A month of December sunshine, end of the reel era and great birds of prey.
Stories
At the end of each month I write a story taking you through the developments and adventures on and around Vale da Alegria.
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The train from Aljezur, the long free fall and we welcome Johnie to the family!
A month with many walls, volunteers, a peanut festival and an overnight rain adventure.
Puzzling, calculating, measuring and dizzying with cables, hoses and wires.
A month full of new discoveries, on the land, in the vegetable garden and in ourselves.
The last items from Holland have now been shipped here as well. And a rest that became quite full of feelings.
About sniveling in the sun but also about a very pleasant visit and jumping dolphins.
A month full of building walls, building stairs, building a teepee.
About how our river suddenly turned into a wild water raft.
Learning to bake bread from a real baker and eat from our first harvest.
And then something terrible happened that turned everything upside down for a while.