The sun terrace looking over to the yard next door (and our new chest) Ian and the sun terrace looking towards the castle The sun terrace looking towards the police house. We’ll be able to wave to them. Nicely painted…
I thought that it would be great if Ian and I wore bells so that Pirata could hear where we are. So much so that I’ve been looking for Morris Men bells that we could wear. I must admit that…
Well, we’re having a really busy week. We’ve cleared and painted the outdoor kitchen which is now looking pretty good. We’ve painted the back gate with the super expensive ‘extreme’ paint which has given us a rather unusual mottled effect.…
We went to meet Pirata yesterday and he’s going to come and live with us on 26th October. He has one more visit to the vet about his leg. The people who are fostering him are very nice and I…
We’ve been mulling over what work surface to have in our new kitchen. Obviously having spent the last couple of years minus a kitchen, another couple of months while we debate work surfaces won’t matter. However, surprisingly, we’ve reached a…
This is Pirata, who is a little 5 month old blind cat. He also fell out of a window, so also has a broken leg which is pinned, but the leg will make a full recovery. We enjoyed the experience…
We decided to take our pasties out for a road test at lunch time. We went down to the village picnic spot which wasn’t far away. Pasties stood up to the journey well, but Ian cheated, putting his inside a…
Actually, it’s Spain Day, or in the rest of the Hispanic world, Día de la Hispanidad. We celebrated by making pasties. The thought being that now the weather is cooler during the day and dark in the mornings, we can…
I have bought an Amazon Kindle. I’ve had some money in a US Amazon account from when I used to write for BellaOnline. I’ve not done anything with it, however when the new Kindle was released, I thought this would…
Quite honestly, I don’t think that there is anything more gruesome than ants. After seeing them dismember a lizard earlier this year, there is little that would surprise me. After the flying ant hayhem of yesterday, today we found a…