More rain!

People are saying we are having the winter we didn't have during the winter, now.  It's not very cold, but the rain is good and wet.  We went to the big market at Brunheiras and there were a lot of puddles and the storeholders were didgging ditches to take away the floods.  But luckily it stayed dry while we were there.  I bought some onions to plant out.  Than means more digging as I have run out of space for vege!

Billy has been helping up at the land.  He used the brush cutter and cleared away some brambles.  And endless task.  I hope he liked the sounds of the birds and the breezes.  Must make quite a change from the Bristol sounds. I asked him if he felt inspired to write hill billy hip hop... He has written and performed some stuff already. 

R and I made a makeshift gutter system to catch rainwater off the roof of the shed into the 'Elephant'.  I'm very curious to see if there is any water in it tomorrow.  The intention is to have a big water tank one day, to catch enough rain to keep us over the hot summer months.  Don't want to pay for water if we don't have to.

Looks like EDP have finally come and put in the cables needed to connect up to the grid.  So, maybe, we will have power, soon.

I spent the afternoon drawing and then Isabella came and we did some painting.  It's great to just play with colours and forget about doing/creating.  Just splash and smudge.  I seem to be flavour of the week as she decided she wanted to stay over, so now the sweet child is sleeping on a matress beside the bed after having had the Billy Goats Gruff read to her.