One mosaic with two heads and four hands
Dick looks at me with a twinkle in his eye and says: “Good business plan, you come for a night, you book a mosaic workshop, and after three weeks you’re still here.” I laugh: “Yeah, great, huh? And people enjoy it too.” They’ve chosen to do a mosaic workshop They want to take something beautiful
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Epoxy Art – advice from a French artist
They come to say goodbye early – it gets warm again today, and their car only has AWOº no Airco. It was a nice surprise to welcome them. I’m just dreamily watching my future epoxy project They arrived late in the afternoon, and didn’t really want to leave. A bit hesitant: “Do you perhaps have
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The warranty for Bosch, Einhell, and other brands
Remember the phenomenon of monotony-induced-speed-freeze? I suffered from the opposite, monotony-induced-slow-freeze. It’s because I borrowed a tool from my neighbor. Our Bosch jigsaw was broken We bought a good brand specifically to be able to go on and on and on – and Bosch has a good reputation – but it broke after just six
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A Head Full of Doors
You undoubtedly have all sorts of doors in your house, dear reader. A front- back- between- sliding- kitchen- shed- swing- screen- or bedroom door. You don’t think about it. You might even slammed one at some point. Doors are so obvious Deep sigh. Of course, things are different here. How could they be otherwise? Now
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Living in the City or the Countryside?
The most ideal sequence of living conditions, in my honorable opinion, is to grow up as a child in the countryside, move to the city during your later teenage years until you want to start a family, and then retreat back to the countryside. Perhaps repeat this cycle in your middle years. Living in the
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Small talk of chatterboxes
I promised you last week that I would continue discussing renting, dear readers. We had already covered people moving to the city (Lisbon); this week I’d thoughy I’d write about those who move out of the city to live in a quieter place – but I have something far more important to discuss this week.
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Who wants to live in Lisbon anyway?
Beautiful city, certainly, but I don’t want to be seen in those crowded circumstances anymore. And if it becomes normal that it is a bit more warmer a little earlier in the year, then here it’s nice with a sea breeze in the afternoon. Nice, and quiet too. And it smells fresh. But there are
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(Bird) house for rent
“Probably because I know what it says, but I still read “recepção” in it,” I shout across the street. GertJan continues to paste undisturbed, but Helmy comes over to see how it is. The Bird-house is finished, and is for rent! It was renovated in record time – we started on January 9 this year.
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Work in progress – part umpteenth
It was hot, this past week. Over 35º C. Even with the usual ocean breeze that’s warm. Now that there are no guests, I took the opportunity to have a good go with the high-pressure cleaner. Satisfying in terms of effect but a bit of a boring job. You can think about the upcoming work
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