We suggested a visit to Lola for some time but the unusually wet spring has meant the plan was postponed. Lola is the 4-year old donkey of Hilario and Julie, who has not seen another donkey since they bought her. Since we have recently both enjoyed the excellent services of the same equine vet (Cristina … More Matilde and Aitana visit Lola
Rubí writes her Tuesday blogue I have spent the past eleven years being mostly bewildered. There was a Peasant who came to visit Matilde and me every weekend in the stables at Parcent, bringing carrots. We had not seen carrots before. Then one day we were loaded into señor Campo Gandara’s horsebox and we were … More Beyond Bewilderment
Bad weather in April and May meant that we had to put off the planned dental treatment for Matilde, as we needed warm dry weather. Today we finally had the conditions necessary to work on her teeth. Matilde donkey was not impressed with being shut in the stable from 5 a.m. and not eating for … More Dental treatment for Matilde
It is raining again. Yesterday it was not raining. Tomorrow it may not be raining. It will be raining on Friday and Saturday. We donkeys are getting fed up with the raining. Morris says it is due to climate change but Aitana says the climate has been changing ever since there were no more crocodiles … More Rubí’s Tuesday blog… on a Wednesday
Happy Easter to all our blog readers from me and Rubí, Matilde, Morris and Aitana. Today I put the old Easter bonnet back on Aitana to celebrate her return to full health (resurrection?) after nursing her for four months, through this difficult winter we have had here – following her health crisis back in December … More Happy Easter
Equus Asinus 