Three roman busts were found in the roman remains up the road just outside Llerena.
This is a clip from the paper:-
The busts date from the first and second centuries and one of Trajan is of particular interest.
A summer camp organised for youngsters by the Junta de Extremadura has resulted in the discovery of three Roman busts dating from the first and second centuries, and of considerable value. One of the busts, of Trajan, is said to be particularly valuable as it is one of the few items to link him to Hispania.
The 15 students were working at the site of the old Roman city, Regina Turdulorum, at Casas de Reina in Badajoz and they found the three busts inside a well.
The busts have now been taken to the Provincial Archaeology Museum in Badajoz.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Blackbeard Mystery
Ian found Blackbeard cowering in the dark in the dressing room. He picked him up and BB was shaking. He didn't seem to be injured, but he was very shaken and was walking with a limp. Luckily, BB is very cuddly, so instead of taking himself a way, he was quite happy to have a couple of days of being carried around and eating sausages, and spending the rest of the time on our laps. I don't know what happened to him - we think that he might have fallen off something - they aren't the most agile of cats. We know he is better when we noticed that he was waiting for us to pick him up and put him on the fridge for his food, but would quite happily jump up there when we weren't looking.
We went to the garden center yesterday and were quite taken with some of the large palm trees, trouble is we'd have no way of getting the huge ones home. I think they'd be expensive too. Little ones were 15 euros so perhaps we'll get one of those. It was interesting to see that the large palm trees were growing in dustbins, so we wouldn't need huge pots if we did ever succeed to getting one to grown that big. We were looking for bamboo to support our kiwi fruit trees that are going mad at the moment.
The weather is so hot, but the evenings are nice and we can sit outside until bedtime. I'm sundrying some tomatoes - I'll keep you posted as to whether this is an excercise that works or just ends in a horrible mess!
We went to the garden center yesterday and were quite taken with some of the large palm trees, trouble is we'd have no way of getting the huge ones home. I think they'd be expensive too. Little ones were 15 euros so perhaps we'll get one of those. It was interesting to see that the large palm trees were growing in dustbins, so we wouldn't need huge pots if we did ever succeed to getting one to grown that big. We were looking for bamboo to support our kiwi fruit trees that are going mad at the moment.
The weather is so hot, but the evenings are nice and we can sit outside until bedtime. I'm sundrying some tomatoes - I'll keep you posted as to whether this is an excercise that works or just ends in a horrible mess!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
English Lessons
I am giving English lessons to a young lad around the corner. He is 12 years old and has been studying English for 4 years.
Obviously this means that he is now better than me.
The difference between possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns was one of the first things we covered. 'Luckily' all he wants is revision and I have his course book so at least I can stay one step ahead. I was delighted to find out that he didn't know his numbers - which at least I do, so that made for a fairly simple lesson. I'm doing two a week with him, so we'll see if it develops further.
Everything is now getting dusty. There hasn't been any rain since our exceptionally wet May, and they are 'watering' the dust roads to keep the dust down and we see people watering outside the front of their house to also keep the dust out of the house.
Our rose tree which a few weeks ago looked like it was dead, has regrown all of its leaves. Our courgettes are very disappointing, however, with a few shriveled specimens.
The lady whose son I am coaching gave us a huge bag of veg and we are 'looking forward' to the door to door melon man in a few weeks. He doesn't take 'no' for an answer, which is why last year we were exploring melon curry, melon icecream, melon pickle....
Obviously this means that he is now better than me.
The difference between possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns was one of the first things we covered. 'Luckily' all he wants is revision and I have his course book so at least I can stay one step ahead. I was delighted to find out that he didn't know his numbers - which at least I do, so that made for a fairly simple lesson. I'm doing two a week with him, so we'll see if it develops further.
Everything is now getting dusty. There hasn't been any rain since our exceptionally wet May, and they are 'watering' the dust roads to keep the dust down and we see people watering outside the front of their house to also keep the dust out of the house.
Our rose tree which a few weeks ago looked like it was dead, has regrown all of its leaves. Our courgettes are very disappointing, however, with a few shriveled specimens.
The lady whose son I am coaching gave us a huge bag of veg and we are 'looking forward' to the door to door melon man in a few weeks. He doesn't take 'no' for an answer, which is why last year we were exploring melon curry, melon icecream, melon pickle....
