Some things that made me smile this week

4th Jun 2010

This beautiful butterfly came in the house one evening and just begged to have its photo taken. We see these …

The Easter Papangus

19th Apr 2010

Papangus exist in other places in Brazil, but the date at which they make their appearance varies, as may their …

18th Feb 2010

When we were in London, we were very lucky to be taken by my mother to see Cirque du Soleil. …

3rd Nov 2009

I have various different ways of trying to make an income here, non of which have been particularly successful but …

3rd Nov 2009

Neu and I have been going backwards and forwards to Fortaleza to see a Nephrologist, a specialist in kidney problems. …

24th Aug 2009

I fell down a hole the other day, I wasn’t drunk or anything close, just out with the dogs on …

7th Jul 2009

Neu is fishing over 13 hours a day at the moment, not that he is catching anything worth that amount …

26th Jun 2009

I am beginning to wonder if I have somehow become irradiated, or magnetised or some such thing, so many technological …

9th Mar 2009

Our water gets pumped up from underground by an electric pump. It goes up to a plastic tank, which stands …

28th Feb 2009

I wrote a few weeks back, that the builder had managed to fix the problem with the extension roof and …