This week is Semana Santa. I thought it was last week so I cancelled classes thinking it was Semana Santa which promptly confused everyone. Given that it is a late Easter this year I can appreciate why many of the…

Rosie has turned into a proper water dog. We knew that she liked water and the fact she has webbed toes was a bit clue. However she’s taken to romping in even the smallest of puddles like a duck to…

Here’s a peak of our new site – Still a few ends to tie up, however it’s taking shape and the last couple of days I’ve been adding the products and Ian’s been muttering to himself – which generally…

We’ve rehomed some of our chickens – in fact all bar three hens and one cockeral. The one cockeral we didn’t rehome is called Limpy. So that gives a bit of a clue as to why we didn’t rehome him.…

Both Pirata and Wilbur appeared to have a funny five minutes yesterday. Admittedly, it’s not that unusual for Pirata to play a special cat and mouse game with a mouse that only he can see, however yesterday he was quite…

Rosie has amassed quite an array of unpleasant habits. However she has plunged new depths with her current unpleasentness – slug slurping. When she is out walking she hoovers up slugs as she walks. She doesn’t miss a step, simply…

Well, since the start of March the weather has turned miserable. Shame as this has curtailed our asparagus picking. I realise we are fair weather asparagus pickers. Last week was Carnival, and there was a super-fiesta on Sunday where Carnival…

I’ve just finished a ghost writing assignment for Quatro Press. I had to write short introductions to four chapters of a new ‘Bead Jewelry Designer’s Encyclopedia’. I quite enjoyed it! I had to write in the original author’s style, and…