After a month of rain, sunshine and blue sky, I have removed the plastic sheet is covering the fire wood so it can dry better. A cat sits on the top of the wood and hisses if dogs came near, it's a smart cat has noticed the village dogs are cowards when met with resistance. The feline around here feed themselves catching rats and mice, mind, they eat your food too but will not sit on your lap and purr. I have just been feeding an elderly dog left behind by hunters, shouldn't do this when I go to Cascais who will feed it? It is tough for a dog to have no home. Have lit the fire; the wood emits an intense aroma of nature, think of the curtailing of freedom in Europe; the press has been tamed, they can print whatever they like as long as it is not The Truth on how we are ruled; then it is called treason, what's left are soft **** and TV quiz.