We’re off tonight for our annual ritual of chestnut-picking at the home village. There’s a yellow alert (rain) for this weekend, which means this painstaking activity will become even more painstaking, but there’s no way we will return empty-handed!
This is my 3rd season of castanhas, and Ice’s 2nd. At this time last year we’d had him only a week, and he was so tiny!
Castanhas, Year 1
Castanhas, Year 2
October 31, 2014
Album: Penela da Beira [Autumn 2014]
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