Category: one second everyday

ah… november. a month of longer and longer walks, knitting, migrating downstairs to huddle by the fireplace, volunteering and piquena staying over. a bit all over the place, and more sunny days than rainy ones.

– a couple of collared doves have been showing up around breakfast time. it’s nice to see them come back everyday.

– read about the world’s deadliest thing, which was not what i expected. this quote stuck with me:

The lethal dose when consumed orally is around 30 billionths of a gram, which if you want a relatable comparison, is about the same as if you cut a single poppy seed into ten thousand equal pieces and ate one of them. It is an amount so tiny, it really doesn’t make sense.

– dani spent a lazy week of catching up with sleep, books and movies, and it was all going well… until i washed the bathroom with disinfectant and she had a nasty allergic reaction to it. :( one trip to the hospital later and she’s doing a little better, the poor kitten.

– a friend who’s moving to portugal stayed over for a couple of days, so december has been unexpectedly busy with guests. we’ve had meals together and played games — even managed to win at pandemic, for once!

– finished reading “ready, player one” at last, dove into “factory girls“, another china-themed book.

finally catching up with these videos!

october had its ups and downs. world postcard day came and went and afterwards we went north, caught up with family, ran all the errands, ate a francesinha, renewed our passports (just in case the borders open!), played games, hiked… there was a bit of everything, and it felt like an intense month.

i’m glad november is being a bit more low-key… i feel like i need time to catch my breath!

i’m so late with this video, but here it goes:

lots of family moments, walking on the treadmill, food experiments, and the first rains of autumn. also, i rode on my brother’s bike for the first time, and was only a little bit panicky. :D