Apologies all I know I have been quiet both here and over on my Portuguese blog for the past few weeks. A combination of a most hideous cold and lots of lovely guests has somewhat distracted me.

I still have both but this afternoon seem to have head in the right place to jot a few words down and to share this photo of a very hopeful dog in the market yesterday.

He wasn’t successful  but his optimism that something might come his way I found very uplifting.  And on that note here’s hoping that 2016 is a year full of much joy.