The snow has now all gone and it’s been warming up quite a lot, so much so I was gardening in shorts and a tee-shirt yesterday in 24C but typical of Bulgarian weather we are now back in jumpers today. February has been a busy month so far. Joe has tidied up the electrics in…
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Day-to-day diary entries
Back to work after our bit of a break
Well we finally got some proper snow and some freezing temperatures which the dogs have loved but Fog hasn’t been to happy about and has abandoned his rat/mouse control duties to guard the pechka. We knew it was coming so were well stocked up on the essentials but neither of us appreciated how long it…
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A few Lessons learned over Xmas and New Year
We knew it had to happen eventually and it did. From tee shirt weather to -15 in a matter of days and we finally got some snow. We thought we were ready for the cold spell, after all we’ve all ready done one winter so this one should be no problem. Yet again we were…
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We’re having a go-slow moment
Joe has been struggling with tennis elbow for the last few months but he has still been working, that is up until now. He has been put on sick leave by me so work hasn’t ground to a halt but it has slowed down. With Joe being out of action and me still wanting to…
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We now have a kitchen
Well not a complete finished kitchen but Joe has built the casing for the sink and washing machine so we now have a sink, complete with running water and a drain. At the moment we only have cold water but that is only a detail; the fact that for nearly 9 months we’ve had to carry…
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Friends, helpers and more nuts
The last of this years volunteers, Mark and Melody, have now been and gone, they arrived at the perfect time and helped us get back on track. Along with other jobs Mark re-laid and widened the path in the chicken run that the pigs had destroyed and helped Joe get the windows fitted in the…
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Wolf Spider coming to visit for winter
So this monster Wolf Spider came scuttling across the path today, scaring the bejeezus out of us! Thank god they are solitary creatures apart from carrying her offspring with her. She is now safely deposited in a neighbouring, empty property. Fortunately they are apparently not poisonous but they can give a nasty bite. We shan’t…
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Set backs and problem solving
This month hasn’t gone quite to plan. It all started when we realised the cement floor in the kitchen was only 2 – 4cms thick. Bearing in mind we have a pillar holding the mezzanine floor up and the cooking peshka weighs 140Kg we didn’t think the floor in it’s current state was up to…
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