Hola Asparagus
Kate had noticed that a year ago yesterday was the first time we went picking asparagus in 2009 and as the rain had disappeared yesterday afternoon, with occasional flashes of sun, we decided to chance our arm and head out…
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Is this the most rain since…
Ian and I have been mulling over whether this is the most rain that we’ve seen ever. And then I looked at our blog from last year and saw that we were saying exactly the same thing then – at…
Impression
Well, Ian has spent much of this week honing his impression of me falling over in the mud. Patently his memory is as flawed as his acting ability. He has missed totally the cried shout of ‘it’s ok to walk…
Mud
We went for a walk yesterday afternoon, returning to find that there was dancing at the nave. This seemed odd, but everything seems a little topsy-turvy this year. Carnival, which I thought was always celebrated before Mardi Gras, this year…
Why dont my chicken pictures look like this
feb_13, originally uploaded by ian_pullen. Ian’s picture yesterday was of one of our cockerels. Why don’t mine look so arty? His most popular photo so far is the one of the toilet. I’m not sure what that says about his…
Pullen’s Pics
Ian is thinking about selling postcards, calendars and prints from some of his photos. This is quite exciting. Luckily, there are several places where you can sell photos online. The biggest is Etsy.com which is a large international handmade online…
Ian has shaved his beard off
well, most of it… feb_10_after, originally uploaded by ian_pullen.
Badajoz and Portugal
We went to the rastro in Badajoz yesterday then nipped across the border to stock up on Vinho Verde, which is a light Portuguese wine that we like. How extravagant to go to another country to get our wine!! It…
I remember when….
I remember that over the years, I have said how I longed to write a blog post that said ‘not much to report’. So here it is… Not much to report I’m not complaining, as it is quite nice to…
We discovered a lake…
Well, ‘discover’ is perhaps a little misleading as, being a large reservoir feeding most of south Extremadura, the chances are other people had also discovered it. Oh, and the Roman spa town on the banks of the reservoir suggests it’s…