The vet gave us very detailed instructions for looking after Henry. But he missed off the cuddles and sausages that are proving an essential part of his recuperation. He sits there looking all sad until he gets a cuddle and…

We’ve hung a long white mosquito net over the bed. It looks lovely and it is like lying in a lacy tent! I said it is like being a princess. Ian said it is like being a tuna caught in…

We’ve been storing some furniture for some friends and they came to get some of it yesterday. The furniture was from his sister who lives in Portugal and it is lovely,so I was a little worried about how it would…

Poor Henry had an operation on his eyelid and is currently looking like Pudsey Bear. The eye wart that he had last year has come back and this time the vet wanted to cut it out rather than freeze it.…

Here are some pics of my birthday present from Ian, which is in our new bedroom – our first finished room (with the exception of doors) – yippee. Also, another picture of the mushrooms, which, admittedly, might not be as…

Yes, this is Ian rolling around on the floor. In case you are wondering whether the picture was taken after a night on the town, I will assure that it was taken this morning! So, what is he doing…? Ian…

Work in progress – the dining room. A table lamp that we’ve turned into a wall light Our home grown mushrooms – we’ll be looking forward to eating these when they are a little bigger

The chicks have finally started free ranging, however, instead of wandering around the back yard, they walk into the garage and stand there with beaks pressed against the wire netting gate. All we could see was little feathered top-knots peeping…

We’ve put gold scrolls on the wall of the sitting room. This is work in progress (above), the wall is wet but it dries out and looks great. We’ve hung the chess-men pics in this room – and put Nanny’s…