Forced to be an outdoor person even when we e experiencing the worst storm in ages. But watching her enjoy the puddles, seeing her laugh makes everything worthwhile. #momlife #joysoflife #gratitude

Two days ago, husband and I had a conversation about how we are almost towards the finish line and how we do not wish to do any work on the house for a bit. And then, the Portuguese storm got us real good. This shed was used as storage space for many boxes, all of them got drenched. We have had many issues with the walls which borders our land but we did not see this coming. #storm #homesteading

We have had a series of storms hit us the last weeks. As a result, it has not stopped pouring down for a week now. Everything is flooded, including the tiny path to our house. It took us a good few hours to manage the flow of the waterfall so that we could walk in the path again. #Nature is so mighty, just a tiny reminder for us again. #homesteading #storm #aftermath

In Nepali traditional kitchen, everything is cooked either in cold processed mustard oil or ghee (ghiu in Nepali language). Over the last decades, we slowly saw a shift from these oils towards cheaper alternatives such as sunflower oil and soyabean oil, both marketed as oils good for heart health. I often wonder if money is the only reason we shift away from things that have worked for our health for so long. We started cooking everything in ghee five six years ago and we are not going back to seed oils. This here is our newest batch of ghee and it smells and tastes amazing!!! #ghee #homesteading

That looks delicious!!!

We had a wonderful day today. Although it was not really sunny, we were happy with a dry day. Our daughter loves being outdoors all the time, children don't seem to be affected by rain nor the cold it seems. As I was finishing up some chores, husband took her to see our neighbour's grazing sheep and once he was back, it was my turn to take her outside for a walk as the husband worked on his computer. It's always such fun to see the way she interacts with her surroundings. These are truly "the good old days" the old me will come back to. #blessed #momstr #homesteading #walks

It was a good day! GN everyone. #sky #bliss #homesteading

Looks great 👍

This brings me back to the happiest memories from my childhood. My maternal grandfather's house was in a remote village, a day walk away from Kathmandu. There was no electricity and no signs of infrastructure at all. Wood was the sole source of energy and my grandfather would always have a big heap of firewood outside his house, safely kept under a aluminium roofed shed. All of his wood came from his own land, we are not there yet but we are working towards that goal. Come to think of it, the life that we have embraced at the moment is do much in line with the life that he had. Although he served in the army for some years, he was a farmer through and through. His day would begin by strolling through his vegetable garden, talking to his beloved plants and sometimes I catch myself doing that too. I wonder what he would have thought of our corner here. #homesteading #nostalgia

Ever since we moved to Portugal, I have been looking for tallow everywhere and unfortunately not able to find it. I started using tallow as moisturiser during my pregnancy and since then I do not want to use anything else. After months of searching for suet, my neighbour got me a small amount of suet and I finally rendered my very first batch of tallow. Will be making some moisturiser in a day or two with some other incredible ingredients. #tallow #skincare #homesteading

It really is, specially with a little one who is feral, it makes such a big difference.