I didnt get time yesterday to give a complete overview of the last few weeks.... we've been so busy its impossible to remember it all...
Although money has been tight, our quality of life has been as always (since coming to Portugal) excellent, we were giggling to ourselves only the other evening about it... we had not a penny to our names at that point, but the sun was shining , we'd just had a dip in our pool and were sat up on our balcony looking at the view with a glass of our own red wine eating fresh cherries and icecream.... bliss!!!
The sun deck area is almost finished, another few days and it will be done, Rik has had to work so hard, the stones he's used for the lovely steps are piles outside my backdoor, to get them to the deck area he has to load two at a time in the wheel barrow, push it up hill to the top gate (the bottom one is steps) across the rough ground to the road, down the hill across the car park , across the front of Mara's Cottage and up to the deck area.... phew.... its been weeks of hard grind , bless him...but it will be stunning when finished and I light it with candles and lamps in the hot evenings...
Cola and Bonnie are very well, Cola in fact has a new lease of life.... a friend sent over some Devil's Claw for him... its been a few weeks and the difference is remarkable!! He runs around likea young dog now. Rik has been on the same thing now for a couple of weeks and is starting to feel the benefit... less joint aches and pains.... when he starts licking his balls I'll know he's as well as Cola...
Bonnie is the same as normal.... digging up the garden any chance she gets...-
Well, thats about it. we have friends over from the UK , and are getting ready to Party... Its our local Figueiro Dos Vinhos town Festa for the next four days!! The lights are up, there's a party atmosphere everywhere, tomorrow we'll be in town for the evening for a meal and a few drinks, listen to the bands and just soak up the spirit of the thing. Free Sardines and bread supplied by the Camera (town hall) mmmmnn.
Pat
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