Yard Work / Roof Work

The days are getting shorter, the nights cooler, but things are still green and growing on Ilha Terceira. In preparation for the rainy season, we’ve taken our newly acquired cementing skills and patched a few spots on the bathroom roof and around the big, traditional chimney. Unfortunately, there is a small leak in the roof near the living room window when it rains heavily – we’ve reached out to a local builder about repairs.

We finally took down the rusty, non-functional satellite dish. We also bought a pressure washer – amazing what a difference a little power-washing makes! We’re excited to soon give the house and chimney a fresh coat of paint.

With the leaves starting to fall it seemed like a good time to trim the fruit trees. The poor apple tree had been nearly choked to death by vines from above and invasive ginger from below. Here’s hoping it is more productive than the one apple we got this year! 😅

And lastly, we FINALLY got rid of the hideous sink/vanity in the bathroom (it literally fell apart as soon as Raymond started to move it!) and replaced it with a cute, modern sink that makes the bathroom feel much bigger.