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The Mongoose Papers: Goodbye Number 5..Hello Number 27!
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Sketch, Draw, Paint. Sunday, 1 March 2015. Goodbye Number 5.Hello Number 27! Luckily I found a lovely bungalow just a few doors up from the original house. The accommodation is smaller (only two beds and one loo! But it has been beautifully restored. Photos below. I managed to spend some time back in London but not much really. Managed to meet up with James and stayed with Rich and Jo. Saw Lexa swim and met up with Adela for coffee and then it was back to Portugal. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Mongoose Papers: June 2014
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Sketch, Draw, Paint. Monday, 30 June 2014. June, Mow weeds, repeat. A surprisingly cool summer - so far. A fair amount of rain and all, which has meant some extra mowing as everything is growing at an impressive rate. Lots of flowers as well as weeds so lots of butterflies too. Along with keeping the wilderness in check, a bit, we’ve continued doing things to make the place more des-res. First up was an actual gate on the entrance to our water mine. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). It's 10 years since we boug...
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The Mongoose Papers: March 2014
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Sketch, Draw, Paint. Monday, 31 March 2014. It goes and it comes and then goes and then comes. it's really difficult to sort anything really. But we have been making the most of days that look like they might actually be almost but not entirely unlike winter! Fraser valiantly completed sanding down the bathroom ceiling and then painted it with a heavy duty waterproof paint that still is stinking the place out after 3 weeks, but at least it is done! Before.during and after. The stall and workers. Every ti...
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The Mongoose Papers: August 2014
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Sketch, Draw, Paint. Monday, 25 August 2014. Charlie Dog Has Gone Home. We managed to get Charlie to the vet today after a hefty application of calming pills. He is chipped and his owner has been contacted and he is at the vet's awaiting collection. We hope that the owners deserve to have found him and only worry if he actually ran away because he was mistreated. However we feel pleased that hopefully we have been able to get him back to his owners. Sunday, 24 August 2014. We now plan to train him to be ...
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The Mongoose Papers: Year's End
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Sketch, Draw, Paint. Monday, 22 December 2014. And the Christmas tree is up. It's been a busy year all told. Looking forward to more fund and adventure in 2015. But as for December. We spent 5 days on the Isle of Wight looking for properties. Stayed with cousin Debbie and her husband Dave who were wonderful hosts and incredibly helpful. Lots of advice and support and enthusiasm for our venture. In the meantime we spent some real quality time with friends and Family. Saw the Paddington Movie which I would...
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The Mongoose Papers: May 2014
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Sketch, Draw, Paint. Monday, 26 May 2014. We decided a couple of months ago to put the quinta on the market but it has taken till now to actually get that achieved. Why are we selling up? Well, we really do love it here but over the past 20 years of moving from place to place we have always quit while ahead. As we get older we realise that we need to do so without so many stairs, aching limbs and maintenance in our lives! We have been really busy tarting and painting and weeding and repairing stuff all o...
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The Mongoose Papers: September 2014
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Sketch, Draw, Paint. Saturday, 27 September 2014. Much ado about lots of exciting stuff! Busy, busy, busy September and not just because of the interesting changes in the weather! All beginning for me when I went back to UK for Lexa's birthday, which from day 1 was non-stop preparation after they had to cancel the venue they had chosen. Venue? Rich was king of Pizza production and Jo was hostess with the mostest.Granny was the help aided by the odd glass of beer! Also we had a couple of lovely days with ...
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The Mongoose Papers: February 2014
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Sketch, Draw, Paint. Friday, 14 February 2014. So We're Building an Ark on Valentine's Day! Shouldn't joke knowing the problems people are having in the UK, but the amount of rainfall here has been really staggering. We were off yesterday going up towards the hills to Seia and Gouveia to deliver the last 3 kennels and visit Lili at the Dog Shelter. On the way we stopped to check out the burst banks of the River Mondego which flows down to us and it was inundated there. If anyone reading this would like t...
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The Mongoose Papers: March 2015
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Sketch, Draw, Paint. Wednesday, 25 March 2015. Want to start by saying how sad we are that Terry Pratchett died this month after years of battling the early onset of dementia, which he faced with courage and humour. He is quoted as saying in recent times. 8220;There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.”. We will continue to remember him and talk about him . We plan to use...
