This time of year is sometimes referred to as the second spring. It is easy to see why, when the grass is coming back and the countryside is turning green again. Where it is still warm during the day, flowers…

Judging by the number of flying ants that have suddenly appeared today, today is flying ant day. Really!

I never cease to be amazed by the odd things that we find discarded by the side of the road.

Basil is getting much better. How do we know? Because he spends from about 2.30 wandering between the garage where the food is kept and Ian down to let Ian know that it is nearly tea-time. This is typical Basil…

The DHL man came with our kitchen appliances on Monday (yey!). In his excitement, Basil’s front went in one direction and his back legs in the other. Unfortunately he couldn’t get up onto his back legs after this. In a…

Ian was a little surprised to be offered a home visit from the virgin. As he recovered from the shock, he realized that the nice people at the door were asking if we’d like a visit from the statue of…

Today Manuel started – and finished – on the wall in what was the garage and will soon by our outdoor kitchen. It won’t go right the way up, the main thing is to make a divide between where we’ll…

To be delicate, Batman’s irregular toilet habits, or indeed complete lack of them, was becoming a problem so we decided to take him to the vets. We took him to our vets in Llerena, who were no doubt delighted to…

Fox that we saw when we were cycling towards Bienvenida last week Llerena from a different view point, we were cycling towards it via country lanes. Me! Llerena is in the background

We’re getting ever closer to our kitchen. We’re buying the electrical appliances this week, which means we have to pull our fingers out and decide how we want the units to look. We’re currently thinking of a ‘cocina de obra’…