BBQ – An Englishman in Colombia

Water Everywhere, but Not a Drop To Drink!

Well that\’s not quite true, although I know Marcela would disagree with me, she has been on bottled water since we moved here, but since I mostly drink coffee, my water is heated, and for taking tablets etc. I take the risk. When we moved, we noticed that the water had a yellow tinge toContinue reading “Water Everywhere, but Not a Drop To Drink!”

Hot! Hot! Hot!

Yesterday, went much as planned, we went off and did our food shopping, I wasn\’t able to price my chainsaw, because they hadn\’t got the one I wanted, I will have to go to a bigger branch, possibly tomorrow. Back home, I started on the gardening again, until after dark, as it was cool, thenContinue reading “Hot! Hot! Hot!”

Nice day today!

Had a leisurely get up this morning 6.30am, and that was before Pépe! went for our walk, and there were people already making their way for their various Religious Processions. Coffee, and then the family showed their faces. I was going to shelve out the Pantry today, but changed my mind, there were too manyContinue reading “Nice day today!”

I want my bed!

We were both up at 6am this morning, well Marcela took a few minutes to come around! She wanted to carry on cleaning the pool, before the heat of the day, and that turned out to be a bit of a joke. There was about four inches of water in the pool, when the pumpContinue reading “I want my bed!”

Water runs Dry!

I have to say, that now John has had the bulk of his money, his reliability has gone down the drain, he didn\’t turn up as promised yesterday afternoon, and he didn\’t come today, saying it was too hot to work in the garden! It was probably just as well, because I am still readyContinue reading “Water runs Dry!”

I should have stayed in bed!

Yesterday morning, I acid brushed the new brick exterior garden wall, it was dry in minutes, then I gave it a coat of weather protection, I don\’t know whether it is the weather here, or the composition of the product, but that was dry in minutes, so then I varnished it, and it looked good.Continue reading “I should have stayed in bed!”