My favorite cycle ride in the morning is to Usagre. I like this road because it is quiet. Generally I only see a handful of farmers and a shepherd or two. Since they obviously don’t see many panting cyclists working…

A couple of weeks ago I commented to Ian that I thought that perhaps they had changed the way that the temperature is calculated as the weather forecast was showing temperatures in the early 30s and this time of year…

It was our anniversary this week. After we finished arguing about whether it was 8 or 9 years (it’s 9), we decided that next year we’ll do something special. I thought about buying a tandem, I can’t think of anything…

Rosie is not being very loyal to her special friends at the moment. She has transferred her attention from Wilbur, to Sam, to Petal and now to Bentley, who is the little mastin that we found. It is quite funny…

It feels as though the temperature has been cranked up again another few degrees this week. The house is full of floppy dogs and cats. We’d both noticed that it didn’t feel so hot – and wondered if we were…

Rosie has developed a crush on Sam. Quite literally, as this generally entails her squeezing in beside him. She has also developed a slightly annoying high pitched bark. She uses this bark to get Wilbur to play with her, however,…

One of the leading cyclists in our house.

I seem to have half the village coming for classes this summer. I have 13 hours of classes and I have at least one other child who is interested and I have an unspecified number coming this morning, which I…

We’ve been using our outdoor shower a lot recently. It is now so hot that it is a great way to freshen up. It is better sited now as it was in the middle of our eating area. Of course,…