Equus Asinus

No not this one… geogcostablanca.blog is now finished. Please take a look at that blog to see why.  This blog will resume on Tuesday with a blog post from Rubí.

We are coming to the end of the third week in Lent.  It was International Women’s Day on Thursday and this became a point of reflection for me in my Lent spiritual reading because my text is the first book known to be written by an English woman. An element of humour has always been … More All shalle be wele, and alle maner of thynge shalle wele

I was going to write the Tuesday blog this week, but Rubí got in there first.  So you get two Tuesday blogs this week.  The nasty people who get their thrills by stressing a worried donkey, in the benighted village that the Refugio del Burrito brought to our attention, claim to be doing this because … More Goodbye to tradition

My Rubí Tuesday blog for today, Shrove Tuesday 2018, is given to publicise the story that the Refugio del Burrito has made public today.  On the day before Lent begins, Spanish tradition (somehow linked with the Catholic religious cycle?) once again gives vent to the sickness in men, where they seem to delight in distressing … More Another cruel tradition

An Inspector Calls… Today at El Parral we had the ministry of agriculture official veterinary inspection.  To keep equines, whether horses, mules or donkeys, requires a set of paperwork which is more complex than that needed to purchase a house.  This is no exaggeration: in fact it is probably twice as much paperwork. Therefore there … More The Ministry of Silly Poos

I have been pruning all the trees at El Parral.  I am into my second winter season here, and the trees have mostly been saved.  Regular readers may remember the trees were in a poor state because the property had been long derelict.  Now is the time to increase the yield by pruning back the … More Lord of the Files

Today 14th January is the Feast of the Ass.  See the page about this in my donkey Culture & History pages.  I was also sent a link by Jim in USA to remind me about today, which I must admit I had actually forgotten. Many thanks Jim! He included a link to a priest’s blog. … More Feast of the Ass

For most people it is the end of the year.  For teachers, it is simply the end of the first term.  An opportunity to relax at home with the inevitable illnesses you have caught from the children.  It has always been a mystery to me, why we always have to finish the hardest, most tiring … More The Brexit bouquet

When the Peasant gave us our breakfast this morning he said, “Happy Boxing Day, donks!”  We were a bit puzzled by this, and Morris didn’t have time to look it up on the Interweb thingy because he was too busy eating his breakfast.  However, all was explained later.  Boxing Day is the day when you … More Happy Boxes Day

I first put Santa hats on the donkeys in 2011 when the foals were only three months old and skipping around like mad goats.  After that, it became an annual tradition for us.  It is nice to get a line-up of donks in Santa hats, looking spontaneous, but it is not that easy.  Just getting … More It’s Donkey Christmas hats time again