Chinwagging

Well, the advantage of only taking one photo at the end of the day is it doesn't take long to decide which one to use...

It has got hot enough that we have started using the old kitchen, with its long marble-topped table, lots of junk interesting artefacts, and the large Alentejano fireplace - which, according to our landlord, who grew up in this house, never worked, except for smoking meat from the pigs they killed.