Basil is a bit of a drama queen. He flounces, and sighs, and demands attention. He also is inclined to ham things up a bit, and isn’t above throwing himself on the floor with a flourish and if he doesn’t…

This green monster was working his way across the yard today. The dogs barked, I screamed, Ian screamed, but we still managed to get a quick pic.

Why did: a/ I think I was going wine testing and instead I ended up at a painting class and b/ when at an art class, why did I not draw a nice apple or bunch of grapes instead of…

Tibs launches herself at Ian when ever she can. She started doing it by jumping off the fridge at him – but now jumps from the floor, from chairs – in fact from where ever she happens to be. She…

Easter is now over – well it ended last Sunday actually. Holidays here are the week before and back to work on Monday. There is a week of celebrations, I looked back through the blog from last year and I…

Wow!

New site is finished www.10000greatideas.com . Take a look and tell us what you think! It does need proof reading…

As some of us (Mum) are still on dial-up it, and having been reminded recently of how long it takes to load an image heavy site, I have changed the background here, keeping it plain and simple so hopefully it…

One of the first things that struck me when I arrived in the UK and waited in the drizzle for the bus, is that in Spain we don’t get the three way combination of grey, cold and damp. We get…