One Year Later…

August 21 was the one-year anniversary of our arrival here on beautiful Ilha Terceira! It has not escaped Raymond and I just how fortunate we are to own our little slice of paradise, and how blessed we have been over the course of the past year. In that time, we have become fixtures in our little village; greeted when walking along the street and recognized everywhere from the swimming area, to the home improvement store, to our favorite bakery. We have made our little house into a comfortable, cozy home. We have transformed our yard from an overgrown jungle into a productive terraced garden and bright, open orchard. It has been a lot of work but absolutely a labor of love.

August 2023 vs. August 2024

Back Wall Project

It has been incredibly rewarding rebuilding the wall in the back yard. The orchard now has a defined border with the neighbor’s hillside and feels so much bigger! We even built in a few ‘bench stones’ for sitting. The wall is now all the way to the back near the chestnut trees and nearly complete. Next we plan to expand and improve upon last winter’s fava bean garden bed with the excess soil from the wall project (more to come on that).

Enjoying a cerveja at the Bar/Sociedade in Quatro Ribeiras