Friday, July 18, 2008
InExtremadura
We've just relaunched InExtremdaura.com (http://www.inextremadura.com/). It still has one or two little tweaks required, however it is a bit improvement over the original version.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Wuthering Height
I defy you to watch this and not smile!
In case you are wondering - here is the original
Friday, July 04, 2008
Pics
Princess Guncetta watching us debating whether she needed rescuing and the other pic is us getting ready for a dog trimming session - which is why with the exception of Billy they have all disappeared.
Everything in the Garden is...
...slightly brown and shriveled.
I just don't know how other people have lovely flower filled patios. I see them every day when we go for a walk and we come home and see our brown shriveled leaves. Unless everything is watered three times a day the leaves all fall off! I have spent ages nurturing a pot of poppies and one had a couple of petals and the rest gave up before flowering.
I've given up on our melons and am about to give up on the courgettes - although this was largely due to me asking Ian how should we prepare the courgettes and Ian said 'with a microscope'! On the plus side, the fig cuttings I took earlier in the year seem to be taking and we repotted our aloe vera and this is appears to be doing well. I think, however, our planing of an aloe vera is regarded a little like we would someone planting a thistle in a pot. I do have some nasturtiums that I bought in Swanage and these are looking great.
Our peach tree is doing well, and we've probably ended up with a dozen or so peaches, and they are all looking good. I was a little disappointed that all the leaves fell off our new rose - however it does seem to be growing again. The peach tree lost all of its leaves and it has over doubled in size since then so hopefully the rose will be fine.
Mind you, we are buying wonderful veg at the moment for just a few centimos, so there doesn't seem to be much point in growing our own.
We went to the vet tonight as Henry has been suffering with a bad ear. It transpires that he had a sharp end of grass embedded in his ear so no wonder it was painful. He has drops and antibiotics. The vet told us to keep their fur short during the summer because of these nasty pieces of grass.
The heat wave is now over - thank goodness. This part of Spain was on 'orange alert'. I think that this system is quite new and follows the heatwave of 2003. The temperature was caused by hot winds coming over from Africa and it was the bottom left bit of Spain that was most effected. The weather is now nice - we have to come in in the afternoon, but the mornings are great. I went out for a walk one evening and people have started pulling their chairs out onto the street again. I actually walked past one family who had a settee in the road, with their neighbours sat on one on the other side.
What else has been happening. Oh yes, there was a football match.....
I just don't know how other people have lovely flower filled patios. I see them every day when we go for a walk and we come home and see our brown shriveled leaves. Unless everything is watered three times a day the leaves all fall off! I have spent ages nurturing a pot of poppies and one had a couple of petals and the rest gave up before flowering.
I've given up on our melons and am about to give up on the courgettes - although this was largely due to me asking Ian how should we prepare the courgettes and Ian said 'with a microscope'! On the plus side, the fig cuttings I took earlier in the year seem to be taking and we repotted our aloe vera and this is appears to be doing well. I think, however, our planing of an aloe vera is regarded a little like we would someone planting a thistle in a pot. I do have some nasturtiums that I bought in Swanage and these are looking great.
Our peach tree is doing well, and we've probably ended up with a dozen or so peaches, and they are all looking good. I was a little disappointed that all the leaves fell off our new rose - however it does seem to be growing again. The peach tree lost all of its leaves and it has over doubled in size since then so hopefully the rose will be fine.
Mind you, we are buying wonderful veg at the moment for just a few centimos, so there doesn't seem to be much point in growing our own.
We went to the vet tonight as Henry has been suffering with a bad ear. It transpires that he had a sharp end of grass embedded in his ear so no wonder it was painful. He has drops and antibiotics. The vet told us to keep their fur short during the summer because of these nasty pieces of grass.
The heat wave is now over - thank goodness. This part of Spain was on 'orange alert'. I think that this system is quite new and follows the heatwave of 2003. The temperature was caused by hot winds coming over from Africa and it was the bottom left bit of Spain that was most effected. The weather is now nice - we have to come in in the afternoon, but the mornings are great. I went out for a walk one evening and people have started pulling their chairs out onto the street again. I actually walked past one family who had a settee in the road, with their neighbours sat on one on the other side.
What else has been happening. Oh yes, there was a football match.....