There is a consistent theme around Cabril these days: Estamos sujos. We are dirty.
Restoring and building means that we remove really old dirt. We move that dirt, then move it again so we can make way for new dirt. And sometimes we play with all kinds of dirt to make a palette of dirty, old colours to [...]
People need socks.
The ancient Greeks wore socks from matted animal hair while the Romans wrapped their feet with leather. By the 5th century AD socks were worn by holy people to express purity and by 1000 AD socks became a symbol of wealth.
Whether pure or rich, people need their feet to stay warm and dry. [...]
A blog in motion stays in motion?
April was a blog-free month. It was entirely unintentional, I just wasn’t feeling the bloggy love. So here’s a quick summary of last month’s events:
It rained. A lot.
The DaddyP Gang stopped by on their way to the Algarve bearing gifts of Humax and cheddar cheese.
We practiced land husbandry and [...]
The sun has finally decided to stay for a while so we’ve been working in the front garden this week. Yesterday, as I was digging in the rocky dirt in an old pair of jeans and sensible shoes, I remembered buying a lemon picking outfit in Vancouver with djbeat just days before moving here. The [...]
I’m no stranger to lost luggage so before I left for Canada I agreed (via the good folks at FMB) to review ReboundTAG, a microchip bag tag. Fortunately for me, my suitcase was not lost on this trip. Unfortunately for this review, my suitcase was not lost on this trip.
I received my ReboundTAG when I [...]
Many of you already know the story of Penfold & Tango (you can read most of it from Tango’s perspective starting from about here). If you remember, it began as Operation Beige-Free.
When Penfold asked me to live with him in the hills of Central Portugal and I agreed, most everyone I knew thought I was crazy. [...]
It’s raining. I’m knitting. It’s pouring. I’m knitting.
The sky is grey and the ground is sopping wet. The Christmas decorations have come down and the holiday festivities have come to a screeching halt. A momentous decade ended and we slipped into 2010 with a small but slushy thud.
This is winter in Central Portugal and even though [...]
I’m thrilled to announce the tangoNovemberbravo Winter Collection. Spurred on by a motivational boost when I sold out of these fingerless gloves, I decided to make an even better version and came up with these and these. According to Penfold they rock (I think so, too). Add some kick ass socks, felted nesting bowls, hats and legwarmers and [...]
When we moved to Cabril it was a shock to discover that our Internet connection was slower than molasses. Skype is out of the question and waiting for any graphics-heavy page to load is excruciating. YouTube is now verboten. My frustration soon grew to new levels and I began to avoid my “vintage” computer altogether.
Then suddenly [...]
Furniture has been polished, food has been relocated to the swishy new fridge, carpets have been unrolled and vacuumed, satellites have been realigned, computers have been plugged in.
We’re surrounded by boxes of stuff that have absolutely no purpose but we’re finally home and we couldn’t be happier.
Only the Internet is slightly beyond our reach …
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Cheers [...]
