Spanish Practices

Today Pigs and Puppies Day Thirty three of the Spanish Lockdown, the sometimes amusing, diary of a Brit in southern Spain under the 'Alarma' - normal life has stopped.   To find out more:  https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 33 Pigs and Puppies   It is day 33 of our Spanish Lockdown and the day dawned gloomy and it was again raining slightly.  This is unusual weather, many of the plants in the garden are looking a bit sad, not only are they recently planted but they are clearly not enjoying the rain.   Down below onto the mountain side where the cactus grow, the most amazing thing has happened we have sweet peas growing up and around the cactus.  I have never seen that here before and it brings a weird incongruous mixture of the Mediterranean and English country garden.   Three good legs cat has learnt how to balance himself at the end of the swimming pool and escape down to that garden on his own.  We have a child gate that normally prevents him from going AWOL. He has yet to fall in the pool and has chosen t