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HELLO CINDY…AH, YES, THOSE ARE SOME FANCY DIGS FOR THE PIGS!…CRATE HEAVEN!…AND WHAT ALOT OF HELP FROM THOSE KIND GENTLEMEN…LOVE THE FLOOR…ALL THE BEST🙏🏻;)
Great job boys! Cindy you must be the nicest person to be around cause you get the nicest helpers! ❤️🇨🇦
Martin is such a gem!! Steve is great!! I am so happy things are coming together for you! 😎
Hi Cindy, the kitchen is really coming along well! Super cute grand baby photos too! Take care, Laura 🐶🐶🌸🌸🌸
Now on to a covered loo!
Wow it’s all coming together now 👍 some great work x
Love the BBQ! Everything is turning out nice. Glad to see you doing well 🙂
Wow, Cindy! You have a cute chubby baby grandson!
U go girl looking great 🤩
Another great video. With people like Martin and Steve the world's a better place.
I hope to be back to Portugal next year for my 6 week exploring holiday and like the idea of spending a few weeks doing so intergenerational off grid volunteering.
While unlike Martin and Steve I don't really have any DIY skills, I am
however active in my 60s and can muck in with poo collection, pig scratching and wood chopping and I would love to camp out.
So please let me know if these "skills" would be useful and I will start saving for my off grid 2023 Portugal adventure.
And thanks for encouraging those of us in our 60s plus that there still are a lot of adventures out there and a lot of dreams still to be acted upon.
Looks like your place is coming along nicely! I'm excited to see what Steve does with the door… I'd also like to cut a window in mine but I'm nervous about going through the diagonal metal support. I've been told that will make the door less sturdy but I'm hoping to reinforce it all with wood. Anyway, looks great! A question… where did you get your straw bale and do you remember how much it cost? Cheers!
Lovely video Cindy, not sure about the Space Funk music at the start❤️
What a delight Martin has been. The floor looks wonderful! I’m looking forward to the piglets.
Thanks for your vid Cindy 😇💟💟💟 Love you all. Wet wood will not burn so good and will smoke a lot and will stuck your shimny pipes best to use wood that's dry, Wow your helpers make beautiful progress you are a lucky girl.
Cindy a cozinha está a ficar muito linda 🥰
Your land and stone house has changed so much in the last year! 🌀💚🌀
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Martin, thanks so much for helping Cindy. Video was awesome, when you open the straw the back behind you look like a post card. Beautiful
Martin, and Steve have accomplished so much. Interesting vlog as always.
The kitchen is coming along nicely Cindy. Before you know it it will be done! Great helpers you have there👌
Those lads have made a big difference, the floor is going to look great when finished. That will be a treat, so much easier to keep clean. So much happening.
Cindy we did an educational Sappi tour some time back. Eucalyptus trees use approx 44 gallons of water a day. Those drums that we get here in SA was used in the talk… they draw a lot from your ground water. So don’t feel that you need to save them, they are water vampires 😀
Your kitchen floor is going to look amazing. Lovely choice of tile 🙌
I learned something new from Martin today about "buttering" the bottom of the tile, not just the floor, to help prevent air pockets! Timtam with a bucket stuck to her head must have been funny to see. 🙂 It will be great to have an insulated door this winter.
Wow, it's so fun seeing the transformation of your kitchen. You'll be able to sit in there with a cup of tea and think of all the hands that built it. 🤗 Beautiful floor choice. Side note did you get a new camera your shots seemed sharper and really beautiful?
It is just lovely to see so many things accomplished by Martin and Steve. You guys are such excellent people. Bless you for helping Cindy.