Crossed Lines ~ PT or SAPO?


After traveling over, 5400km across Portugal, Spain, England and France plus two ferry crossings and five weeks away the “Grandparents Tour of Europe” (as our friends aptly named it) is over and we are now home! Exhausted we must now return to the treadmill of normality, whatever “normal” is here in this la la land... Continue Reading →

63

Weekly Photo challenge “Fall” – Hedgerow Harvest


This weeks (now last week's) WordPress Photo challenge is "Fall" or Autumn. When I saw this week's theme I thought great! We are in England and the leaves are turning wonderful shades of gold and amber. The leaves are falling from the trees so I wanted to photograph them floating in the wind. Well, that was... Continue Reading →

40

Size Matters!


When I saw the size of the teddy bear uncle "EBee" had bought Oliver it made me smile. When I received this photograph it made me laugh out loud. It is by far the largest and softest of ALL the wonderful "cuddly" toys he received. I am happy to report baby Oliver is now home... Continue Reading →

32

Proud Grandparents “take” Two…


We’d given up on Grandchildren, and then they arrive like buses! Our first Grandchild, a beautiful little girl, was born in France on the 28th April and our, second grandchild, an adorable little boy called Oliver, was born in the UK just two days ago weighing in at 8lb 14oz! Initially, in the Special Care... Continue Reading →

50

Gone Fishing!


These fishermen must have nerves of steel to fish from the edge of this cliff! I would not dare to even crawl to the edge yet alone stand. I am taking a well earned blogging holiday see y'all soon!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Path


This weeks WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is Path... One afternoon in early March I was feeling decidedly listless. I wandered aimlessly round the house and garden looking for inspiration, but I was uninspired. Fortunately, I don't experience many days like this as I am a "creative" person by nature and usually there are not enough... Continue Reading →

52

Zucchini – I give up!


If you have followed the ongoing saga regarding my failed attempts to grow zucchini, the photograph below will be familiar. Fellow bloggers kindly offered suggestions as to the possible cause along with some remedies. Vegetable Diary June: Veggie Disasters – S.O.S To cut a long story short, I finally decided despite my valiant efforts, it... Continue Reading →

37

Email Subscription Button


Hi Folks, Piglet is having a strop! Yesterday, I noticed my "subscribe by email" button had disappeared and the words "Sign me up by email" replaced by a rather insignificant blue circle with a white cross. Being a bit of a techie-muppet I immediately thought I had inadvertently twiddled with something and broken it! Unable... Continue Reading →

64

Weekly Photo Challenge: The Humble Strawberry “Flower”


The theme of this week's WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is Flowers I have many beautiful flowers in my garden but their beauty soon fades and their flowers wither and die. Now consider the flowers produced by the humble strawberry plant. I grow all my strawberry plants in various containers even plastic crates. These humble plants... Continue Reading →

53

The Liebster Award


I had a nice surprise when I checked my blog this morning. Enjoy Creating my long-time "Blogging Buddy" left a little note to say she had awarded me the Liebster award. Thankyou EC it is such a nice thought :) The Liebster award ("Liebster” is the German word for friend or love) originated in Germany.... Continue Reading →

20

Bacalhau com Natas (Cod in Cream Sauce)


This recipe complete with pictures is courtesy of Sami a Portuguese lady living in Australia! She had to drive 30kms to buy the bacalhau to make this recipe. Sami has a great blog called sami's colourfulworld please "click" across and say hi! Bacalhau com Natas Ingredients 500gr potatoes 500gr cooked and flaked bacalhau (Please see *note below) 3 onions sliced a... Continue Reading →

64

What is this?


Folks I really need your help to identify this bug which I almost stood on today! I say almost, because when I spotted it just below my foot as I was about to go up some steps I nearly jumped 20' in the air in terror. Now as you can imagine from my name, I'm... Continue Reading →

56

Weekly Photo Challenge: Entrance


This week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is "Entrance" A short walk from the chic designer shops are the historic "back" streets of Lisbon. I personally find wandering round observing the architecture and appreciating everyday life far more interesting than looking at material things I can neither afford, or if I could would even want. Is... Continue Reading →

45

Wildlife Species Legally Hunted in Portugal


Wildlife species hunted in Portugal Kindly translated by Les 1. Rabbit 2. Hare 3. Fox 4. Mongoose 5. Pheasant 6. Red leg Partridge 7. Rock Pigeon 8. Magpie 9. Blackbird (Decision to allow the hunting of Blackbirds reversed) 10. Mallard 11. Gadwall Duck 12. Wood Cock 13. Widgeon 14.Yellow Billed Teal 15. White eyed Duck... Continue Reading →

20

Leite Creme – Portuguese Custard


This traditional Portuguese custard is usually served on its own, or with cake or fruit. My original intention was to serve the Leite Creme (custard) with my Rhubarb Crumble. Unfortunately, my oven conspired against me and refused to work so my uncooked crumble was subsequently banished to the freezer until my oven is mended. Ingredients... Continue Reading →

35

Weekly Photo Challenge: Broken


This week’s, now last week's WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is/was "Broken" (I should have removed the greasy fingerprints from the oven door BEFORE taking the photo!) I trawled through my photographs for over an hour looking for inspiration as to a suitable photo for this weeks now last week's photo challenge “Broken” Nada! The photo... Continue Reading →

42

Couve Roxa Com Cominos – Red Cabbage with Cumin


From plot to plate - I grew the red cabbage used in this recipe in my vegetable plot! Ingredients Small Red Cabbage (sliced finely) 1 Onion (chopped) 1 Packet of smoked lardons (bacon pieces) Knob of lard or splash of olive oil 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds or cumin powder 1 bay leaf Salt to... Continue Reading →

40

Growing Garlic in Pots – Success or Failure?


Since moving to Portugal we now use far more garlic in our food than in the UK. Reportedly, garlic acts as a great mosquito repellant because they dislike the taste of your skin/blood when garlic is absorbed into the body. I am not sure how true this is, but I no longer have as many... Continue Reading →

40

Weekly Photo Challenge: Colorful


This week’s WordPress Photo Challenge theme is “Colorful” We were on our way to a restaurant with some friends when I spotted this colorfully painted truck in the car park. “Perfect”, I thought “Result! - just the picture I’d been looking for this week’s "Colorful" photo challenge theme”. Camera always to the ready I could... Continue Reading →

31

Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.

Up ↑