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View fullsize These two stunning acrylic paintings by @art.osv have arrived from Montreal. “A Dream Of Love” and “Finally Friday” are goergeous, unmistakably queer and in a road my fauvist style - blocks of colour clash and contrast to evo
View fullsize Last week we waved goodbye to Beryl Berlingo - our van which has gone to the scrap yard in the sky.
View fullsize Very sad to report that Regaliz didn’t survive despite the best efforts of @sotonlad , @clanasociacioncdl and @vetsircan The feral cats locally are struggling with feline leukaemia, parvovirus and feline Covid. Regaliz was just too weak to be
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View fullsize Save the date! Alex & Matts Annual Fundraising Halloween Party returns on Saturday 31st October 2026. This will be in support of two charities, the RBL Alcala Branch Poppy Appeal and CLAN the local animal rescue charity. Further details to f
View fullsize Chilling with Molette
View fullsize This poor boy, Regaliz (Licorice) is only a youngster. Matt found him in the street earlier and brought him home. Thankfully Toñi from CLAN collected him this evening and took him to Rafa. Seriously underweight and dehydrated, Regaliz has Feli
View fullsize I’ll never understand that people can be so wilfully cruel. Matt picked up this cat today - no apparent injury but horribly emaciated, low energy and fur in terrible condition. No blood, obvious ticks or fleas and it’s managed to eat a
View fullsize Yay! So excited that my @mieldeideas original (pencil on paper) drawing “Hermes 2.0” has arrived. So will need to get this framed and on the wall.
View fullsize I just had a REALLY lovely conversation with Mike & Dory for their brilliant @otheringpodcast where they advocate for disabled and LGBTQ+ communities. The broadcast date is likely to be 4 months away, so drop them a follow (tell them The Big Gay
View fullsize This is the Olivo de la Era de la Zarza, just outside Castillo de Locubín. It’s thought to be over 1,500 years old, one of the monumental olive trees of the Sierra Sur, still standing on the same patch of ground since before most of Euro
View fullsize Today marks the first anniversary of my fathers passing. I was fortunate to have a good relationship with my father in my adult years, and he mellowed with age. Not too shy to share emotions, even though he was sometimes embarrassed by them. This w