Ian

Dumpling has been impressing us with her ability to climb onto my chair. Alfie, however, has been decidedly unimpressed. This is his ‘I am not happy, what are you going to do about it?’ face.

I’m trying to make ciabatta bread for the first time. This is it 4 and a half hours into it’s first six hour rising. This had better be good. So far, so good. It looks as if it could actually…

Here are a few pics of normality here, starting with a photo of Larry with his new pomegranate, a gift from my mum. We’re used to him screaming at all new items that are added to his home, while he…

This is Dumpling, the Shih Tzu, formerly know as Ariane. She’s a couple of years old and, as you may notice from the photo, is missing one eye. She’s blind in the remaining eye, but appears to cope very easily…

…us from having to paint the living room. He’s done most of the work, but is returning later to touch up a few bits. This is our freshly white ceiling. We obviously had to keep out of his way, so…

A week ago, Anubis was still living on the street, but she’s adjusted rather well to life in a house. Last night was her first night out with the run of the whole house, though I think she slept under…

aug_08, a photo by ian_pullen on Flickr. We tend to leave the house at about 6.45 for our pre-breakfast walk in the country and we’re now leaving the house in the dark. On the plus side, we do get to…

  Once more Extremadura, the Spanish region that spawned many of the greatest of the conquistadores, has produced a great explorer. Anubis has built up the courage to get onto the floor and explore, despite the attentions of the other…

Anubis has been spending more time around the rest of the animals for a couple of days and, while still nervous, is coping quite well. In a shocking turn of events, she appears to have taken a fancy to my…

There was a knock at the door shortly after one o´clock and several teenagers (at least one a student of Kate) were there with a kitten. They’d found it down by the health centre and hadn’t been able to find…