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Our harvest this year has been decidedly disappointing. Our chillies resulted in the princely total of two, my cotton buds have failed to open and our tomatoes were rubbery. Lots of things failed to grow at all, and I can…

The first picture is Annie – Rosie’s sister. The second pic is Rosie. Seems like the sofa flopping gene runs strong through the family…

It was the 558th annual feria in Zafra and we went along after we had been to the scrapyard. We needed a new mirror for the wing mirror on the car. As many cars that we in the scrap yard…

As the weather is cooler we decided to go for a midday cycle ride – and of course this was a great opportunity to dig deep in the freezer and find a couple of last year’s pasties. These were of…

This weekend is the village fiesta, so far we’ve avoided the festivities, however Ian did stand on the sun terrace last night and took some firework pictures. I hid with the nervous dogs – which surprisingly included Rosie who stuck…

I should have added this on Friday, but better late than never. It’s fitted in nicely in the hall where we hoped it would. When time allows, I’ll be learning to play that big piano favourite, The Ace of Spades…

We took Bentley for his first walk outside the house yesterday. Poor chap was very unhappy to start. It is difficult to know when a good time is to take him out, it was the same with Wilbs too and…

We went for a picnic after we’d been supermarket shopping on Saturday and went to the Moorish castle at Reina. We’d been to the bottom of the hill before with Mum and Susan, however we’d never been to the top.…

I bought a light for my bike. While I don’t intend to do much (any), with the darker mornings now meaning that it I really can’t go out until after 7.30 without lights, I thought I’d get one. I got…