The Snow Bird and some gas

Bianca did not last long as a name - she now has the grand title of "The Snow Bird" and she is a really feisty princess. We should really be going for Spanish names but 'El Pájaro De la Nieve' does not exactly trip lightly of the tongue...hmm it does sound grand and almost Quixotish though and is perhaps a rival to Dulcima de Toboso on the beauty front.

I think we have a gatito (kitten) ariving soon; it is black and in its current home sleeps curled up with the eggs in our friends' henhouse - any guesses as to the likely name ? I think it might begin with B.

The boys are giving serious consideration as to middle names for all of the birds....naming things really is important to them just now - what wonderful ages to be - just 5 or almost 6.

We ran out of gas on sunday, have been ringing the gas man's number for a couple of weeks and getting a constant engaged tone so I finally had to check the address out in google earth and wend my way to the depths of Ferrol on Monday where amazingly enough I drove straight to the right place and even found a parking space not far off. A man arrived manyana de manyana to sort our new contract and on my proud rendering of "No hay nada gas" he became rather concerned and got busy on the phone and within 20 mins a lorry arrived with three full cylinders and just as I was getting lost in a mire of galego/castillian banter a lovely lady by chance chose that moment to knock at our door and introduce herself - a neighbour from not far away who speaks excelent English, and galego and castillian i think so phew confusion difused and clarity resumed and we breathed a huge sigh of relief..then realised a power surge had damaged our oven and the microwave now does a great lightning storm ...ah well life goes up and down doesn't it..the computer is thankfully ok .....upward and onward.