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Agricultural Recovery and Compensation (ARAC) AGM, Another Cattle Sale and 98/99. My Worst Tobacco Season Ever.
Ghostly agapanthas welcoming the new moon Wow, it's hot here; the Iberian Peninsula is currently experiencing an extended heatwave....
2 days ago8 min read
Reinvent Yourself for Survival. Scuffle on the Sea Lion.
Sunset and our new guest in the garden, a Fame Lilly. Let's hope it returns next year. I will write my blog from now on when I can on the...
Jun 278 min read
Correction.Tension Time, Double Stupidity at the Western Australia Horse Sales. Consultancy Startup and First Scoping Trip Around Africa.
Home. Nothing beats a comfortable home for relieving tension. Not forgetting a whisky and cigar in the evening on the 'stoep.' Yet...
Jun 206 min read
Alistair and Fiona Smith’s Visit, Cattle Sale and a Growing Feeling of Unease in 1998.
Lovely sunsets this week for Alistair and Fiona Smith's visit. I am writing this a day late this week, as we have just dropped Alistair...
Jun 138 min read
Conjecture: Is It a Crime? A Visit to a Bull Fighting Rancho (Ranch)
Back to Portuguse summer weather and clear night skies “From Despair to Hope: Zimbabwe Breaks New Ground with Compensation Program for...
Jun 69 min read
É a vida, and a Visit to Swan Hill
We visited a fighting bull ' ganaderia' this week. Will write about our visit next week É a Evida , they say. That is life. The...
May 317 min read
Unfathomable Response, Some Thoughts on Future TDH Representation and Chaotic Gardening.
The chaotic garden . Every week, I diligently sit down to write this blog, as much a discipline as a compunction to fill my time in...
May 236 min read
Representation, Backpacks and Final Thoughts on Visit to Scotland.
Back to clear skies but a colder Portugal after two weeks in a warm, dry Scotland I am far away from the coal face of those digging on...
May 167 min read
Insults and Ridicule. A Sunny but Expensive Scotland and Family Visits.
Loch Awe from my cousins' deck I do not know why it happens, but every few months, the rhetoric around compensation for Zimbabwe...
May 98 min read
Always Right, Wedding and Western Australia Adventures.
A stained glass by Richard Apel the Droughtmaster breeder who supplied our embryos. How is it our womenfolk are always right? That is not...
May 28 min read
More Bloody Rain, Bunny Chow, Planned Trip, Uncertainty and Selfishness of 1998.
The sun is finally getting through the cloud this week. No doubt next week we will be wanting rain. That is the way of the farmer Has it...
Apr 258 min read
Corrections: I have to Keep Going back to that Dreadful Year, 1997.
Thunderstorms roll down our local Rabacal Valley. It could be Africa. This week, like many I am sure, I was gratified to receive the...
Apr 187 min read
Lies and Despair, Air Crashes and Car Accident.
Rain and Sahara dust returned this week. Suits my mood. “By settling our arrears, we can tap into long-term capital.” - Minister Mthuli...
Apr 119 min read
Willful Deceit. Admiration. Lions Tour and Australia.
The rain is back as can be seen through our car windscreen for an early morning visit to the dentist this week Over the weekend, my...
Apr 410 min read
What to Say. The Party is Over.
Believe it or not, these people are related to us I am writing this on Tuesday while still in Praia da Luz and wondering what to say. I...
Mar 287 min read
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