Although at the most Davy was only lost for 18 hours, he seemed to have scared himself as he has stayed close to the house, and is being very affectionate. In particular waking us up in the night with his padding and meowing letting us know that he is here. A few little dribbles are added for emphasis. We're not sure really what happened as he is very capable of getting over walls - I wonder if perhaps he was out having adventures when it rained and went in for shelter, fell asleep and couldn't remember where he was. We won't know, but it is good to know that he replies when called.
The rain has now stopped and it is sunny. It is cold in the morning - well not frosty cold, but fresh. It gets hotter during mid day - probably 25 degrees or so, which is a nice temperature. Everything is getting greener now - which seems strange. In autumn things get green, in summer it gets brown. The reverse to what we are used to.
Unfortunately the wall at the far end of the rear yard (the one that devides us from the field) has collapsed. Not sure when it happened, it was ok when we went to the hospital on Thursday so I guess sometime Friday. Ian went to the bar to ask about builders - hmmm. However it seems that the rain has caused quite a lot of damage in different houses and the builders are quite busy, but hopefully someone will come and see us to give us a quote. The field sometimes has sheep in it - so we might have some sheepy friends next time we go out into the rear yard.
The clocks changed today. And we remembered for once...
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Davy's big adventure (and Ian's)
We had not seen Davy today and this is unusual. So Ian started to have a bit of a hunt around, we checked the house first off incase he got locked in one of the rooms, and then the barns. Whilst Ian was out looking and calling he could hear a cat responding - and thought it might be Davy. But the meow was coming from over the wall in one of the yards further down. So armed with a ladder Ian scaled the wall into the next door yard, and then over again into the yard next door - and there Davy appeared. Davy was smart enough to climb the ladder that Ian put down to him and Ian then man (cat) handled him over into our yard. Not sure what happened - perhaps he got in but couldn't get out, but luckily he was fine. Ian says that the yard where he found him was full of sheep - so good job really that no one found Ian wandering round this yard in his wellies with a ladder otherwise I think he would have looked very suspicious. As it was I think someone looking out of their rear windows would have wondered about the loco Ingles. Or perhaps not....
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Checking in
What a long time since my last Blog. So much for regular updates.
We are in the midst of Autumn which is not quite the season of mellow fruitfullness that we are used to. The only fruitfull things we have are two ugly fruit which we've been nuturing. Luckily as it turned out, these were not melons as Ian kindly treated me to 9 melons from the nice man who came knocking at the door. It is also the season of visits and unfortunately this week has turned into the week of rain - so poor M&D have seen Spain in the rain again.
It has also turned a little cooler, still not cold, but definately with an autumn feel. We will soon be thinking about heating, and working out where to put stoves and heaters etc. How quickly the summer seems to have passed. It is noticeably darker in the morning and evening too. I am writing this at 8.15 and it is still dark outside. Of course the clocks will change at the end of the month, but it is still a little strange to wake up in the dark at this time.
Ankle is now naked, having had the plaster taken off when I was in hospital. As I was just laid down anyway the consultant thought I might as well have the plaster off so that I could flex my ankle and also to give the incisions some fresh air to aid healing. Having had a fever for quite a period, my plaster was insulating my ankle nicely and turning it into an oven. Fresh air was quite a novelty and it was quite shocking to see my ankle in all its glory for the first time. For about 24 hours it was quite mishapen and looked sorry for itself. However it soon came back into shape and with a bit of scraping off of dead skin (Ian impressed all the nurses by helping me wash my foot for the first time) it soon looked presentable. The incisions have been healing really well and the large one on the right is now partially invisible and the one on the left which is slightly swollen is coming along nicely. I have noticed that my right leg has started not to have the muscle definition of the left (ha - and that is saying something) and that when I am sat down the left leg looks normal whereas the right looks like blacmange. Heyho.
I had the ankle x-rayed when I was in hospital and the left bone is healing, however the right one is not. This means another few weeks without putting weight on it and therefore more time on crutches. I am glad of the wheelchair. Unfortunaltey it also means a few more weeks of anti-coagulant injections. Boo.
Tibs and Fibs are growing up, and are now little cats. It seems a long time ago since I took the picture of them climbing up my plaster. They are now allowed out into the big wide world and are very confident around the dogs. In fact Tibs is quite happy to snuggle up on Bob although Fibs is a bit nervous when the bark and hides under the kitchen table.
We are in the midst of Autumn which is not quite the season of mellow fruitfullness that we are used to. The only fruitfull things we have are two ugly fruit which we've been nuturing. Luckily as it turned out, these were not melons as Ian kindly treated me to 9 melons from the nice man who came knocking at the door. It is also the season of visits and unfortunately this week has turned into the week of rain - so poor M&D have seen Spain in the rain again.
It has also turned a little cooler, still not cold, but definately with an autumn feel. We will soon be thinking about heating, and working out where to put stoves and heaters etc. How quickly the summer seems to have passed. It is noticeably darker in the morning and evening too. I am writing this at 8.15 and it is still dark outside. Of course the clocks will change at the end of the month, but it is still a little strange to wake up in the dark at this time.
Ankle is now naked, having had the plaster taken off when I was in hospital. As I was just laid down anyway the consultant thought I might as well have the plaster off so that I could flex my ankle and also to give the incisions some fresh air to aid healing. Having had a fever for quite a period, my plaster was insulating my ankle nicely and turning it into an oven. Fresh air was quite a novelty and it was quite shocking to see my ankle in all its glory for the first time. For about 24 hours it was quite mishapen and looked sorry for itself. However it soon came back into shape and with a bit of scraping off of dead skin (Ian impressed all the nurses by helping me wash my foot for the first time) it soon looked presentable. The incisions have been healing really well and the large one on the right is now partially invisible and the one on the left which is slightly swollen is coming along nicely. I have noticed that my right leg has started not to have the muscle definition of the left (ha - and that is saying something) and that when I am sat down the left leg looks normal whereas the right looks like blacmange. Heyho.
I had the ankle x-rayed when I was in hospital and the left bone is healing, however the right one is not. This means another few weeks without putting weight on it and therefore more time on crutches. I am glad of the wheelchair. Unfortunaltey it also means a few more weeks of anti-coagulant injections. Boo.
Tibs and Fibs are growing up, and are now little cats. It seems a long time ago since I took the picture of them climbing up my plaster. They are now allowed out into the big wide world and are very confident around the dogs. In fact Tibs is quite happy to snuggle up on Bob although Fibs is a bit nervous when the bark and hides under the kitchen table.