April turned out to be a horrible month weather wise, it has rained nearly every day, and it’s been quite cool. No more work has been done on the clearing of the land at the front of the house, since
Spring has really sprung
Still no rain of any consequence! The whole country is in a state of drought, but on the plus side the weather is lovely, warm and sunny. Spring has really sprung, with flowers and blossom appearing everywhere. I have added
Sunbathing in February
Another month has passed with no rain and gloriously sunny days. It has been cold with frost most nights, but now the temperatures are beginning to rise, Spring is here. We had seven visitors from Holland for five nights, and
Take care chopping firewood
Following on from the last post, about three weeks ago the lady from the village who helps with our cleaning, was helping her husband chop fire-wood. Somehow he managed to chop off the little finger on her left hand, they
An eventful start to 2012
A lot has happened since a very pleasant Christmas spent with Hugh & Jane in Parada da Gonta. The weather although cold at night has in the main been sunny and warm during the day. I have been out in
Harvesting olives, bottling wine
Winter is here again. Today is overcast, misty,drizzly, and cold! However to date although we have had some very wet days during November, the weather has also been sunny and warm for some of the time. We have been doing
Wine-making
The weather has continued warm and dry to this point, although we are expecting a few days of rain starting tomorrow. At least I will be able to stop watering the garden. We have had a steady stream of visitors
Wine bottling
A steady stream of guests, and largely good weather. However last week-end was wet, and today is cool and cloudy, not normal! We helped our friends bottle 2500 bottles of wine, and visited Belmonte. There was a castle and some