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Sunday 26 March 2023

Where i live

 I live a few kilometers from a place in central Portugal called Gois famous for a huge motorbike festival.

Gois with all it's outlying villages has a total population of about 4,500 people down in 10 years from 6,000. 

I recently joined the Gym in the sports hall to avoid the weather that we had been having. Going for a walk for exercise was sometimes impossible because of the weather so i joined the Gym. 

I went in to join and the guy i met started to fill in a for about my general health. He then explained that should anything happen to me he would have that information  to help him. 

As i went upstairs to the gym i noticed on the wall a Defibrillator. Wow looking how small the place is that i now call home and they have equipment such as this.


 

A while ago i had a Raspberry feast.

 Sometime ago i was asked to water some plants while the house was empty. There where a large amounts of Raspberry plants and i was invited to have some and i did,

I had got myself 2 raspberry plants last year and now with extra pots i got myself more Raspberry plants. While at a recent market i saw 2 yellow Raspberry plants and got those as well. In total i now have 7 plants and it may be another year before i get a big crop.

Plenty of sun and some looking after should make summer enjoyable,

Her are my 5 Raspberry plants all growing well and in a good sized pot.


Her are my 2 yellow plants and i still have 1 pot left for another plant.

First time in my life

This morning after getting dressed i dropped my washing down the laundry chute to the cellar where i do my washing. This morning i noticed that the light wasn't on downstairs  like it normally is. While doing this my computer was starting up getting ready for me to watch the TV.

Unknown to me and the first time in my life the clocks had changed and i didn't know about the clock change. By now the wall clock said it was 9,20am but when my TV came on it said it was 10.20am. Now it all became clear we had a time change during the night.

Monday 6 March 2023

I want to share this picture

I had just feed my fish with 2 prawns and some of them started to eat the prawns happily. These type of fish are not to happy with a planted tank that's why there are not many plants to be seen.


 

I felt robbed

In a local supermarket to me i saw Maltesers on offer at 84c a pack. What a treat a bag of Maltesers for a reasonable price so i treated myself. The bag size is not as big as in the UK but it's a treat. As i started to enjoy them i counted as i emptied the bag i shouldn't have counted them i then felt sad.

I should admit i was driving eating one Malteser after the other 16 was the total in the bag. I know the bag was reduced but cone on 16 Maltesers in a bag the supermarket can keep all they have left,

It's common for manufacturers to reduce pack size instead of raising the pack size but they robbed me.