Kate Pullen

Rosie is not being very loyal to her special friends at the moment. She has transferred her attention from Wilbur, to Sam, to Petal and now to Bentley, who is the little mastin that we found. It is quite funny…

It feels as though the temperature has been cranked up again another few degrees this week. The house is full of floppy dogs and cats. We’d both noticed that it didn’t feel so hot – and wondered if we were…

Rosie has developed a crush on Sam. Quite literally, as this generally entails her squeezing in beside him. She has also developed a slightly annoying high pitched bark. She uses this bark to get Wilbur to play with her, however,…

I seem to have half the village coming for classes this summer. I have 13 hours of classes and I have at least one other child who is interested and I have an unspecified number coming this morning, which I…

We’ve been using our outdoor shower a lot recently. It is now so hot that it is a great way to freshen up. It is better sited now as it was in the middle of our eating area. Of course,…

I’ve been trying to persuade Ian to read some of our dog training books as I think we need to step up on Rosie’s training. She’s actually pretty well behaved, however, because of her size and strength, we definitely need…

It seems to have been a bumper year for storks. The storks in the church tower seem to have had three hatchlings each – and now the babies are almost full size, it looks rather crowded. I don’t remember seeing…

It’s getting hot! I know because the house is full of floppy animals who embrace the cool tile floors rather than squeezing next to me on my chair. Yesterday I noticed for the first time that it was too hot…

We are seeing small signs of life coming from our kitchen garden. That is other than the major signs of weed life. A few of our tomatoes have survived chicken nibbling and are flowering, albeit on slightly strange shaped plants,…

There’s a general sense of busy-ness at the moment. The farmers are in full harvesting mode and the fields are full of everything from combine harvesters through to donkeys and old men with scythes. The builders are starting work earlier…