{"id":1967,"date":"2023-03-03T16:43:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T19:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2023-03-03T16:43:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T19:43:36","slug":"friday-march-3rd-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/friday-march-3rd-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, March 3rd, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.50.01-Fry-Goose-Egg.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.50.01-Fry-Goose-Egg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.50.01-Fry-Goose-Egg.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.50.01-Fry-Goose-Egg-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Frying a Goose egg!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.50.01-Egg-and-taters.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.50.01-Egg-and-taters.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.50.01-Egg-and-taters.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.50.01-Egg-and-taters-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Goose egg and potatoes &amp; carrots!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This feels like such a lazy day. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sitting out here 11 o\u00e2\u20ac\u2122clock in the morning. The sun is beaming down on my head. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s absolutely beautiful today; slowly the temperature is increasing from that few days of  real chill nights. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so nice and quiet here without the neighbours, chattering away. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m beginning to think I am a hermit. I like it when it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just me surrounded by nature. All I can hear right now is the birds chirping and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s some cuckoos (other than me)  making their sound to the west of me. I still haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t actually seen one. BC was here this morning; he came for his breakfast, and a chat, followed me around for about an hour and a half. I know he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s off for his regular day whatever he does. Lu\u00c3\u00ads was trimming the fig tree yesterday so it grows better. It is really interesting to look at and the pile of <em>off cuts<\/em> that he trimmed sitting there are interesting too.&nbsp;<br>How does BC know that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m eating, that I cooked something? Is he already reading my mind? As soon as I sat down at the table outside with my fried goose egg ,potatoes and carrots, he appeared down the driveway! What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s for dinner Mom ?Chattering away as I eat, I gave him leftovers. He will miss me when I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m gone!<br>I found an ATM in town that accepted my debit card and now I am content.&nbsp;<br>Sitting now at Restaurante Rita having a beer , people watching and wave watching. What a great life, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was back at Cape Sardao earlier. I am awe of that vista and can&#8217;t get enough of it. I did some sketching and took photographs for future work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-End-of-another-amazing-day.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-End-of-another-amazing-day.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-End-of-another-amazing-day.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-End-of-another-amazing-day-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-End-of-another-amazing-day-768x304.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-End-of-another-amazing-day-769x304.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-Zambujeira-Do-Mar-Pano-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-Zambujeira-Do-Mar-Pano-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-Zambujeira-Do-Mar-Pano-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-Zambujeira-Do-Mar-Pano-1-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-Zambujeira-Do-Mar-Pano-1-768x353.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-Zambujeira-Do-Mar-Pano-1-769x354.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In Zambujeira Do Mar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zambujeira Do Mar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-My-current-town-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-My-current-town-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-My-current-town-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-My-current-town-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-My-current-town-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-at-18.51.39-My-current-town-1-769x577.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Zambujeira Do Mar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This feels like such a lazy day. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sitting out here 11 o\u00e2\u20ac\u2122clock in the morning. The sun is beaming down on my head. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s absolutely beautiful today; slowly the temperature is increasing from that few days of real chill nights. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so nice and quiet here without the neighbours, chattering away. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m beginning to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/friday-march-3rd-2023\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Friday, March 3rd, 2023&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-award-of-merit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1979,"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions\/1979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}