Vimieiro

Vimieiro has to be one of our favorite river beaches, it also has a great Restaurante - Bar overlooking the river run by Susana and Nuno. It is close to Sao Pedro de Alva...

coord:      W 8 11' 52"     N 40  16' 36"

A good spot for a picnic in the shade too, there are plenty of picnic benches under the trees.

I find the water at Vimieiro extremely fff .... frio and don't tend to swim there unless my head feels like it is about to burst into flames,  but the kids seem to enjoy it !

Piri Piri Chicken (again).

I do love chicken.... :o) especially Piri Piri....

We recently checked out the Market at Tabua which is every Sunday morning.. It is a large market with all the usual Portuguese market malarkey you would expect. It has a good selection of plants, a very BAD lady selling tiny puppy dogs "come here little girl..... look at these cute little puppies, tell your Mummy you want one"..... (you know the type). grrr .

And last but not least.... some very delicious Chicken.

Black Cherries.... :o)

Amandio invited us to help ourselves to some black cherries from his tree which is taller than my house ! so we took a bag and filled it with a ton of cherries.... he was shocked when he saw the 'small' amount we had and asked if we didn't like them !! they are incredible... we are now stuffing ourselves and Sienna looks like she has been in a serious accident of some kind - she is wearing most of them.. WOW.. delicious..  It is these small things that make me feel incredibly lucky..... x

I planted two nectarine trees today.. cannot wait to get some more fruit trees in the ground.. I love Portugal (and my neighbours)

Denver and Freckles first sleepover....

 After much ado, several months and some terribly bad Portuguese (on my part) with a splash of general confusion mixed in......... the village stud (Chibo) is finally here tonight for a sleepover with Denver and Freckles......

It is truly a daunting task to ask your neighbour for the services of his prized Billy goat to get your girls up the duff - for fear of serious misunderstanding... and sign language is suddenly totally out of the question.    :o{

My Son assures me that I have told my neighbour that a)he is pregnant,  and,  b) ...... I can't tell you because it is just ... very wrong.

But somehow, this evening.... we finally cracked it.

Fingers crossed it is love and we will hear the pitter patter of tiny cabriteeny feet in 4 and a half months...