by Ellen Lanser | 19 Jun 2020 | blog
Or at home – because son Broes is cooking a lot nowadays! Everything is dragged from the garden into the kitchen – especially a lot of zucchini, of course, because somehow zucchini plants always do well. But the peas, beans, cucumbers, lettuce, pumpkin,...
by burorader | 29 May 2020 | blog
I don’t think I’m Tour de France material, but it was not bad. Pain in my bum, yes. And pain in my head. From the sun. And clasped hands from squeezing all the time. 10 kilometers in 45 minutes approximately. And then I certainly got off 5 times to take a...
by burorader | 23 May 2020 | blog
Too old. Suddenly you’re too old. Strange, because it doesn’t feel that way inside. And if you trained yourself (like me) to keep the looking-in-the-mirror to an absolute minimum, ditto for taking selfies- that’s a shock! There are many advantages to...
by burorader | 16 May 2020 | blog
Frank Gardener is here since the beginning of March. Stranded because of the C-risis. He could go home but he bought a property here, to start a new life on a new farm. One point in favour of staying in Portugal, secondly: if you go back to South Africa, you have to...
by burorader | 9 May 2020 | blog
(when God closes a door, she opens a window) Thirty eight face masks. That’s quite a lot Cut 38 pieces of fabric, lock them over, sew 2 seams, iron the folds, pin the elastic bands, sewing it all, turn over, stitch 2 pieces on the top, done. Next! I’m used...
by burorader | 2 May 2020 | blog
A question that’s on everybody’s lips: how will it be, our holidays in 2020? I suspect that in many cases it’ll preferably not be a staycation. Most people have seen their houses enough now. The big question is of course when we can travel again. Now...
