In the olden days, the only way of identifying the owner of a dog or cat was to hope that it was wearing a collar with its address on it so it could be safely returned if it happened to get lost. (more…)
Although this is not the actual cat… it looks very similar!
We had already done a full morning’s voluntary work for the animal centre… a dog, three rabbits and a cat had been transported to the vet’s surgery for treatment. (more…)
The time we spent living in Spain was regularly punctuated by parties. In a multinational community, there is more chance that any particular day will be a day for celebration (more…)
We had sailed into Nazare in Portugal. We try to experience local custom and culture as we travel around, so with a certain amount of trepidation, we bought tickets for a bullfight. (more…)
It was the week before Christmas…. well, a few weeks before, actually, and I was teaching in a secondary school in Pimlico. Just before the first lesson after lunch, the Head received a phone call from the manager of a swish department store in Victoria Street, nearby. Apparently a boy had been seen stealing from store during the lunch hour. He was well known locally, so they named him (more…)
Years ago, I was a full-time working mother. One afternoon, I finished work early and visited my son’s classroom. All around the walls were pictures of females, drawn by the children, all entitled ‘My Mum’. All were drawn with great care, but I must admit, none was recognisable as anyone that I knew! (more…)
We were in our late fifties, but still very active and forward looking.
Whilst we were preparing our boat for the retirement trip to the Med., we were in the process of having her dragged out of the water for the annual scrubbing of the bottom and the ritual application of antifouling paint. (more…)
Don’t you just love it when things go pear shaped? (more…)
As volunteer animal ambulance drivers at Llys Nini Animal Rescue Centre, we regularly transport a variety of animals to and from the local vet.
This entails going in and out of the centre’s vast grounds at hours when the centre is closed to the public, early in the morning and late in the evening. (more…)
Someone I know was having occasional visits from individual members of a family of mice.
Being a kindly sort of a chap, he bought a ‘Humane mousetrap’, in order to be able to remove each uninvited guest from his home without harming it. (more…)