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<\/a>Photoshop free lizard<\/p><\/div>\n
It was about 30cm long and stunning with a blue head, green body and brown tail, I photoshop you not. We’d later see a very similar one up at the house and now wonder how they have evaded our eyes\u00a0for the last two years.<\/p>\n
Up at the house we had wildlife encounters\u00a0three and four, although not strictly ‘wildlife’.<\/p>\n
We visited neighbour Miro\u00a0who has a pig in his barn whose chances of survival past the end of the year I suspect are slim. He’s a friendly thing, the pig not Miro, and likes to have his head scratched with scrubbing brush. He eats corn and the best vegetable scraps from Miros garden and seems fairly happy with the world.<\/p>\n
<\/a>This winters chorizo<\/p><\/div>\n
And we’ve not finished yet.<\/p>\n
Those of you who have been reading my blog will know about Enrique, the donkey I accidentally electrocuted. He’s still on our farm, although evicted from the barn, and now lives in a makeshift shelter under a cabazo.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Not an apple in sight<\/p><\/div>\n
Amanda called him and he came trotting but then left her feeling guilty that she’d no treat for him.<\/p>\n
I, on the other hand,\u00a0stayed well clear. I’m sure he remembers me and the now infamous ‘electric apple’ episode.<\/p>\n
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According to everyone we spoke to,\u00a0we took the good weather with us to Galicia when we visited last week, although I did try and point out that the English spring back home was more resemblant of a continuation of the … Continue reading