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I thought that my classes might be getting a little boring and I might be in danger of losing a couple of them. I’ve been working quite hard with the children and there’s probably not been that much fun, so…

It was our 8 year wedding anniversary on Tuesday. Ian was in the middle of a web crisis, with one of our sites having been hacked and this needed urgent attention. I don’t really understand the ins and outs of…

We’ve done much better with our tomatoes this year. After growing what must have been one of the world’s most expensive tomatoes last year – the one tomato being the sum of our total harvest, this year we’ve done markedly…

My lovely new socks… My lovely new earrings… Davy’s lovely new friend…

Kittens looking expectantly at me. Think they think it’s tea time. See the towel that Ian strategically placed to let them climb onto the table – and a couple of dogs, under the table hoping that they’ll drop a crumb…

Schnukems, our slightly rounded tabby cat feels unable to get onto the fridge to get her food unless Ian is watching. As she quite often fails in her quest to jump on the fridge I think she may feel that…

Our cotton plants are doing quite well and we’ve got a few flowers. I’ve been reading up to see what care they need, and I found an article about the introduction of cotton into Europe. Until then the only fibre…

jul_12, originally uploaded by ian_pullen. I think we know what happened to the snake in the garage – at least I hope so, as I’d not like to think that the snake that Babbity Bumble had adopted as a pet…

There is a field at the other end of the village where part of it has been completely stripped by free ranging chickens. We’ve been trying to teach ours to free range as our back yard is currently full of…

Well, I fell off my bike on Tuesday and sprained my ankle. I’d like to say it was as I was traversing a mountain or jumping across a river, while in fact I hit a pile of sand and came…