Back to Nature
Our new home here in Recife is situated in a very rural location. It is full of wildlife and fruit, and we plan to plant more produce and get animals soon. The last few months has seen Tony doing lots of manual work to get the place ready to become a shelter for girls. In the future we hope to incorporate looking after the land and animals as part of the therapy and development for the kids we will take in. There are so many different fruit trees, many of which don't have an English name. The fruit is too much for Tony to pick it all, but each week he picks enough for the 3 families for the week. We have Banana, Limes, Oranges, Acerola, Star fruit, Mango, Coconut and many others. Tess is becoming a bit of a farm girl and always wants to be outside. Her favourite fruit is "Pitanga" a bitter red fruit that has low branches that she can pick for herself. She is learning which fruits she can and can't eat and shows everything to mum before she eats it! We also have severa...
