Starting our forth year on the land
Wow that year sped past in a flash! We’ve just got back from Brasília where we stayed with Beth’s parents for a couple of months for Christmas and New Years. …
Too hot to handle!
We’re staying at Beth’s parents place in Brasília at the moment, and soon after we arrived, Beth’s Dad introduced me to his new Red Savina Habanero plant! This kind of …
Off-grid shmoff-grid :-/
After a very dark winter with literally weeks of solid rain and even longer periods with no sun, we’ve finally decided that it’s time for our solar power experiment to …
Oba! our net connection just got WAY better!!!
Our new big antenna’s been awesome, it always gets a usable 3G connection (even though it’s only zero or one bar signal) and always gets a four or five bar …
Yocaholics!
When we were at Arca Verde we noticed that they were making Tapioca a different way than us, they used a more course sieve and made them really thick. We …
The tarantula in the well
I was just doing my emails today when I noticed a movement in the corner of my eye, I thought it would probably just be our flatmate Fattie collecting stuff …
The super-hail is coming!!!
What a week it’s been! Beth had booked to do two courses at Arca Verde which is an alternative community just out of São Francisco de Paula. One course is …
Gold Bug is real!
When Pete and me were kids we loved the Richard Scarry picture books such as Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. One of the common features was that may …
Vege patch starting to look a bit better :-)
Wow it’s been a long time with no blogging! We were mainly focussing on our meditation practice, but then did our three monthly trip to Caxias to do our shopping …
Our flattie Fattie
Fattie’s got a nest somewhere under the south extension and wakes up about the same time as us making a lot of noise. He’s very curious about yoga and meditation …