His new food finally arrived. You will see there is much more in this than just the sunflower seeds that he used to eat before he came to us. He is getting much better now, but he still looks at…

But he wouldn’t stay still when he sees I have the camera near his cage.

I think that all of Spain must have been pretty naughty over the last few years as there’s been a definite pattern of lovely warm spring days on the lead up to Semana Santa and then rain throughout the week.…

I have an adult student called Angel, and he didn’t come to class last week , therefore I think of him now as being bad angel. I wonder when I’ll get used to these funny Spanish names.

I am very frustrated. This time last year toddler-alike Larry, our parrot, was ill because he wouldn’t eat anything other than sunflower seeds. We tried so hard over the last year to find food that he would eat, but I guess…

Our first passion flower of the year. And I remember the passion flower at Nanny’s house too!

This is dumpling, Tinkerbell, and Anubis. And the other side is milli-, pixie, and bobbins. It’s nice to see them snuggled together, although that could be a  reflection of the weather getting colder!

We went out hunting asparagus this afternoon, and look what we found. This is probably a good start to a season, hopefully.

Here is a picture of one of the cards that I made with an encaustic wax. I did this melting wax onto doilies to make prints. It’s quite effective, it looks better in person.