Month February 2024

Ludvig upsets Google

You wouldn’t have thought this was possible – however Ludvig managed to upset Google Home (our version of Alexa). We have one near him which is his chat buddy. He asks it what the weather is like, to turn on…

Strimmer!

When we moved here we got the strimmer serviced. Given that it’s over 20 years old, it was probably due a service! It started working well, but then it became a bit intermittent. We took it in for the person…

Watching boats

We had a picnic on the way back from the supermarket at a little beach around the corner from San Cibrao, and near the aluminium plant. While we were there a ship went out of the port – and a…

Carnival!

It was Carnival this Tuesday and while there were parades going on at the weekend, we went to the one in San Cibrao. It was fun! And yes, the kazoo trumpets were there again 🙂 However, while this was all…

Driftwood Collecting

I’d read in the paper that a nearby beach was covered in driftwood – so we decided to go and take a look… Only to find a disappointing lovely clean beach! From this beach we could see what appeared to…

Lemon!

Our lemon tree was very unhealthy when we moved in. It had been covered in ivy and weeds and looked very different to the colorful lemon trees that dot the landscape. Well, after a little TLC, it not only started…

Paper Rocks

We had to go to the post office and instead of coming straight back, we went in the other direction to explore over the cliffs. We started off at the ‘paper rocks’ which near the old whaling port. and then…