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Batman

Batman, as Fragel is now called, is settling in nicely. His period of introduction lasted for about two minutes as he wasn’t fazed by the other cats and dogs and they were pretty unimpressed by him. I think they can…

Tomatoes

Ian’s birthday present from Mum arrived yesterday. Mum said to open it, which we did – and what good timing….

Rain

We were on orange alert again yesterday, however the weather has cooled today becoming overcast and it’s even rained a bit. But not enough really to be called rain – a few drops but not enough to wet the yard.…

Amazing Insects

There are some waspy-fly type things that fly around my workshop. Their legs are about four times the length of their body. They look rather strange, like their legs are falling off as they just dangle beneath them when they…

Fun Fun Fun

I thought that my classes might be getting a little boring and I might be in danger of losing a couple of them. I’ve been working quite hard with the children and there’s probably not been that much fun, so…

8 long years….

It was our 8 year wedding anniversary on Tuesday. Ian was in the middle of a web crisis, with one of our sites having been hacked and this needed urgent attention. I don’t really understand the ins and outs of…

Tomato Thief

We’ve done much better with our tomatoes this year. After growing what must have been one of the world’s most expensive tomatoes last year – the one tomato being the sum of our total harvest, this year we’ve done markedly…