Unlike a certain German goal keeper Suarez didn't cheat.
It was areal tragedy for Gyan but that's football.

The Spanish Paraguay saga of penalties was far far worse refereeing. The penalty was retaken for infringement. The Paraguay penalty actually had more players infringing, and the second penalty also had players infringing. And in the midst of it all he missed another clear penalty for Spain.

Lets hope the Dutch can wallop Uruguay now.

Has Paul the Octopus made his prediction yet for Germany-Spain?

Ah just seen in - three injured. At least no one was killed.

Heat booze and football. Not a good combination

Insanity reigns. 33C.
Holland just beat Brazil and the neighbourhood has gone mad. Fireworks, vuvuzelas, air horns, car horns.
Too hot for all that even though it is a shock result.

Ah well everyone is happy again until Tuesday I guess.

Lidy, one of our dogs is from Spain too, well from La Palma in the Canaries, and my son's Samoyed is also from Spain .

Candids work best, or as I said get them to do their camera smile and sneak in another one when they relax.

Or tell them they don't have to smile - they will usually smile at that.

And for such events they don't really have to smile. It is clear they are having a good time without a cheesy grin on their face.

At a black tie dinner I went to at a museum in Leiden the photographer used the Egyptian temple as the back drop, had couples and groups pose in front of it, and had us all walking like an Egyptian. Took some like that then a few more as we laughed about it all. Worked well.

Yummy pancakes and Maple Syrup. I don't like the way Americans do bacon, so I don't normally have the bacon though.

We visited Funks Grove Maple Sirup (syrup) Farm in Illinois when we drove rte 66 and watched them catching the sap and boiling it. They were really busy so we didn't get a tour, but were welcome to stand and watch a while. Since it was really cold we didn't stay too long.

It was good sirup though.

I have the 17-70 and it is my main lens. Totally reliable, I would recommend it to anyone.
Where have you read that it is unreliable?

Peter you are a real star paying for their spaying yourself. I'm glad the vet offers a reduced fee for ferals.

Those three are real cuties. I love the markings on the middle one.

Don't give them ideas. Ryanair charges for everything else!

KLM do charge for an extra seat if you are very large, as do a lot of airlines. They will throw you off if you can't put the arm rest down fully and haven's booked a spare seat.

They also charge for a second checked bag now.

Personally I would be happy to pay for carry-on and not pay for checked bags. It would make getting on and off a plane much quicker as everyone would stop trying to do a three week holiday with carry-on only, and leave room in the overheads for my gear. Can't see it happening though.

Peter, sorry about Izzie.

Great that you are captured the queens and got her neutered. The kindest thing for all concerned.

Is there a capture neuter release programme where you are? I know some Spanish municipalities run them, having been convinced it is the solution to the feral cat (and dog) problem.