Why is that kitten wearing a crown?? This is Schnukems modelling the crown that I have been commissioned to make for ‘Posh Pooches’ a forthcoming book to be published in the US. Really. This is the small version, I also…

I was going to take a picture of our oranges on the first of every month. Unfortunately I forgot – so this is a pic a week late (bottom of page). Talking about harvesting (last post) we are going to…

The farmers are harvesting. One the way back from Llerena we saw combines and donkeys working along side in the fields. Last week it rained very heavily, extremely so, however now we seem to be in the throws of another…

I forgot to write about Friday night. Unusually for us we went to bed very late – 12.30 and as we turned out the light we congratulated ourselves on how ‘Spanish’ we were getting. Until that is about 10 minutes…

Last night we went out for a drink. We are getting brave and are visiting different bars, so we went to Bar Extremadura for the first time and to Pepes on the way back. The total cost of our night…

The kittens have settled in nicely. We think we have been very fortunate as they are friendly little things, actively seeking out laps to sit on and quite happy to play around our feet. I am not certain that my…

Dookems is the black one and Schnookems the tabby. Must admit we had a bit of a debate this morning on how to spell their names. They are settling in well and seem a couple of happy kittens.

Having fun that is! After last week when our adoptive home decided to have a quiet weekend partying in the country for 48 hours solid followed by taking Monday off so that they could spend the day partying in the…

Last night saw the second European football final in a month involving an English and a Spanish team. Foloowing from Middlesborough’s thrashing by Sevilla, Arsenal were tasked with upholding English pride in Villagarcia. We’d already established from the weekend that…