The kitchen so far with running (cold) water, hob and oven. The water is cold as our boiler isn’t working, however we’re not surprised as it has just been sat there for over two years. As it’s our old one…

Well, the kitchen moved on a pace this week with the worktops being fitted. We are really pleased with the way that they look and have definitely made the right choice for us and the house. The sink is in…

This is Rosie! As you may notice, there’s only one pup. This is because permanent homes were found for all of the pups – which was great news. Obviously great for the pups, but good for us too. However nice…

I broke the news to Manuel today of my vision for our Hanging Gardens of Babylon / Greco / Roman / Byzantine vision for the patio. Happily, this seemed to excite him rather than cause him any concerns. And he…

We have a kitchen tap! Admittedly we don’t have a kitchen sink, but we do have a lovely new tap. It is so lovely that it came packed in a nifty little cotton bag. Manuel is coming round tonight to…

We are fostering three puppies over Christmas. One of which we will keep. This isn’t as much of a surprise as it might be. We had decided earlier this year that we’d keep a look out for another large dog.…

One of the things that I like most this time of year is the fact that it still doesn’t get dark until after six. So we can go out for a walk or cycle ride comparatively late in the afternoon.…

I was rather surprised to wake up this morning and find I’d turned into the elephant man. One eye was swollen, purple and shut, my nose appeared to be growing a turnip and there was a very strange shape on…

Wow – it was three year’s ago that we found Sam. It was actually three years ago tomorrow that we picked him up, but it was three years ago today that I saw him in the street and I was…

Ian arrived back yesterday safely and his journey hadn’t been affected at all by snow. He arrived back into the end of a sunny day here, although cold. To celebrate we went out to buy cat litter. Oh yes, we…