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Spring Cleaning

Spring cleaning! Two words that don’t usually figure in my everyday conversation.…   read more»

The Patter of Tiny Trotters

I was leaning on the fence talking to Roly the pig the other day when she turned her back on me in pursuit of a run away turnip, and there it was, staring me in the face…. She had come into season!…   read more»

Life With a Creative Genuis

Living with a creative genius was never going to be easy. But a creative genius with no creative outlet is even more of a challenge.…   read more»

I Know a Man Who…….

I know a man who’s decision to make Portugal his home was based purely on the fact that his father told him it is possible to get a three course lunch, with wine and coffee for less than five pounds.…   read more»

Our Silver Coast baby

The majority of 2008 I spent being pregnant, going from our local “Centro de Saude”, to scan clinic, to analysis clinic and then back again, always with a Portuguese dictionary clutched under my arm.…   read more»