised to find the chickens brewing their own beer. However, they definitely appear dedicated to the task. They keep kicking their grain into their water container, which then starts fermenting. I thought our two ladies were…
Here is a character for a new game. Aim of the game? To help Prince Happy keep his clothes on…
Our kitchen heater stopped working – not a problem at the moment, when water comes out almost too hot – but will be later in the year. The plumber came and found that a spider had got inside one of…
Whereas a few weeks ago, little Herbie was very wobbly and unsteady on his feet, today he is so very much improved. He can not only climb out of the kitchen door, which although we have a breeze-block in front,…