My father-in-law makes a good amount of wine by the end of each summer. One more, he asked me for some help during the wine making activities. My favorite thing to do before drinking the actual wine is not to catch the grapes, but to help stepping on them. So today, knee deep in grapes and wine and already with a lot of alcohol in the air, I helped to step on the grapes.
In a couple of month, I’ll say something about the taste of the new wine! Maybe accompaning a nice steak dinner.
I was coming home after enjoying the after lunch coffee when I heard a cat “meowing” like crazy. At first I didn’t understood where it was coming from, but after a while it became clear that the cry for help came from the bottom of an abandoned well.
Using some of the available tools (boards and tubes that were covering the well) didn’t help to rescue the drowning kitten, so, I had to run home for a bucket and some cord. After a while, with the help of a passing neighbor, the little kitten was inside the bucket and free from the sludgy depth. The kitten was in miserable shape after that forced “swimming lesson”, at it seemed more like a ball of tar and sludge than any living thing.
After a quick wash in warn water and some serious shivering, the kitten was still scared but much better looking. And, because this story ends with a happy ending, “Lucky” is now the newest family member.
The long time since the last post doesn’t mean that the work is taking all my time… it just means that I’m on a well deserved vacations!
The first week was spent near the beach. Although the weather was usually cloudy during the morning, the afternoon always brought a very good hot sun. An excellent weather to enjoy the beach.
After the beach comes some rest, maybe interrupted with an occasional trip to an attraction nearby. I really need the rest… but, essencially it’s time for the family.
After a failed first attempt, yesterday was concert day. Tokio Hotel played (this time for real) in Pavilhão Atlântico for a two hours show. The crowd, composed almost only by teenage girls, went completely crazy during the entire time.
My expectations for the event were so low that, in the end, they were largely exceeded. The only real problem had to do with the pitch. No, not the sound quality or any other technical problem. The major problem was the pitch of the voices screaming all around me for more than two hours. Most of then won’t be able to speak for weeks after singing so much loud during every music of the concert.
I choose the word singing, but I could’ve used a more simple concept: screaming… I think most of them were simply screaming , and at least one of then (yes, the one sitting - or should I say standing - just behind me) was producing more of a grunt.
After an evening like that, I just want to say “I Want My Hearing Back”. I’m almost certain I still hear ringing…
This week has been just me and my daughter. Everything is going well and I think we could manage for another week without mom… before the house simply collapsed into itself.
I’m sure that mom has heard the distant cries of “Come back, we miss you so much!”… yes, from the other side of the Atlantic, all well long…
Also, I found a video that I would like to share with you. Very funny! Enjoy!
I love to learn new stuff with my little daughter. She is reaching a age where lots a questions must be answered. The last question was about the meaning of PM that appears just after the time in the digital clock from my task bar.
The question caught me completely off guard, but I like to answer all my daughter’s questions… from the easiest to the most complicated!!! So, after a joint googling adventure we found the meaning of PM/AM.
From wikipedia we got: “The 12-hour clock is a timekeeping convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem (a.m., Latin “before noon”) and post meridiem (p.m., “after noon”).”.
All children events, like the one I attended yesterday, are to be enjoyed by the family. But every time I attend such an event I start wondering if I’m too Big to attend. Notice that I didn’t wrote I’m too Old!
I left the Disney on Ice - Aventuras na Disneyland feeling sorry and a little sore… My seat was just in front of a small girl, which spent the duration of the show trying to look over what she certainly thought to be a huge head. I known the feeling and don’t enjoy it either, when someone has his or her huge head in front of my movie or concert. To avoid standing in front of the little girl, a big part of the show was spent lying flat in my chair or almost crawling under it. All that hiding exercise left me with a sore bum…!
The show was very interesting, with a nice set of special effects, but we were expecting something more. I guess we’ll have to go directly to Disneyland Resort Paris to watch the grand disney spectacle.
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