Fraser has introduced a few sunfish from the river to help deal with any goldfish fry so we have managed to reduce the crowd this year. Took a few days off the work schedule to visit Steve and Jen in the Algarve and to introduce Scraps to Skaigh. Fraser also took a couple more canvases to the Corte Real Gallery and we discovered that a second painting has sold which is a result! Steve was off on a 6 day bike trip up to the North and West so we missed him unfortunately. However it was a great few days and the girls got on brilliantly. Scraps bugged Skaigh to play most of the day and they played until they were both exhausted. They got on so well we are going to leave her there in December while we head to the UK for Christmas. Thanks Jen and Steve!!!
Yesterday (30th September) was her day for being spayed. Very traumatic and I have to say it really did upset me to see her in the vets looking at us as if we had betrayed her. After a pretty sleepless night for all of us she is now recovering but looking very pathetic in her lick preventing collar!!! We have now painted the structure of the baracao and it has been rendered inside. We plan to tidy up the interior walls a bit and point in the stones. Finally we will lay a concrete floor and paint Still haven´t completely processed the wood for firewood but we have managed to get rid of the pile of old beams and roof tile battens. The new big wood store is beginning to look full already.
Friends Chris and Rosemary are leaving Portugal for good next week and returning to the UK to look for a house in the west country. We had a wheels up type lunch for them on Tuesday to wish them bon voyage. Scraps will miss her walks with their dogs Gus and Dandy and we will miss their friendship.
We had a lot of roof tiles left which we have donated to various friends for projects. So all in all we are getting ourselves more organised.
Fraser has fitted our new Algavean outdoor lights in the patio area
and I have put up a couple of tile designs also bought in the Algarve, on the baracao columns. We chose designs that would fit our location so we have an iris (which grow wild here) and of course, an olive tree.Friends Chris and Rosemary are leaving Portugal for good next week and returning to the UK to look for a house in the west country. We had a wheels up type lunch for them on Tuesday to wish them bon voyage. Scraps will miss her walks with their dogs Gus and Dandy and we will miss their friendship.