“Good Lord, are they putting a different size bolt on those things now too?” I grumble as I try to place the disc on the head, “why do good things always have to be improved? It’s rarely better, actually …” The brush cutters have to work in May! The temperatures are nice, it rains every […]
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The worst thing about our current situation is that the forecasts are so contradictory. I’m getting messages from my friend Jutta, who’s checking the German app; someone just rushes by and quickly reports that two more storms are on their way; the IPMA (Portugal’s Metoffice) says it’s only going to be 15 km/h windy with
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He spent weeks preparing. Neighbor Paul made every effort to make his friends feel at home. With a great result. Those friends have also become friends of Termas da Azenha At least I hope so … It is actually quite a bold statement, I don’t even know how they read this … but let’s assume
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I read in the newspaper that the Netherlands is counting its wasps. There is a national wasp count, a scientific event that has existed for two years. Its goal: to know if the wasp is thriving, and to improve the image of the wasp in general. Wasps have a bad reputation – no justification for
Why is the buzzing of a fly so annoying, while that of a bee is not? The buzzing of bees sounds intensely satisfied, that’s why If you have ever stood with your head in a huge wisteria (like me), or near a “wall” of jasmine, then you understand. Imagine you’re a bee or a bumblebee,
We are in the Fig Tree in the Delta – that is what Figueira da Foz would be called in english. Mira dances on the beach, growls at her own tail, looks at the waves in amazement and tries to ignore the seagulls. I suspect she has already seen their sharp beaks, and that they
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Are they broken up now? How strange that there is suddenly a nest right next to the road, on a lamppost. Very low to the ground for a stork’s nest. Usually they look a bit higher up. The high-voltage pylons in the next valley are particularly popular. Efforts have been made to prevent the construction
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My sister’s house smelled really good of jasmine. It made me feel at home – I was on my annual visit to Holland. Her plant was a lot smaller than what you encounter here in the wild. Here it also smells very nice of jasmine – outside. Spring is about to begin! The daffodils, magnolias
Spring fever – the kind you don’t get nasty tweets from Read More »
Spring is coming, and it shows. The first campers have already been seen. The second family is packing as we speak. There are many different types of campers The first family came with a large camper. Understandable, because the oldest cutie is just a year old, and the second is still in mommy’s belly. Then
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We walk just around the bend, Mira and I. I stop because a car is coming. “CAR” I say with a frowned emphasis, as always, trying to make it clear to the dog that these things are serious. Suddenly, right in front of my feet something is moving, and fluttering around in circles. That’s weird.
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