Summer 2019 has been the most eventful and traumatic summer we've had since living in Spain.

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain.

With all the rain and blowy weather over the past few festive weeks the UK has been gripped by storms.

To add to my collection of cute Mom's Frogs, here is a birthday card she sent me many years ago with lovely words, along the line

I have this strange love for cute monkey's, mostly those gorgeous little round-faced Orangutan's, but I have been known to swing over to other monkey business too.

We had a fantastic experience on Escape To The Continent, and we are very excited to go back to vis

Okay, okay, this isn’t the same kinda lady that we shared our honeymoon with.

I Shared My Honeymoon With Another Lady. Okay, don’t gasp just yet, hear me out. There are some personal little things that effect us home business owner's lives.

It is truly magical when you trek all the way up to London, have an excellent meeting about your home business and then scoot all the way home again to get this kind of welcome!

In my strange quest to spot all the cutest monkeys in town, spotted this baby Orangutan in a nappy chap the other day and thought he was too cute. It seems to me that he is saying ...

Ken's bike arrived yesterday so he was off cycling the Spanish mountains today and came across this lovely little village a few miles from our local town.

I started practising driving on the 'wrong side' of the road today. I did okay - no 'women-driver' remarks from anyone, especially Dexter the back seat driver.

Now don't confuse this with Abbey Road by The Beatles, but there is a dirt path that we call Avo Road. That's because there are some Avocado trees up and down the steep slopes.

The day after we arrived at our temporary holiday home in Spain, it was back to work on our businesses and my novels. But on this special occasion we broke off early.

After the long journey across the channel on the dreadful tin ferry, and then driving through Spain we finally arrived at our new temp home.

With us finally on our way to Spain, our Spring Spaniel - Dexter - wrote this blog :)

This is where I will be writing the last edits of The Grotto's Secret.

You'd never believe that this image is in the middle of winter. Not the dreary winter's days I am used to in the UK.

When Ken and I arrived in Spain we decided to try a bit of yoga first thing in the morning. Picture the scene: it's a brighy sunny winter morning, we're in our tracksuits.

What is lovely about spending winter in Spain is not only the gorgeous sunny days and clear blue skies, but sometimes you get stunning views across the Sierras like this one.

After a wind storm blew this piece of fabric, which looks like a dog's bed, down into our home, Dexter got really excited.

Just when you think you're safe and your folks won't embarrass you any more...WHAM! Look what happened to me, says Dexter.

I haven't blogged much lately because we have been doing so much house hunting and it has been so lovely to have our three sons coming over to visit us for the Christmas season (even though it's Ja

I have this thing about the Spanish sunrise. Whenever we're out walking I snap shots of the sun rising ... it starts off like this above.

Within seconds the sky lights up like this ...

We went to see our first property viewing today in Los Moras on the Spanish coast a couple of hours from Malaga. Firstly, we had to drive half an hour up a dry riverbed to get to the village.

We'd only been in Competa for our second weekend when this huge wind storm whipped up off the coast, which is only about 12 miles away. In fact, we can see the sea from the pool patio.

As a conspiracy thriller writer I am fixated with reading books that race

Caught red-handed yet again. But this time Dexter has gone from socks and slippers and stealing grandma's tights to the big stuff. Hiking Boots!

When it was just Ken and I alone, our three sons all living on their own, I'd get up well before the crack of dawn and start my writing day. I loved the peace and quiet settling over the house.

Living In The Spanish Mountains has its ups and downs. Sorry, that just came out, I didn't plan it ...