Friday 21 February 2014

we've moved

we've moved

no, don't get excited, not into the new house, just our blog........
We've changed our name and host

please come and visit us, we'd love you to follow us, we're hoping staying in touch will be easier

this is where we are:


hope to see you soon

Monday 10 February 2014

bless you dear cat

sadly a few weeks ago, I had to have my darling Lulu put down, she'd been off and on poorly for a while,  living outside had not agreed with her (long story) but she was nearly 16 and I'd say thats pretty good going, she'd used up all her lives with various accidents and poisonings, not to mention being mauled (practically to death) by 4 puppies
what a fantastic cat


Blossom and Lulu on the schist trail


 Stanley and lulu, the best of friends




Fred and Lulu chilling on the stairs


 and just when she thought life would be a bit quieter in her very old age, along came Woody


spring is coming, honest

it's hard to believe, especially when it does what it did today, but spring is on it's way.....

honest it is, I promise


No, seriously, it is


If you listen carefully and look beneath the piles of sodden leaves, mud, relentlessly grey and weeping skies there are springy things happening everywhere





a small peek under their winter covers reveals fruit on all the citrus trees, some are bearing fruit that have never borne fruit before

  

we've only had one landslide this year (so far!!) and luckily the local council are friends, so they happily removed this boulder which Woody tried to shove out of the way....bless


slowly, slowly everything will dry out and before you know it, it'll be scorchio again and the rivers will have run dry and we'll all be dreaming of rain and the winter will seem like an age ago

hard to imagine, but true