Quinta das Abelhas

life at quinta das abelhas–

we’ve been here for a week and a half and i feel as if it’s been months—

aaahhhh! cheesy intro lines! i’ll just outline the (so far) most memorable aspects of life on the farm:

my companions and i on our first few nights, attemping to light the woodstove in the yurt for heat- we managed to do nothing but waste wood and literally smoke ourselves out. we stood outside, admiring the stars, dizzy from smoke inhalation and laughing at our city-kid inadequacies.

taking sunset-lit baths in the outdoor tub– first a fire must be built, and then tended periodically until the water heats up. you have to wait until the fire goes out, because the smoke can be brutal. i was impatient once, and sat in the hot bath, engulfed by smoke, and washing my hair in a futile attempt to enjoy myself. my first bath, though, which i took on a saturday, and therefore had hours to let the fire burn, was absolutely fantastic.

the moment we finished the grape-vine trellises on the eastern side of the quinta– it feels wonderful to complete something of that nature, espeically when you’ve started from the ground up. of course, we basked only for a moment: there are millions more trellises to be built and/or fixed on the other side.

hmm.. accomodations are simple yet splendid (andy’s cooking really is great), the animals are wonderful company (speaking of which, sophie and andy are also wonderful company), the work is satisfying but manageable…

this was less of a blog entry than an overall summary…it’ll do.

i feel like i’ve got my intro-crap out of the way; i’d like to write a real journal-type entry sometime. have to ask sophie again. i think she wants this to be a wwoofer job, anyhow. boa noite.

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