Last night the village under-10 football team came round to show us the trophy that they had just won. They are local champions. There was lots of cheering and shouting of ‘championes’. As the team members who scored a goal…

Ian calls my little class the Cult of Kate. Although, quite frankly, the Cult of Basil would probably be more appropriate. They quite often come round in the evening to see me (although we suspect it is really to see…

They are between three and four weeks old and coming along nicely. They are going through the fluffy leg-warmer stage at the moment!

My little class put on a special performance of the three little pigs for Ian. Somehow, during rehearsals, the end got changed so that the wolf was killed by immense screaming and being hit with pieces of paper. Obviously they…

It’s raining today, which was a bit of a surprise. We’ve been getting used to the big blue skies and warm weather recently and not checking the weather forecast. My workshop is nice and dry though, so we can see…

Here are some photos from the Corpus Christie parade yesterday in Zafra. We missed the one here, I think it was in the morning. I knew we missed it as a couple from my class came round with flowers in…

Chickatita is at the front under Spot

Well, it is now very difficult to tell Chickatita from the others. She is one of the smaller ones, but that is because she hatched late, not because she is weak. It is really interesting, although there were only 5…

Well, we decided that with our little chick doing so well, we’d put her out with the others. It’s imperative to get then back with the flock asap if they are to be accepted. She’s had the secret name of…

I took the leg brace off our chick on Sunday and I was really pleased with the results. Really really pleased, as on Thursday things weren’t looking good. Her leg seemed to be getting worse, not better. I knew to…