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Of the 26 chilli seeds planted, the four that germinated are now out in the big wide world – well the back garden anyway. If they follow the example of the tomato plants, at least one of these will have…

I just noticed Queenie on Kate’s beanbag with her nose squished up. She normally looks quite serene when sleeping, but this rather ruins the look. In other news – the tomato plants are outside at last. I think I may…

I’ve been down with the dreaded lurgy again. I feel that I’ve spent most of this year being under the weather due to child originated germs. Happily Ian and I now have a well oiled lurgy management plan in place,…

We were very sleep deprived yesterday, thanks to not being able to have a wink of sleep due to Queenie behaving oddly all night. In fairness to her, I think something had spooked her and she was unable to settle…

By Wilbur’s standards, that’s a happy face. Oh the joy of having a poodle sat on you.

We’ve had a special bottle of cava in the fridge since earlier this year ready to crack open when we got a jewellery sale. Sadly, it’s remained there. However Ian got a statement from the Extremadura Artisaños people yesterday showing…

…where she stops, nobody knows. This isn’t her most impressive session of running around the table, but it does give an idea. At full tilt, her back legs slide out on the corners and yesterday she also had to contend…

After a run of hot weather we had rain yesterday. Not a lot, but enough to bring the dust down, and to cool things down a bit. The back garden is looking good, with the pomegranate flowering, the honeysuckles and…

Yesterday I moved most of the tomatoes out to one of the barns. This morning I discovered that rats or, possibly, mice enjoy tomato plants. They completely beheaded one plant and reduced another to a single leaf. Hopefully the latter…

Wilbur fears that he isn’t afforded the respect that he deserves. He and I both!