I WILL TRY TO DO BETTER .......

 Oooops it's s been over 2 years since I updated my blog - I just got out of the habit! But I'm going to try to update on a regular basis from now on.

2019 - 2021 a quick update of the last two and a half years ........

• We rescued a donkey (Alfie)

so had to buy another donkey (Dilly) to keep him company.

• I dislocated my shoulder - trying to catch a goat! It was bloody painful .......

• I had my 4th episode of Bell's Palsy.

• Covid & lockdown!!!!!!  No face to face socialising but lots of internet interaction ....... 1st lockdown: we took part in a weekly lockdown quiz, 2nd lockdown: I took part in a weekly craft challenge - I thoroughly enjoyed that, all the challenges are documented on my Facebook page 'Quinta Glass & Crafts'.

In 2019 we decided to move the vegetable garden nearer the house, our first year wasn't very productive and the second year was even worse as we had a month of rain just after we had planted out all our vegetable plugs, potatoes etc - the land was underwater and it all rotted in the ground so 2021 we went back to the old vegetable garden and had a wonderful harvest, in fact we are still harvesting a lot of vegetables.

We have had no visitors for 2 years (covid!) so we treated ourselves to a new swimming pool as compensation. This winter we will build a decking around it ..........

• August: TWO rescues in the same week .......

1. Walter, a very old dog who had been abandoned by his owners.
2. Dennis the Menace, a kitten who had been dumped in Penamacor.

Walter is on a lead as this was the first time he was meeting the poultry!

Almost up to date ....... 

• September I had to have an emergency appendectomy (at my age!!!!) spent 3 nights in hospital - that was an experience as my Portuguese is still atrocious, but the doctors,  nurses and staff were wonderful and tried their hardest to communicate with me even if the only language we had in common was mime!