Don’t call us, we’ll call you
We’ve been noticing ever since the recent tower upgrade that we’d occasionally receive TXT messages on our cell phone in the house, so we decided to stop being so antisocial …
Never let a good crisis go to waste
We adopted Winston Churchill’s policy, “never let a good crisis go to waste”, by taking advantage of the need to hire a car and visit the doctor over the last …
Ouch!
Yesterday I was putting in a new fence post when my finger got pulverised with the sledge hammer somehow! I knew it was going to hurt so I clasped by …
Upgrading the kitchen area
The job we’ve been doing over the last couple of days is to put a proper sink in the kitchen bench and add some shelves under it to the right …
Mechanics come to visit Nivinha!
We’ve always noticed another Lada Niva whenever we visit Canela, and last time we went there for supplies a couple of weeks ago we decided to stop and ask the …
The tiny garage
We’ve all heard of tiny houses, but how about a tiny garage? Over the last couple of days I’ve been upgrading the trailer in it’s capacity as a tool shed …
Tanquinho
You may remember our simple gambiarra washing machine from our first year on the land, This idea has worked well for us, but we were starting to wonder if it …
Back to the land from NZ
We finally arrived back at the land after our three month holiday in New Zealand! We stayed at Mum and Dad’s place in Devonport and just spent time there to …
Cute well lid
We made this cute lid for the well out of the off-cuts from the wall boards 🙂
First wall done
Today we got the first wall done! This is an important milestone because it allows us to get a photo of the house looking complete as seen from the power …