Unwanted Lodgers
A family of swifts has been checking out our kitchen / living room as a potential place to call home. They’ve been coming in, flying round the room and flying out again. This morning they flew in, both headed to…
Sheep Dog
Ian and I were watching Charlie last night as she was rounding up Babbity who was in the pantry and Queenie who was in the living room. Her sheepdog tendencies are so strong, she takes keeping her flock together very…
Rain!
The rain continues! While it’s a good thing, it’s a bit boring now and hampering our asparagus hunting activities 🙂 So I wonder if it will mean that this is a bumper year or a very bad year. Looks like…
The thirteenth ugliest bird in the world…
This is the 13th ugliest bird in the world – a marabou stork. The second image is of a new born elephant. He appears at the watering hole every day – but is difficult to see as the adults all…
Elephants, monkeys, mongoose, zebras – and storks!
We’re still really enjoying watching the webcam of the wildlife in Kenya. I’ve given the baby elephants names and we’re getting to know their habits. We keep the webcam on all day, so can keep an eye on what’s going…
Elephants !
This is amazing 🙂 Today I saw six elephants, two babies and a monkey. Yesterday we went into Llerena and saw just one stork, so the lack of storks seems to be wider than just the village. I will…
Snow & No Storks
We had a handful of snowflakes fall this morning. Quite literally a handful, we wouldn’t have known that there was any, if we hadn’t have been outside at the time – but it’s a bit grey now, so wonder if…
Blast from the past…
Having remembered the fog and trying to get to Cordoba when we first moved here, I looked back over some of our old blog posts from when we first moved in – http://pullens.blogspot.com.es/2006/01/ I love the stories about Basil, I’d forgotten…
Foggy Mornings
The last couple of mornings has been foggy. We are even aware of it on the patio, and this morning, when we went for a walk (first since the new year – we got out of the habit 🙁 ),…
Finished our world class cheese!
We finally finished our cheese feast last night! I must admit, after going cheese feast shopping, I am inclined to take a step back and think ‘we just spend THAT on cheese’ – however it does last a long time,…