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Alfie can be such a little grump. Here he is expressing his displeasure at being joined by Millie.

Unfortunately Petal’s condition deteriorated over the last few days after she stopped eating on Sunday. She saw the vets on Tuesday when she was looking quite weak, but Joanna was still positive that she could bounce back. Her diet became…

I’m not sure who’s most horrified by Millie’s interest in our chair (nee my chair) – Alfie, Dumpling or myself.

For some reason today I found myself thinking about the James Stewart film Harvey. No idea why.

Following closely on the heels of the Petalmobile Mk1.1, the short lived variation we created yesterday with a revised harness, we now present the Petalmobile Mk2. I had suspected the rear frame should be more upright to reduce the weight…

While Petal appears to have been responding to treatment for leishmania, unfortunately she has other problems to contend with that are related. Her left eyeball has swollen from increased internal pressure and the treatment for that over the last couple…

Queenie spent the day at the vet being neutered. We had a feeling she wouldn’t make a great patient and she did a fine job of feeling sorry for herself last night. She’s a lot brighter today thankfully.

This delicious looking (???) tempeh loaf used chickpeas as a base. The moment of truth will come at lunch time, though I’ll probably nip down to the shop to get something edible to put into my own baguette.

We’d be the first to admit that we’re not green fingered, but thankfully some our plants are able to take responsibility for themselves. That’s the case with our Passion flower which produced fruit this year for the first time.

There are apparently many joys to being vegetarian and tempeh is the latest one to reach this household. It’s basically soy beans fermented in mould. Late tried making it once before but it didn’t work, possibly because the tempeh culture…