Monthly Archives: September 2013

“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run’ To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit … Continue reading →

You’d never believe it was autumn here, apart from the sea mist rolling in at dawn like some damp and squidgy duvet.  Joe set out to do some routine pruning of the agaves, the pittas (prickly pears) and the oleander … Continue reading →

This is Gordon the gekko on the kitchen window.  We have a whole colony of these thuggish looking Moorish gekkos who live in and around the crevices between the wooden planking of the cabin walls, so they are always close … Continue reading →

So here goes.  The first post. Something strange has been happening to our washing out on the line and also to the cars.  I have been noticing it over the last few years, but it has now got to epidemic … Continue reading →

We started our new life in rural Spain back in April 2006 and I have taken probably tens of thousands of photos, each one in sequential order so I can flit back in time with each set of photos, remembering … Continue reading →