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Observations

Day to day observations from serious to humerous

Water – Scarce? Not at the moment

Monday, 26 May, 2008

Whilst rewriting the welcome sheet to our visitors and specifically the article about water  …. Water – Our water is potable. It comes from our own well. Because rain has been very scarce over the last years we would ask you to use it sensibly. ……. It is bucketing down with rain accompanied by the…

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Twitter style update – So much happening at Casa de Flores / Zapateiro

Friday, 16 May, 2008

Hola, more than one week and no update – sorry. It’s all happening at the moment so this will be a blog a la twitter just short teasers and yes I’ll write stories about most of this. The window man called – “are you there? My guys will be with you in 30 minutes” They…

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Old chestnut – Don’t trow away or burn it. Check before you do

Saturday, 3 May, 2008

We inherited a load of old wood, beams, planks, just the normal jumble that accumulates on a property over time and here in Galicia you usually buy all this as well. I started to become intrigued with chestnut. All the Galicians always told me how tough it is, no problem with woodworm and properly used…

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