I’ve been accustomed to stressed faces for years. When people arrive here. For the good observer the price of the year-round competing, running and hurrying can be seen on the parental faces. The children are not yet that far, and usually they also have something to swipe in their hands, so they’re sweet. I always […]
Stresslevels, before and after Read More »
I regularly think about it, but I have not been finding the right answer for years. I know who our target group is not. Example? Those people who are counting the threads in the sheets. Not those. Or those types that find towels of Marks and Spencer’s far below their dignity. Or people who think they deserve
There is a big stain on the floor of the adega under the mower. I pretend not to see it. I grab what I need and go. Then I leave it back in the workshop There is a big stain under the mower on the floor of the workshop. I pretend not to see it.
Broken mower? Doesn’t matter Read More »
Last year I suddenly noticed: all the flowers in the village square and in the village square the gardens are pink. The florets, the freesias, the hydrangeas, the geraniums, the Spanish daisies, the succulents, the oleander – all pink. Now I love pink, so that’s okay, but it’s almost weird. So I have focused on
Super tip for your (vegetable) garden Read More »
Multi-talent Bruno stayed! And Mary beautiful painter too! “Then it doesn’t matter to me anymore”, I say to myself aloud, “I’m really happy with this.” I spent quite a few hours on it, this GDPR situation, and it has unexpected consequences. The GDPR has a lot of consequences, and you’ve probably been hearing about it
Small losses because of the GDPR Read More »
Well, I’ll just confess: I’m a sexist. And maybe also a racist. Yeah, well. It’s like that. I can’t get out of it. How so, that I have to confess that now, do you ask? I am confronted. Facebook is the big culprit; through all friend requests on the Facebook page . As a company,
Sexist on Facebook Read More »
Spring break is over. It was a colorful caravan that passed by. It started with the arrival of the Red Van. Always a blessing, because there are all kinds of useful things in it. A beautiful chair for one of the houses, a table model freezer for the (hopefully) abundant harvest from the vegetable garden,
Rest in all its variations Read More »
He walked around shaking his head, shoving open all doors with: “Forbidden for unauthorized persons”. Quite a clear message. The sign is in portuguese, but he is portuguese, so no way you can be blond about that. “Oh, is it not allowed? Oh, I didn’t see …. notice … didn’t know what that meant ….
Completely upside down from a bad review Read More »
I’m having lunch. Little drowsy from rising early, all numbers and dates I was juggling with, and all those miles I make through the village here. “The family” has arrived not so long ago, and that always brings some extra work – because they themselves do a lot to help us! “The family” – that
Nice offer for profiteers Read More »
We started here with an Idea. Well, not just an idea, but more of an idea-l. Yes, you could still have one of those back then! Or am I being too cynical right away? We started with the idea-l that here in the Termas-da-Azenha people could come together – people who would normally never meet
A curious combination of guests Read More »
