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Flower Harvest
What a beautiful harvest sitting in the wintergarden for drying. Left: Chamomile, rich in the polyphenol Quercetin, very soothing for the digestive system, calming for the nerves and antiallergenic. Right: Safflower. In Portugal they use the dried (and sometimes ground…
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Painting the houses
For painting we were using a silicatepaint. It is like a liquid stonepowder, natural, no toxic chemicals, and the walls can still breathe. We are very happy about the new looks of our Quinta!
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Trip to Flores and Corvo July 2021
Gosh, we were so tired, our nerves so wired. Since January our neighbors had big constructions going on. Every morning we were woken up by a convoy of around 7 cars, trucks and machines in our tiny dead-end street, spitting…
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Jan´s Wim Hof Method Instructor Training has begun!
I´m so proud of my beloved and happy that he is making a big and committed step forward on his journey of becoming a healer! Jan has been practicing the Wim Hof Method for himself for two and a half…
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The end of our clayhouse-time, March 21
It is Good Friday (Sexta-feira Santa, Karfreitag) 2023 as I write this, the day where they killed Jesus. And like a crucifixion it felt indeed what happened here. A worthy scapegoat was chosen. I hope it was worth it. After…
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Planting our first fruit and nut trees in Quinta Cheia January 21
Well, there are already quite a few trees from the former owners. Mostly Araçás, Guava, Bananas, Chestnut, Loquats, Anona, peaches, plums and Avocado (Reed), what already give us more or less fruits. This year we plant things like Mango, Macadamia,…
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Jan´s accident Part VII: Home at last, life goes on, Epilogue
Start here with part 1! We are greeted with so much love from all sides when we come home. We both are deeply exhausted, and in the darkest time of the year it can be extremely depressing and hard here…
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Jan´s accident Part V: Alexandrina and more new friends
Start here with part 1! David is gone, I am on my own again. When I walk through the city of Angra now, everything seems much darker. The Covid rules are much stricter suddenly, many of the beautiful places we…
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Jan´s accident Part IV: Time with David, holding on in dark times
Start here with part 1! Today is the day I can see Jan again! I´m super nervous and full of adrenaline again. I chose to tell my team that I will run the Online summit. I can improvise with my…
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Jan´s accident Part III: Orienting in Terceira
Start here with part 1! The next morning. Starting to orient. Meeting Arthur, who is keeping everything in order in the guesthouse. He has lived in the States for most of his life and you can hear and feel it.…
