Bits and Bobs, odds and sods ............

Bit of an odd week, doing little jobs which have been put to one side until now, have been working in garden, strimming, pruning our very large orange and lemon tree which is quite close to the house and although it still bears a lot of fruit the new blossom is flowering and the bees are well humming, planting flowers and carrying on building "Rob's great wall of Portugal". Our first guest bedroom is now finished, apart from a few soft furnishings and wall decorations, etc., photos will be posted soon. We have laminated the floor in a rustic colour and have chosen a warm pink and cherry theme colour for decor (which is in-keeping with the local traditional style in this area) but have put our own stamp of modernism at the same time (sadly Ikea). Rob broke off walling to watch what appeared to be 2 queen bees having a right set to over territorial rights, they were having a mega go at each other!!! (I think what he meant was he was having a "fag break"!!!!!). Due to the unseasonal weather we are having at the moment, i.e. cloudy, a few sunny spells and rain showers, sometimes heavy (similar to the U.K.) it is colder and we are needing to light the log fire to keep warm in an evening which means we will soon be having to replenish our log supply!!!!! A couple of photos of a local river beach we took on the way to Castelo Branco (our nearest big town) and a more

recent picture of Rob's wall.