jun_24, a photo by ian_pullen on Flickr. Part of this morning was dedicated to making a variety of different types of patties to stock the freezer. This was mainly the result of me coming over all Jamie Oliver on Kate’s…

It is that time of year when the melon man comes once a week with a crate of melons. We buy a mix, which is a couple of melons and a couple of watermelons. The exact quantity varies, but this…

Welcome to the latest member of the family. This is El Guapo and he is probably the cutest little blind, deaf and toothless ‘abuelito’ (a pet name that is given to older animals) that you are likely to meet! He…

Jesus is currently painting  the outside of the house. That still makes me smile. You’d think I’d be used by now to Jesus being a popular name. We’ve had the back of the house painted, the front of the house…

This looks like a hideous accident, however it is the way that the dogs choose to sleep. It’s like a game of puppy pile-on!Here is Roland with Bentley – Roland will happily share his sleeping space – even with a…

Roland and Babbity Bumble protesting against the lack of fresh tuna and sausages with a sleep in.

Here is a photo of our back yard. Surprisingly, the photo doesn’t do it justice as it is looking quite good at the moment. Admittedly, our lime tree now just has two leaves on it and perhaps the tomatoes we…

We decided that it was time for Roland to be introduced to the house. He has been introduced slowly to all of the other animals – without any problems – so we felt that he was confident enough to come…

Somebody switched summer on last week. I think about 12 o’clock Tuesday morning, when all of a sudden the temperature ramped up and we started moaning about the heat. We’ve commented on this before, however there is no gentle easing…

Two of my younger students were telling me that the tooth fairy gives them 5 euros per tooth – which equates to one class. Given that I often think that teaching them is like pulling teeth, this seemed strangely apt.