Kate Pullen

When children get to an age when they realise that the three kings cannot possibly deliver presents around all of the world, and start to question whether the Reyes Magos are real, they are told this story: When the baby…

Extractor fan tube now fitted and working. A working stove – just need to fight our way through mounds of pups and cats to get to it Rosie under the cat tree – that’s Pirata towards the top Ian wrestling…

Pirata joining in Christmas Our cheese feast with asparagus from earlier this year My activity session with the children went well – as well as can be expected anyway, with 8 over excited youngsters and the lethal combination of glitter…

We’ve been working out the best way to take a photo of Rosie each week so we can see how she’s growing. This isn’t quite right, but shows her in comparison to Basil, Pirata and Davy and a close-up on…

The kitchen so far with running (cold) water, hob and oven. The water is cold as our boiler isn’t working, however we’re not surprised as it has just been sat there for over two years. As it’s our old one…

Well, the kitchen moved on a pace this week with the worktops being fitted. We are really pleased with the way that they look and have definitely made the right choice for us and the house. The sink is in…

This is Rosie! As you may notice, there’s only one pup. This is because permanent homes were found for all of the pups – which was great news. Obviously great for the pups, but good for us too. However nice…

I broke the news to Manuel today of my vision for our Hanging Gardens of Babylon / Greco / Roman / Byzantine vision for the patio. Happily, this seemed to excite him rather than cause him any concerns. And he…

We have a kitchen tap! Admittedly we don’t have a kitchen sink, but we do have a lovely new tap. It is so lovely that it came packed in a nifty little cotton bag. Manuel is coming round tonight to…

We are fostering three puppies over Christmas. One of which we will keep. This isn’t as much of a surprise as it might be. We had decided earlier this year that we’d keep a look out for another large dog.…