Last week we went to visit some friends of ours in Feria. We took them a ‘takeaway curry’, which was something that was LONG overdue as a thank you to them for helping us out two years ago when we…

This delicious looking (???) tempeh loaf used chickpeas as a base. The moment of truth will come at lunch time, though I’ll probably nip down to the shop to get something edible to put into my own baguette.

We’d be the first to admit that we’re not green fingered, but thankfully some our plants are able to take responsibility for themselves. That’s the case with our Passion flower which produced fruit this year for the first time.

OK, so this isn’t the best video, however it shows the problem we have with Millie now. First of all she’s difficult to catch when she is in full flow running round the table, you literally have to wait for…

I think Alfie sums it up pretty well!!

We took Bobbins to see the vet about her eyes. She has no right eye, and they are going to let us know about her left eye. I am sure that they will suggest removing her left eye and closing…

Our summer routine has started now. I have classes this year every morning except Sunday although I only have two hours each on Friday and Saturday. I can’t combine them as I have more younger students and they don’t like…

There are apparently many joys to being vegetarian and tempeh is the latest one to reach this household. It’s basically soy beans fermented in mould. Late tried making it once before but it didn’t work, possibly because the tempeh culture…

My beanbag is the bed of choice at the moment, and they all sit on it regardless of who was there first – as poor little Millie found after Queenie sat on her. Millie never makes a sound, so it…

As I stood in the kitchen testing different techniques for skinning soy beans, I looked out to see that Bobbins must have climbed her first step. It may not sound like much of an achievement, but with those short legs…