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Merry Christmas (2025.12.25)

I wish Merry Christmas to everyone, who celebrate it. From Tenerife Family Church, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. 2025.12.25.

🥕 „Marchewki z charakterem” — moje pierwsze zbiory na Teneryfie

Moja pierwsza marchewka;-) 🌄 W końcu mam swój kawałek ziemi Po latach starań, prób i planów — udało się. Mam swoją fincę na Teneryfie. To miejsce, o którym marzyłem,

I would stay on this finca for long term (2025.09.02)

I arrived on this finca on 2025.07.28. So I already spent one month on it so far. To everyone, who asked in the recent past, if I enjoy staying on this finca, I

My first Friday pizza night on this finca (2025.08.22)

Friday pizza night is a kind of tradition on this finca. We eat homemade oven baked pizza in the evening/night. I participated in it for the first time. At least

My daily routine on this finca so far (2025.08.14)

I arrived on this finca 17 days ago (on 2025.07.28) as a volunteer for accommodation and for food (breakfast, lunch, dinner) too. After a little bit more than two

My first week on this finca (2025.08.04)

I arrived on this finca seven days ago, on Monday (on 2025.07.28). I work in this place as a volunteer for the wood house accomodation and for the food (cold, warm,

I choose to water the plants on Saturday too (2025.08.02)

I choose to water the plants on Saturday too. This is not required. This is my choice. Good for the plants. Especially in the hot temperatures nowadays. Only the

My first day on the finca (2025.07.29)

I arrived on the finca yesterday (on 2025.07.28) around midday/noon. Yesterday (and even earlier once) I had a brief tour of thls finca. This finca is big. I am

My new accommodation is a little wood house (2025.07.28)

Today, after a little bit more than two years, I left the cave/tent living community in the rocky semi-desert (I lived there since the spring of 2023). Mostly I

We are still in tents in the barranco, but not for long anymore (2025.06.14)

Currently there are a few ongoing things. In the next few weeks, I will either leave the barranco in the rocky semi-desert to live on another part of Tenerife, or

My brother's first Vivo Y33S smartphone photos (2025.05.19)

Today my brother bought a Vivo Y33S smartphone, and these are the first photos he took with it. We were in the rocky semi-desert between San Isidro and El Médano.

The Cave-Shrine of Santo Hermano Pedro (2025.05.18)

Today my brother and I visited this place. My brother visited this place for the first time. I visited it a few times in the previous two years (since the spring

Probably I will spend at least an additional five or six months in a tent in the rocky semi-desert (2025.05.08)

I already spent two years in this place since the spring of 2023. Out of 10 people, probably seven or eight people could not even imagine living in this place not

One year with my female Harris's hawk (2025.04.30)

I bought my Harris's hawk exactly one year ago, in the afternoon of 2024.04.30 in Huelva, Spain. I travelled with her on a ferry to Tenerife, Canary Islands on

My brother went into the ocean for the first time (2025.04.13)

Today we went to El Médano, then to the Playa de la Montaña Roja. This place is near Playa del Médano, but it is not crowded. There were only a very few people there.

The rocky semi-desert became green after several hours of rain in the night/evening (2025.04.10)

After several hours of rain in the evening/night, the rocky semi-desert has turned green. The cactus have fresh buds. There was also a rainbow (my brother took photos

There will be rain within 48 hours, and not for 48 hours (2025.04.09)

There was a little mistake in the translation yesterday evening. Things like this can happen, if no one in the area speaks Spanish well at the moment. They said

We are preparing for a 48 hours long rain (2025.04.08)

Tonight the police and the disaster management came, and notified us that there will be a 48 hours long rain, starting from midnight, and it will wash away everything

My brother's 31st birthday (2025.03.19)

Today we celebrated my brother's 31st birthday. We celebrated his birthday together again after I do not know how many years. He spent them with others in the previous

Peaceful walks together (2025.03.16)

My Harris's hawk is now completely used to my brother. With a few special exceptions (for example when my brother hold a bottle), my Harris's hawk is no longer