Super Blood Wolf Moon

We saw the super blood wolf moon yesterday and it was quite impressive. We were a little late at seeing it at it’s full glory, and the tip of the moon was just becoming uneclipsed. But I think this made…

Ludvig and Me!

Unusually, here’s a photo of Ludvig and me. He actually prefers Ian to me, so given the choice, he will sit on Ian’s shoulder. However, I’ve worked out that if Ludvig is out of his cage and it is just…

Ludvig (doesn’t) say Happy New Year

We tried to get Ludvig to say ‘Happy New Year’, however his words at the moment all seem to be variations of ‘good boy’. Perhaps next year… If you look closely at Ian’s shirt, you will see where Ludvig has…

The Drums are Back!

The early morning drummers are back! I think they are starting a little later this year – I am sure in previous years they have started around 4am, however this year they seem to be drumming from 5am – 7am.…

Not in front of the P-a-r-r-o-t

Ludvig is definitely starting to talk. He rather started Roland, by saying ‘hello’ to him and confused Rosie by lunging at her through his cage and then saying ‘hello’. He’s got quite an upperclass accent, so he sounds like a…

Ludvig is getting ready to talk….??

We think Ludvig is starting to get ready to talk. He seems to be saying ‘hello’. It’s still not that clear, but that’s definitely what it sounds like. We say ‘hello’ to him, so it could be he’s getting ready. However,…

Bamboo shoots

We are going to try to grow our bamboo. We went bamboo scrumping yesterday, and picked some bamboo with shootd which hopefully we can grow . It is our hope that we are as good at growing bamboo as we…

The rain in Spain…

We’ve been watching a Spanish series on the Internet which is in Spanish, but with English subtitles, and it’s quite funny as we understand enough of the Spanish to realize that the English subtitles are an interpretation rather than a…