Monday, November 26, 2007

FAME FOR YIN AND YANG.

Yolanda in the Nederlands here at http://blissyo-elgarden.blogspot.com/ has tagged our two precious Siamese....and aren't they chuffed. "About time", they said.



Favourite toys:
Yin - don't get a look in - Yang hogs them all
Yang - my ping-p
ong ball, my climbing frame, my staff's moccasins

Favourite foods:

We are both very picky - only raw hake and shrimps though we are partial to l
icking out the cornflake bowl and creme freche tub.


Favourite activities:

Yin - chasing crickets, being cuddled by D., being cuddled by P.,
being cuddled by Anyone
Yang - watching my favourite Jacqui Lawson cards on the computer;
watching Nature programmes on t.v.; helping with the filing.

Bad Habits:

Yin: I am a paragon - I have none!
Yang: I'm the naughty one - throwing things off shelves to get attention, knocking on the windows at inconvenient times, waking the servants at 3.30 a.m., staying out late.

As for
Music, all that jazz and opera in the house, we can't hear ourselves think. We prefer the quiet, though they do insist on leaving the radio on when they go out, thinking it'll keep us company.


Adios mis amigos.



Monday, November 19, 2007

Unknown Plant.

Mathilde has been at it again - leaving a bunch of "somethings" while I was out. I think they're lilies and have divided them and plonked them in with plenty of compost . Now what? Do I stake them? I fuss over new acquisitions as if they're babies and, sadly, not all survive.


Poorly pelargoniums. The only things I spray in Spain are pelargoniums as they're prone to destruction by the geranium moth. I also had some little white flies around plants under the pergola. But it looks as if my ministrations have not succeeded. I've clipped some back, sprayed again and had a big clear up under the pergola as it was getting damp and dark. The vine is dying back so have pruned that to let in more sun and light, and that may do the trick.
Everything else - the hibiscus, hardenbergia, incense plant and last year's poinsettia - are doing fine.