My dear family & friends
We went to Portugal - again - for 10 days. As usual we stayed with my sister and brother-in-law, Barbara & Terry, at their home in the tiny village of Espargal in the hills above the Algarvean flood plain.
We could not have asked for better weather or a more relaxing vacation. Every day we were greeted with blue skies and temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s. If from my pictures it appears that we did nothing but go to the beach, lounge next to the Algibre River, and go to coffee shops - - - you would not be far wrong.
We relished the warm dry heat of the Algarve that is so similar to that which we are used to from South Africa.
You can find the pictures in the usual place here.
If you prefer Google+ (which I just can't get used to), you can find them here.
Unfortunately, after a wonderful break, our return home was not as happy.
We arrived home from Portugal at 23h30 on Tuesday to find CharlieBrown - our black & white cat - in a very poor way. It appears that the problem of crystals in his urethra had recurred, and he had gone downhill very, very fast. I took him to the emergency vet at 01h00 and, after a short discussion with the vet, had him put down while I stroked him and told him that we loved him. I brought him home and laid him on the kitchen floor so that Tigger, Edgar & Hazel would know that he was gone. We buried him at the bottom of the garden next to the river the next morning and planted some bulbs and seeds on his grave. Needless to say, we are so very sad at this turn of events, and we miss him.
Love, light & peace
Llewellyn
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Tigger & CharlieBrown
