Wonderful Flowers

As if it were roses...
From December until March the Camelias are in bloom - being a welcome sight!

New Holiday Home Open to the Public!

Casa Ouro is now open to the public. All our hard-working helpers did a good job. Everything is new and comfortable, and of high quality standard. The house is really spacious: a comfortable double room, a large bathroom, kitchen and living room on the ground floor, 2 twin rooms and one more bathroom on the 1st floor. Our site http.//www.quintadosobral.com already contains details. Come and see! We already had guests here, a group of 8 cyclists. They all were enthusiastic!

Springtime!

Every year in springtime the Quinta is covered with wonderful blossoms. These apple blossoms are the last ones after all others including citrus.

Woodruff

This is not a secret: it seems to be quite difficult to germinate woodruff seeds. But we succeeded. Bernhard put 15 seeds - kept in damp soil - into the refrigerator for 4 months. And they germinated! In the end Bernhard had 5 tiny plants. In May he put them outside. Two of them did not survive, but we have 3 nice plants now.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Autumn

The vineyards around Casa Brigitte are showing their autumn colours - and we are harvesting chestnuts, a lot more than last year.

Kittens are growing up

Our kittens are 4 months old now. They do everything together - playing, eating, sleeping....
very important: experiencing their new surroundings. Last saturday morning Minka was sitting on a tree at an altitude of 7 metres - nearly the height of a 2-storey house -, not knowing how to descend, trembling with fear, miaowing and crying. Loni was walking up and down on the ground, upset, and miaowing despairingly. Well, our best ladder was sufficient to reach Minka. Hopefully they will be able soon to manage such situations themselves.
They are really sweet, incredibly devoted, and always being a lovely sight with their coats shining like the stars at night.