A Wee Video, And Some Progress on the Wine House

Come in! My house is so cozy. The big storm that attacked Portugal was scary but we survived. Now we have a few days of sunshine to celebrate Christmas.  OOPS! Technical hitch. I will investigate.

A roof is beginning to happen!

I spotted this strange looking fungus mushroom thing. It's called a red cage. When I saw it I thought it was a bit of red lace that someone had dropped. It's about the size of my thumb.

I hope that we all survive Christmas and have a brilliant New Year.

December Sun

After a stormy wet and windy November the weather has set fair and the farmers are roaring about on their tractors sowing wheat and barley. The hills are greening up and so is my garden. I have cabbages heartening up, and carrots swelling. The cardboard is keeping the weeds down. It seems to be working.

Days are shorter and shadows longer.

Parasol mushrooms are popping up around the place. This one was the size of the frying pan.

The neighbour's wine house looks rather wind tossed but it is fine. That red clay is extremely hard. I had to take down the tarp as a huge storm tried to take everything away! Looking forward to getting the roof on it.

Life on the hill is pleasant. Cosy evenings with the wood stove burning merrily and bright sunny days. We do need more rain. It will probably arrive in January. Until then, be safe.