The weather in March was truly amazing, but not normal, for sure – some days it reached 27 degrees and at night only dropped to 15.

Now April is here, and call it what you like – mil lluvias, april showers… I don’t know in Portuguese, it’s raining!

And what rain, the positive angle I’ve taken is that this must be good for the land, and what’s good for the land is good for farmers, and seeing as I’m on my way to being a farmer, that means it’s good to me.. not quite an instinctual sense of goodness, but goodness all the same.

Here’s a quick snapshot of Arctic gear I’ve got on, against the 5 degree constant rain – tomorrow’s forecast is for thunderstorms, followed on Friday by snow… so, I think the farm can wait a few days, while I hide out with the dogs in the van…