It now transpires that Ian uses one of his old socks to filter our water when we fill our water container from the pillar. I cannot think how bad the threat of things getting into the water must be to…

I’m not sure which disturbed me the most, the house falling down or waking to find a Spanish man in the bedroom. As it so happened, neither was true, but a disturbing way to wake up. It transpires that the…

I did something that you should never do yesterday. I worked out how much our one tomato had cost us, and it came to 16 euros. That includes compost and fertilizer for all of our plants – but I am…

Saturday a snake appeared from under the bed. Aaaaaagh We think that it has been outside for a while, as Schnookems (who is not the brightest button) has been staring at the wall outside the new bedroom for – it…

…. Green! Now there’s a surprise. I think it is normally this time of year when we bemoan how everything is brown and shriveled. I believe that this show of green loveliness is down to it not being so hot…

Aren’t quite as cute as they used to be….

Henry’s stitches didn’t fully dissolve, so the poor little chap needed to be sedated again so the vet could take them out. Henry’s eye is very swollen, but now all the stitches are out it is looking better. We’ve taken…

Listening to the news this morning, I heard about the ‘heat wave’ in south east England. They were giving out tips for coping with the hot weather. They were – stay indoors during the hight of the heat (11 –…

I wondered why an IKEA bag that was hanging on the wall kept moving. So I called Ian and we were convinced it was some kind of monster. Therefore it was with a certain degree of nervousness that we went…

Someone crowed this morning – when I say ‘someone’, I of course mean a chicken. We currently think we have two boys, two girls and one unknown. Blackie is unknown. She has a definite pompom on her head, but also…