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rosie gives us a scare

Well, we’re not entirely sure what happened, however yesterday we had to take Rosie to the vet as an emergency as something terrible had happened to her mouth. Her gum had come away form the jaw bone on one side.…

Monsters!

I’ve been trying to draw a monster (or creature) a day. Actually, it’s to draw anything, however I am really best at things where there’s no real life comparison!  I hope to do 365 days of sketches next year (or…

“Hello Mummy, I’m a lovebird”

Ludvig is combining words and phrases, which is resulting in some smiles. This morning he greeted me with ‘Hello mummy, I’m a lovebird”, which Ian said sounded like a Barry White song (perhaps, but not sure about the Hello Mummy…

The D Word

Here’s something we don’t often say – we’ve been decluttering. Hopefully we’ll move at some point in the not-too-distant future, and as such, it’s time to declutter and get rid of some of the things we’ve been hoarding. We had…

almonds

The result of our almond picking adventures earlier in the year. It took ages to deskin them and then dehull them. And so much waste!! We ended up with abou a tenth of what we had carried back. No wonder…

From tiny acorns…

There’s currently a program being run to collect 25 million acorns! This is to reforest the parts of spain which have become deforested (?) People are being encouraged to go into the countryside and pick acorns over the next three…

When will it ever stop…

It’s been raining since Sunday, and the first proper rain we’ve had this year – however, already Ian and I are sat shivering and moaning ‘when will it ever stop…’ – we seem to have become very lightweight in the…