We’ve had a special bottle of cava in the fridge since earlier this year ready to crack open when we got a jewellery sale. Sadly, it’s remained there. However Ian got a statement from the Extremadura Artisaños people yesterday showing…

…where she stops, nobody knows. This isn’t her most impressive session of running around the table, but it does give an idea. At full tilt, her back legs slide out on the corners and yesterday she also had to contend…

After a run of hot weather we had rain yesterday. Not a lot, but enough to bring the dust down, and to cool things down a bit. The back garden is looking good, with the pomegranate flowering, the honeysuckles and…

Yesterday I moved most of the tomatoes out to one of the barns. This morning I discovered that rats or, possibly, mice enjoy tomato plants. They completely beheaded one plant and reduced another to a single leaf. Hopefully the latter…

Wilbur fears that he isn’t afforded the respect that he deserves. He and I both!

Can’t believe that it’s been over two weeks since I last wrote a blog. Good job Ian’s been on the case. The weather has turned hot, and the floor is warm when I stand outside at night with Milly who…

Queenie poking her nose at something that’s infinitely more smart than her!

After the combined canine/feline team scored a comprehensive victory in the first leg of the jasmine cup, I like to think that we’ve come back strongly in the second leg. Only time will tell just how deluded that I am!

If Queenie were an elephant, Disney would make a film about her.

This year, the annual tomato growing duties have fallen to me and so far just over half of the seeds planted have germinated. The seeds were a Christmas present from Ed and Emma and the Ukrainian Purple variety are my…