More driftwood…

Our driftwood pile is growing! We went to a different beach last week to see what was around. We have been to this beach before but just a peek, not really beach combing. This would have been the beach nearest…

We have a new neighbour!

A cow arrived in the field next door. I think I’ve already taken a photo of this cow as I think it was living in a field looking over the sea. I’m not sure how long it will stay for…

Fish!

We were out collecting driftwood and there was a lot of movement in the sea – and when we were stood on the rocks, we could see what the movement was – lots and lots of fish! They were quite…

The other side of the beach

Our beach (Rueta), is split by a river running into the sea and we can’t cross it – well, I guess we could, but sometimes it runs fast and we are cautious of Daisy getting swept away. However last week,…

Sun Rises

…you have to imagine these taken through a non-smudgey window. Unfortunately our window is rather blurry and we need a tall ladder to clean it. We did inherit a tall ladder with the house, but it was held together with…

Visitors

We get a lot of snails. When we moved in the house looked a bit like a snail’s graveyard as I think they had come in over the years when the house was covered in ivy and there were several…

Casting Nasturtiums

I like nasturtriums and had tried to grow them a few times in Extremadura, but couldn’t keep them alive in the summer. So I thought I’d try here. I’ve been so pleased that the ones I planted from seed have…

Drive to Burela

I thought it might be fun to join us on a drive to Burela. Unfortunately, after a couple of minutes, I dropped my glasses, bit started falling off the car, the sun visor slipped down so I stopped! I will…

Gardening Part 2

Ian has been working really hard on our Huerta – which included piercing the waterpipe which runs under the garden – oops! But on the positive side, we now know we have an outside waterpipe with a working tap by…