by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 12, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
May 24 Life in the jungle: I sort of slept in this morning. It’s when I have goofy dreams that I can never remember that I seem to sleep in. Leaving the house to first feed the chickens I sensed that today was going to be another hot one. I think I lost track...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 28, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
May 17 Life in the jungle: I was expecting the public works guy to stop by sometime today. First, I started putting the patio stone materials together. I then headed to the village to see Saul’s modification to the tower and get groceries. After a late...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 27, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
May 9 Life in the jungle: As per my usual morning ritual now, I mixed cement and poured another dozen patio stones for my future greenhouse floor. This is pouring number 5 with 63 stones now. Once I get my first 100 stones I will lay my greenhouse front entrance to...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 27, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
May 1 Life in the jungle: Orlando showed up this morning. I pulled the deck post forms off the posts we poured last week before he arrived. They did not pour very well. I wasn’t very pleased. We set up the last three forms. This time mixing and pouring...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 14, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
April 22 Life in the jungle: Today was killer hot with no breeze. I started my morning cleaning up my chickens and moved my large broilers to their new coop. I should mention that every day as a task, I need to look after my chickens along with watering my seedling...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 14, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
April 15 Life in the jungle: My rooster let me sleep in a bit this morning. I spent the whole day painting. My first priority was the internet tower. I had to finish priming two sections and I got the first coat of paint on the other four sections. I also put a...