Saturday, October 8, 2011

Shit got broke!


This is what happens when you try to have a nice pizza party in portugal.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

The Winters of Moses, by way of London

Andy "Memphis" Winters and his daughter, Eloise
Ellie. the 12 year old reader and baker
Von, the "big mama" originally from Barbados
Not pictured: 14 year old Josh, he was off being 14. Very hard work!

We are now at our second WWOOF farm. Stones and Roses at Moses. It is an amazing family relocated from London. They bought an old abandoned farm in the mountains of Portugal at the end of a 6 month road trip across Europe. See their blog: Poop in Europe. They spent the last 3 years rebuilding the houses, terraces, gardens, etc. It is beautiful and they one day hope to make a Yoga Retreat, but for now we are staying in a seperate house on the land and helping with the numerous necessary tasks. So far including: watering, grape-picking, wine-making, making wood chips, pruning olive trees, taking down the garden for fall, cooking, baking, and so much more. They are working towards complete self sufficiency and have some wonderful eco-friendly things happening, such as "dry toilets."

They are really wonderful people and very welcoming. We are having a great time out here!