Presépio is Portuguese for "Nativity Scene". Follow along as we build this year's version of a long family tradition. Mai e Pai (Mom & Dad, in Portuguese) started this tradition with just a few figurines bought in a Paris airport, to hundreds of pieces lovingly collected or hand-crafted over the decades and across two continents.

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30 November, 2010

Day 2 - Blackout!

After the astonishing productivity of the post-Thanksgiving rush, it was back to "normal" activities.
The only Presépio work done involved emergency utility crews (aka Phil) coming in to service some underground electrical cables - part of the town was plunged into blackness!

The bakery, A&S house, and the windmill were affected.  I panicked, as I thought out only alternatives would be a) leave them without power all season, or b) rip up a huge amount of wiring that had been so neatly taped down, then so perfectly covered with a layer of the finest hand-sifted earth that had taken Ana all day to perfect!

Thankfully, our chief engineer knew that 99% of all power problems happened at the junctions - so we were able to dig up only a tiny portion of the ground.



As you can see, the lights are now working all over the village  - and tomorrow is another day!!!!!!

(Soon we can get started on the gardens and farms!!)

6 comments:

  1. AnaDec 1, 2010, 8:23:00 AM

    Very nice work so far ths year!! Thankfully ConTraceyson works 24/7 and the entire place has lights! Especially lucky for the A&S house since they are on a septic!!!
    One question and one comment -
    Question - Which is the A&S house.
    Comment - re last year's wise men video - either the cameraman or the wisemen need to be sober during filming!!!!

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  2. TitaDec 1, 2010, 9:48:00 AM

    A&S is the former Stadler residence - the house with the stately side entrance seen in the photo above...
    The bakery is the brick building, conveniently located near the train station, servicing thousands of morning commuters with tasty Scones, Rissois, and Sonhos!
    Re: last year's video - the sad thing is that everyone WAS sober!! (I think...)

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  3. MichelleDec 1, 2010, 10:49:00 AM

    You've made tons of progress! It was just piles of books on Saturday!

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  4. TitaDec 1, 2010, 11:45:00 AM

    We need a USPS truck painted - you and David need to come over to work on it - we have hte model!

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  5. BB W.Dec 1, 2010, 12:02:00 PM

    Ah, thank you for the translation regarding the A&S house, Tita. I think I'd like to commute from that train station - mmm, Rissois! And yes - we were all sober, if memory serves me...

    I'm excited and can't wait for photo ops on location!

    P.S. Thank goodness for your Chief Engineer's electrical skills.

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  6. BB W.Dec 4, 2010, 9:35:00 AM

    So what is going on? Its been nigh on four days and nary a report from the builders?!

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