Barcelona metro area has been sufering its biggest rain storm i history. More than 200 liters/square metter in a few hours in many cities. Trains are out of service since 8pm past night untill today at

Today I want to share with you my morning trip to town. I decided to take the train and the urban bike as I had a short meeting in town. All in all a disastrous decision. Train infrastructure has not properly

I went into solar in the house almost four years ago, when electricity prices started strongly raising. Back then, batteries were quite expensive and most companies were offering you to pay for your exceeding

According to the forecast, this is the last weekend with nice summer weather. I am visiting the traumatologist next Tuesday to get a final opinion and decide about hip surgery, but I decided to take the

At the end of the summer, before leaving the farm, I decided to set up a little area to start growing some veggies. Although the initial idea was to make a nice wood structure, I thought it would be better

One of the projects I decided to work on this summer was the porch isolation. When we built the tiny house I knew I wanted to have a porch to relax having breakfast in the morning and sitting with a coffee

One of the projects I decided to work on this summer was the porch isolation. When we built the tiny house I knew I wanted to have a porch to relax having breakfast in the morning and sitting with a coffee

One of the problems of getting old is feeling how your body keeps losing its magical power of perfectly dealing with everyday life, little by little, as years go by, pain starts to show up here and there

It's the end of the summer and I have been mostly away of Hive for several weeks. I thought I'd do a short supper wrap as it has been full of ups and downs. He hardest news is mom passed away at the end

Today, after working on the tiny house for a few days I decided to drive two hours to reach the coast ad spend the day there. Fist stop was Nazare, known worldwide for its huge waves (not in the summer).

I woke up early this morning. At 6 am some workers decided to stop their truck in front of the farm qnd manually extract the cork of three huge oak trees. It took them about 30 minutes and they loaded

After a few days of extremelly high temperatures, today I woke up with some rain an the colors of the farm with all the grass treamed looked breathtaking. Still plenty of small things to do in the tiny

I came back to the farm for this week with several tasks in mind. Getting the grass cut while it is still green before the summer is the big priority. You do not want to do it too early because with rain

Yesterday my wife had to drive to a small village in the Spanish Pyrenees for a two hour meeting, a few meters away from France were we used to spend some time in the summer a few years ago. The day before,

Just came back from a two week trip to the farm in Portugal and the land was outstanding with all the trees blooming. The upper photo is one of the apple trees, but also the vines, fig trees, orange ones

I had planned to come back to Portugal in January for a long while. The idea was to pick up the olive oil we produced from last November harvest and prune the vines and some of the fruit trees. I was traveling

I had an appointment early today in the city and decided to take the train to avoid morning traffic jam which is getting worse and worse everyday. As I spend more and more time in the farm in rural Portugal,

When I was a kid, most of the independent shops in town had the same shutters, old metallic steel color which owners had to push up manually as electric engines where still something you could only see

Last Thursday, after visiting the viewpoint, we drove 20 more minutes to get down the Fragosas Valey. The place is know by a 9km geopath called Passadiços do Orvalho where you can find several waterfalls.

Last Thursday, after ending our olive harvesting season, we decided to spend the day visiting the area. I had heard about this view point, about 45 minutes away from our farm. The day was cold but the