Not one easter egg in the shops, nor any signs of easter bunnies. There have been a number of parades, but we’ve not been out, thinking that these are probably a little more reverent than the carrying of a sardine.…

Flying visit back to the uk last week, to see Olly, my new nephew, to drop my finished jewellery into the publishers and to pick up one or two useful items. ….like 9 kilos of spices. It didn’t seem like…

On our afternoon stroll on Sunday we took Bob as he no longer has an excuse as his dew claw is growing back nicely and Basil and headed through the village rather than around it. Bob ‘performed’ like a little…

We have commented on the large veg we have been buying, and indeed this week we remarked on the large radishes we bought. However, all is not as it seems. Which is why we ended up with with chewy spring…

Well, we are not in Andalucia and a long way from the coast, however this is how the newspaper Sur in English (www.surinenglish.com) described the much needed rain on the south coast… Downpours bring drought relief to the western coast…

The rain has stopped over the last couple of days and it has got warmer. I think it is noticeably warmer in the house too, although my feet are still suffering from loss of slippers (wish Henry would own up…

It does, and quite a lot. Sometimes it has been like someone just tipping a bucket over the house. Apparently it is good for the water levels and ‘we need it’. Hmmm. At least it is showing where the leaks…

I don’t like to brag, unlike some I might mention, but it would appear that no-one else has posted a blog since my last entry. Erm…might someone have been slacking? Consider me the new blog king. Actually in fairness, Kate…

That’s the kind of thing we big rock stars say when we greet our adoring audience from the stage. And if the nice ladies from the Blue Moon Orquestra had allowed me anywhere near the microphone at 2am this morning,…

This BLOG was written when we arrived, but lack of internet access etc, meant that it has been resting on my laptop untill now… I seem to remember that when I wrote the last entry I was under the impression…