Monthly Archives: October 2005

09/10/2005

it rained today

By hairygoose
nothing too serious but rain all the same, for much of the day too.  good thing really, russ tells me 97% of the country is now officially in drought.
 
had a surf this afternoon at barranco, no one else there except a dude who was driving my old carlton – that brought back memories!  road trip and all.
 
sandra has gone back to lisbon , so this week i have to make good at least one bedroom in time for when the old folk get here – should be interesting, new wires, new paint, new lights, new floor tiles, new bed – just about new everything.
 
my belgian neighbours are very sweet but a little overwhelming.  whenever i arrive home, they want to talk……and talk…..and talk……and drink wine and beer…….and talk.
 
had a solar eclipse this week, not full in the algarve but in the north, it was proper.  sandra sent me some pictures, will try to add them next.  also check out the surfing dog, something cool!
 
will work hard this week, if i have a break in work, might grab a quick surf but will try to focus on my nova casa.
 
so that will be all for now – do you realise i have almost been here for a year?
 

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02/10/2005

too much to do

By hairygoose
so my weekend has been consumed with house stuff.
 
new beds, which i nearly lost off the roof of the car on the motorway back home, some new furniture (flat packs of course) lots of garden work and some plumbing too.
 
have hot water, a fully functional cooker, washing machine and a fridge to boot!
 
by wednesday, the man should have been with the JCB to dig out my drive way so that i can park on my garden instead of the road.
 
roof beams and ceilings all treated for woodworm, trees manicured, canes cut back.
 
tonight i sleep in a freshly made and constructed bed. 
 
so yesterday, the old lady came to take the rest of her stuff, two car loads and a pick up truck too.  i couldnt believe how much crap she had kept, even her family were saying most of it was rubbish. i picked up an old wooden cutting board that was full of woodworm, i couldnt believe she had kept it.  then i got to thinking how poor a region this is and how bad it must have been when she was growing up, then i realised why she had kept so much stuff.
 
in contrast, west coast had three metre swells today.  one of my surf buddies told me it was too heavy to paddle out at some beaches.  I havent surfed all week, been too busy with other stuff.
 
tonight, i am heading to rita and  peter´s house for a private party.  they are the owners of the bubble.  have a house in the middle of nowhere, no piped water, no electricity just a generator to run the water pump from the well, and some solar panels too.  what a great view they have though – and a great pad!
 
last night i went to a birthday party in lagos. i didnt know the dude but he was angolan. so an african night was on the cards.  great fun, and boy can those dudes and dudettes groove.
 
so that has been my week so far.  wednesday is a bank holiday, sandra is coming on tuesday night – havent seen her for over two weeks, boy have i missed her (dont get the wedding cake out just yet mom!!),
no doubt we will have a lot of catching up to do
 
ok, so i have to leave now, make my way to the party.
 
i hope you all have as much sun as i do this week but i very much doubt it – te he hee
 
 
 
 

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