The Asian hornet is only getting hungry for fresh bees and larvae in high-summer. And that is now. Little groups…
saudade, the non-translatable emotion
Once every 4 months, I have a bad day. Surrounded by mountains too high to climb, nothing will come from…
demolished!
Today will be a nice demolition day.The old fireplace that has been dangling halfway for so long has to come…
Blogs about living in Portugal
Buckets of sand, bucket of lime, bucket of water, mix and process. At the moment, that’s what we do all…
Designing old doors and windows
One of the most difficult things about renovating the ruin is to keep its original character. In Holland we found…
E-bike in the mountains
Cycling is one of the things that really makes me Dutch. Cycling is part of daily life, a usual thing.And…
Beekeeping in Portugal-2
After we were surprised by a bee swarm in the garden (see earlier post), we searched for information about beekeeping…
voluntary gardener
We received a call from the Presidente (chairman) of the nature association.If we could help Saturday morning to clean the…
Beekeeping in Portugal
Yesterday I walked up to our ruin, without suspecting anything, when my eye caught a small brown moving ball on…
Buying a bike in Portugal
Already before we moved to Portugal, I had set my mind on an electric bike. Imagine: exploring our surroundings by…
yoga lessons
I am so happy i found yoga lessons in our area! Since we’ve been living here and doing so much…
our eco-loo, or the sawdust, bucket toilet
What a lovely week! The last 5 days we’ve spent with Dona Rolha’s parents on the coast in Vila do…
a wooden walkway.
It is obvious that we do not like the beaten track. Although to me there’s at least one exception:Os Passadiços…
Put it on, the slate!
or: our experiences with slate cladding on the cabana. Let me start by saying that we didn’t work previously with…
Lucky numbers – nobody likes paying taxes
“Contribuinte?”, Is the question that you often get when paying. Why do you always get that question about your Número…
The masks of Lazarim
It was Carnival this week. We aren’t necessarily passionate about that, being from the north part of the Netherlands. And…