Mud House with Reinforced Concrete

18/05/2024

11/05/2024

Fique em silêncio no calor da raiva e
se não conseguir falar sem gritar
se suas palavras puderem ofender uma pessoa ou destruir uma amizade
se não souber a história completa,
se falar servir apenas para aumentar o seu ego

09/02/2022

The beams and columns for the second and third floor and the front part of the house are built, the roof is laid and the first adobe walls are started, lots of progress !

The beams and columns for the second and third floor and the front part of the house are built, the roof is laid and the first walls are started, lots of pro...

28/01/2022

Something about my life and why I decided to settle in Brazil.

24/01/2022

Containment wall will be built there to avoid further erosion. Heavy rains were melting that cliff endangering the back part of the house. Risk will be eliminated.

24/01/2022

Heavy rainy season in Bahia, Brazil made mud out of a nearby hill which fell gradually and repeatedly against mud walls, which, fortunately, had cement stucco on the exterior lower part, It reached the point to enter by the window, scary experience. A containment wall is now being made to avoid further danger.

23/01/2022

Building the retention wall foundations 😃

22/01/2022

Wall to avoid erosion. Heavy rains were eroding a hill behind the house so a retainment wall is being made to avoid that. That earth was used to make the adobe bricks shown on the walls.

22/01/2022

Tilapias, Love and Peace

22/01/2022

Tilápias kissing 💋. Some species pretend to fight during the mating period. Kissers kiss each other to delimit territory.

22/01/2022

1000 liters with 50 Tilapias. In my backyard in Lençóis, Bahia, Brazil, center of the state, in Chapada dimantina. Decanter,, filter and sump, 80 liters each. 20 liter bucket for fingerlings or lambari. Bucket with sand and suspended brick inside the water to encourage reproduction. Automatic feeder with microwave motor and timer to feed once every 30 minutes from 6 am to 5:30 pm. Amonia, pH, and nitrates are controlled as well periodic partial changes of water. Water temperature between 24 and 28 degrees in summer, 18 to 24 in winter, Celsius degrees. Nice hobby and produces good food. 3000 liters/hour pump. Oxygenated by the pump and venturi.