Kittens looking expectantly at me. Think they think it’s tea time. See the towel that Ian strategically placed to let them climb onto the table – and a couple of dogs, under the table hoping that they’ll drop a crumb…

Schnukems, our slightly rounded tabby cat feels unable to get onto the fridge to get her food unless Ian is watching. As she quite often fails in her quest to jump on the fridge I think she may feel that…

Our cotton plants are doing quite well and we’ve got a few flowers. I’ve been reading up to see what care they need, and I found an article about the introduction of cotton into Europe. Until then the only fibre…

jul_12, originally uploaded by ian_pullen. I think we know what happened to the snake in the garage – at least I hope so, as I’d not like to think that the snake that Babbity Bumble had adopted as a pet…

There is a field at the other end of the village where part of it has been completely stripped by free ranging chickens. We’ve been trying to teach ours to free range as our back yard is currently full of…

Well, I fell off my bike on Tuesday and sprained my ankle. I’d like to say it was as I was traversing a mountain or jumping across a river, while in fact I hit a pile of sand and came…

We’ve introduced the kittens to the dogs and cats and now the novelty has worn off, we’re letting them roam free. They still see my workshop as being their ‘safe’ place, but are happy to explore the rest of the…

We went to the fiesta on both Friday and Sunday. On Friday we stayed until 3 o’clock, which sounds impressive until I mention that when we went we said good bye to my class, their friends and a wide range…

We’ve got a snake living in the barn door – eeek! It’s a small one, so hopefully it will make it’s way somewhere else to settle …

While this might look like there has been a terrible accident, Babbity Bumble was in fact sleeping on the beanbag. It is quite unusual for a cat to lie like this, so I think it is a sign that she…