Brace, brace
More Door Two months have passed since I last laid a log. There have been more doors, trips outside Almodovar and to the farm and our first Christmas and New Year in Portugal. I've selected these photos to give a flavour of what we've been up to. Can I take a photo of you eating crisps with chopsticks? Harry continues to occupy himself with chores, cooking, dog care and clearing brambles on the farm. He is itching to move there and be able to get properly stuck into developing the land. Ichiro has polydipsia (drinking too much) and polyuria (peeing too much) which worsens his bed-wetting. Although we suspected diabetes, the vet's blood tests came back with a normal sugar level although a single reading doesn't rule diabetes out. He's at an age where it feels cruel to put him through invasive tests and it's not clear that any results would lead to a simple intervention. I don't know how Harry does it but every day he tirelessly washes the sponge ...