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Mum & Dad’s last week in Brazil

Mum & Dad's 2018 Brazil holiday

Mum & Dad’s last week in Brazil

After spending a few days in Caxias, we spent the last week of the holiday at our land again, there was a bit of rain, but the view from the …

Mum & Dad's 2018 Brazil holiday

Mum & Dad spending time at the land

The holiday hasn’t quite gone to plan, first Dad and Beth and now me, have come down with various sicknesses and we’ve had to cut out all the hot places …

Mum & Dad's 2018 Brazil holiday

Mum & Dad’s 2018 holiday in Brazil begins!

Mum & Dad arrived in Brazil the day before yesterday! I forgot to take the camera when we left the land and I’ve also been changing over to a new …

Our sixth year on the land

Guest bathroom started

We’ve been so flat out with so many different things that we haven’t made enough progress on the guest house and Mum and Dad are arriving in less than a …

Our sixth year on the land

We’re on satellite now :-)

We were in São Francisco a few days ago for a few bits and bobs when we noticed a shop which did satellite internet connections. We’d tried to get satellite …

Our sixth year on the land

The new wood fire

We really love our ‘Coski, but we decided that a much smaller one would be better for our tiny house, and also one that’s optimised more for heating the place …

Our sixth year on the land

Back to the land for 2018

We just arrived back at the land after spending Christmas and new years in Brasília. We were only gone for two weeks but everything’s extremely overgrown, so there’s a lot …

Our fifth year on the land

Rest in peace Fluffinha

Our beautiful dog Fluffinha passed away on December the 7th 2017 🙁 Fluffinha (pronounced flu-feen-yar) was only seven months old and came down with a sudden illness. Maybe she ate a …

Our fifth year on the land

Blender gambiarra

Beth thought that now that we have so much power, she may as well get a decent blender! But the first time she used it (to try and blend up …

Our fifth year on the land

Forest cottage ready for Beth’s 2017 retreat

We’ve been slowly making a tiny A-frame house in the forest for Beth to do periodic meditation retreats in. Last year it was just a platform that she put the …

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