Kate Pullen

We’ve connected the sun terrace to our network so we can get a wifi signal up there now – here’s proof. This is a screenshot of Ian talking to me as he tested the connection. Roland is settling in, however…

This is Chico, and he will be coming to live with us soon. He has a sad story. He is about six months old, and was found in a bin, paralyzed from the neck down. He was obviously terrified.  He…

There is a large divide when it comes to intelligence in our household. At one end of the scale we have Pirata, who is highly intelligent and has us well trained to bid to his every whim. At the other…

This is what I am working on at the moment. It is an interactive game where children have to label the little girl’s pictures with the correct family member. It’s quite a big project for quite a simple game as…

Wilbur has an exceptionally good sense of smell. He can smell a pot of strawberry yogurt if he is outside on the patio and we are in the kitchen. Apparently he likes strawberry yogurt as he makes his way in,…

We headed out with high hopes – and here’s me picking our first asparagus of the season However… This was the sum total of our asparagus picking session. The warm weather and lack of rain has caused a dearth of…

We hopefully have a new little cat coming to live with us next weekend. He’s nearly blind, with one eye. They think he can sense light and dark with his eye, but not see with it. His other eye, I…

Yesterday was Carnival. Despite our planning, we didn’t go in costume. But we WILL next year. A lot of people dress up, a ‘dressing up box’ appears to be a standard feature in most homes.  These robots are my class,…

I use comparing traditions as a good way for the older students to practice speaking and listening. We’ve just started Easter and I have been aware that when I tell them about tradition of palm crosses at Palm Sunday they…