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    Best Christmas present?

    No question what mine is, though it won't be unwrapped until July/August next year... I'm going to be a granny for the first time, yayyyyyy! *beams from ear to ear* Victoria
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    Silly old fools

    "Let's order all our logs in one go," said Joe. "It'll be cheaper and we won't have to think about firewood again for ages." So we did. Stupidly. The truck came, and the logs were tipped into the street. (We live in a tiny, remote, mountain village in Spain.) It took us 9 painful hours to...
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    FREE Mother's Day Gift - "Chickens, Mules & Two Old Fools"

    Duplicate https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=486624
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    Something to crow about - THANK YOU!

    I haven’t been on the BYC forum for ages because Joe and I went to work in Bahrain last August. (I know, what a stuuuupid place to pick - but how could we know it was all going to kick off there???) Thankfully our contract is nearly over and we return to Spain in June. Anyway, ‘Chickens, Mules...
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    Old Fools exchanging chickens for CAMELS…

    Firstly - I want to thank the many, many lovely people who I’ve ‘met’ here on BYC. I know loads have bought my book, and either left super Amazon reviews or have emailed or messaged me. What nice people you are! Yes, I’m writing the sequel to ‘Chickens’ now. The working title is ‘Two Old Fools...
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    Jumping over babies

    I always thought that the Annual Fiesta in our little village was crazy, but there is another I’ve just heard about that really takes the biscuit! It takes place in Castrillo de Murcia, about 36 km west of Burgos, and apparently dates back to 1620. To celebrate Corpus Christi, men dress up as...
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    Chicken unwell

    Because of my book, readers sometimes think I'm a chicken expert, and I'm NOT AT ALL! Joe and I were thrown in at the deep end and we just get by with our chicken-keeping with help from the internet, particularly BYC. Anyway, I had an email today from a lovely lady, and I have no idea what to...
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    A bit of an emergency for the Two Old Fools

    We live in a tiny mountain village in Spain, and because the Spanish rarely have their cats spayed or neutered, it is home to many feral cats. They seem to survive very well on lizards, grasshoppers and rodents, and are skilled raiders of the rubbish skips. Although wild, they are clever. They...
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    A request...

    I'm trying to put together my book trailer, and I'm not really happy with the rooster photos and video clips I have. Does any kind person happen to have any pics or video (only need 3 seconds) of a bantam rooster crowing? I'd be so grateful if you have! Thanks in advance, Victoria
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    Rain and Killer Caterpillars in the Old Fool's Spanish Village

    Sorry I've been away from BYC for so long and I thought you might like to know what's been going with us... Well, rain mostly. We've had almost solid rain for three months, more than Andalucia usually sees in four whole years. Joe and I are seriously considering building an ark. The rain, which...
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    What's happening in the old fool's village?

    It's been a little while since I posted, and some very kind BYC people have messaged me (is that a proper verb?) to ask what's been happening in our village. Well, New Year's Eve was interesting. The Spanish have this tradition where you are supposed to swallow one grape every time the clock...
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    Please pop over and ask me a question... (pretty please!)

    I've made loads of friends since joining BYC and I know quite a lot of you have read my book. I was hoping some of you would be kind enough to help me out. My book is being spotlighted on Librarything and I'm doing an Author Chat where people ask me questions on anything; about my life in a...
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    Men are hopeless!

    My son's girlfriend asked him to pop out to buy a card for someone. Did he come back with a card? No. He came back with this... He's 29 years old, by the way. Victoria PS I rather like Sunday's, but would it suit me?
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    Just wanted to show off our presents!

    This last week we've had the Gin Twins staying from the UK. (if you've read 'Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools', you'll understand about the Gin Twins!) Anyway, they brought loads of gifts from England. This is a pic of our garden table with some of the presents laid out. (Notice the reindeer...
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    Just wondered... Any tweeters here?

    I'm not a fan of Facebook. I live up a mountain and only have dial-up and FB is painfully sloooow and time-consuming. I really like Twitter because it's fast, and the messages are short and snappy. I found BYC because Sillystunt pointed me in this direction on Twitter. Just wondered if many...
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    Spanish Tapas- Mediterranean Eggs

    I'm English and when I first moved to Spain I didn't really know what 'tapas' were. I soon found out that they are little bits of this and that. Yum! The word comes from the Spanish for 'lid' or 'cover' and described how the Spanish often put small plates over their drinks to keep the flies...
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    Help please with writing

    I've just been typing my first My Page, but none of the icons seem to work for me. I've tried changing the font size, adding images, a link, and what happens? Nothing! Could it be that I use Safari? Or that I live up a Spanish mountain and still only have dial-up? Advice gratefully received...
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    Hi from an old fool in Spain

    Hi, I’m Victoria and I’m English, but I don’t live in England anymore. Five years ago I nagged poor Joe into relocating to a teeny, tiny mountain village in Spain. There are only six people (and 2 mules) in the village in winter, but in the summer and at weekends there are a couple of hundred as...
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