It’s been a bad year for houseflies so far. Too cold for the filthy blighters. Last year (yep, the famous ‘barbecue summer’) was the same. Not that I’m complaining. The year before, though, we had two houseflies in (without an invitation, too) so, apart from loads of fly spray and industrial-strength swatters, we bought some [...]

We now have a new addition to the family: the black piglet that I took such a liking to the other day. I have named him Kevin (as in Bacon) and am pleased to say he has already shown his mischievous nature. In fact, it was obvious even before we’d reached the checkout in our [...]

If we were looking for a career change, professional criminal — more specifically, thief — would not be a good option. Forget breaking into locked cars and buildings; we probably couldn’t even break into an unlocked one, at least not if our efforts to break into our groceries this morning was anything to go by.
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Magpies are one of our favourite birds: they’re cheeky, easy to recognize — and big enough so you don’t need binoculars to see ‘em. This one turned up just before dusk, around 4pm this afternoon. Presumably, it would usually prefer to spend the night in a tree, but we think it could have needed to [...]