Tiny Fruit Harvest

in both senses… This must be the smallest pomegranate: And this is a harvest of pomegranate, black grapes and apples. Perhaps a bit of watering wouldn’t have gone amiss. However, when it comes to prickly pears we have a tremendous…

Oh dear, I guess it was inevitable…

Ludvig has started talking to the electronic devices – and they are talking to him back! I first noticed it on Saturday, when he was happily chattering away to himself, only for Alexa to join in, surprising us all with…

The sun always shine on the righteous…

…so what does the fact it rains practically every fiesta tell us! After MONTHS without rain, we had rain for the first time at about 11 pm on Friday, just as the fiesta to celebrate Mary, mother of all pain…

Bye Bye Daddy

Ludvig said ‘bye bye Daddy’ to Ian before bed last night. I’m not sure if that was a coincidence or if he is starting to learn to say words in context. He’s mastered ‘I’m feeling happy’ although he did get…

Dark Mornings, Shooting Stars and Grapes

It’s this time of year when the darker mornings really become apparent. We’re probably used to it now, however the majority of our morning walk now happens in the dark and I think when the moon goes from the morning…

Bat Bat Bird

We’re at the height of ‘bat, bat, bird’, when bats and birds are out flying around at the same time. We are seeing them both in the morning and in the evening. I think we must be either walking a…

Daisy at dawn

Here’s Daisy enjoying burning off some energy in the morning. She is very sweet – but she is a bit of a lummox. If there was a scale with sleek greyhounds at one end, with their streamlined elegance and speed,…

Play me a tune…

Here’s Ludvig practising ‘My name’s Ludvig’ and ‘Play me a tune, mummy…’ and here’s Ian wresting Ludvig. The plan was, Ludvig would sit quietly on his shoulder – Ludvig had other ideas… and here’s Ian again with Ludvig