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This week’s project is rubber stamping on candles (click to see). I found some asparagus when I was out today for a walk. I was so pleased, it was a shame that it was a tad smaller than a matchstick,…

Bouyed by our success we’ve bought another stove! On Ebay, again, from a very nice man from Caceres. We didn’t pick it up as, although Caceres is in the same province, it is probably over two hours away. This one…

Well, I was delighted to received some business cards through the post. I wasn’t expecting them, they arrived as I have been writing for Suite101.com for a year. I was delighted, that is, until Ian pointed out that Extremadura had…

The Food Programme was in Extremadura this week (17th Feb). You can listen again up by pressing the ‘Listen Again’ button until next Sunday. We’ll have a go at taping it as it was quite interesting. Anyone who has…

We have bought a stove. We bought it on Ebay for 150 euros (110 pounds or so) and we’re really pleased with it. It the enamel needs a good clean and the metal is rusty. We’re not sure where it…

Well true to form, when we have visitors three things happen. The weather takes a dive, the car throws a wobbly and one of the dogs comes into season setting all the others off. Mum and Susan visited last week…

We both needed our pics taken for different reasons. Ian wanted a new picture because he is re-doing his website hoping to attract work, I need a new pic for about.com. ian wanted to look intelligent, enigmatic, friendly and artistic.…

Hamish went to the vet yesterday for his ‘operation’. The vet was just about to start when he informed us that Hamish only had one huevo – egg. We were a little concerned as we thought the vet said that…

Hoorah – my rubber stamping site is live at about.com. You can see it here. I know that the front page is a little out of date – I stopped work as it was all taking so long, however I…

Having been moaning about the cold, yesterday we were moaning because it was too hot! We went for a walk in the afternoon and it was a beautiful day. We went the other side of the main road for quite…