BlogHide Resteemsjoalex (47)in life • 7 years agoJo Blogs #7 - Finding the MagicGoodness, life can change in the blink of an eye and mine certainly has! We moved away from our mountain idyll in February and swapped it for a life on the beach. I remember saying as we were…joalex (47)in life • 7 years agoJo Blogs #6 - Will This Landscape Be Lost Forever?(Photo of one of the olive tree terraces in our garden. You can see the wide terrace down the middle, with a stone wall on the left facing the next terrace up and the ground dropping away on the…joalex (47)in life • 7 years agoJo Blogs #5 - What is the best language learning app?As you know, we have recently moved off grid in order to live a more simple lifestyle although we have managed to complicate things a little in that we also moved to a foreign country. Yes, we have…joalex (47)in life • 7 years agoOff Grid Living Diary #4 - My house has soul (and not the Motown kind!)There is a story behind the house in which we live and it's both uplifting and inspiring. Set in 5 acres of mountainous, Spanish countryside, this isolated oasis is actually a relatively new…joalex (47)in life • 7 years agoOff Grid Living Diary #3 - THE WINTER SOLSTICE21 December has always been an important day in my life - it's my birthday! - but it's particularly of interest this year as we are totally reliant on solar for our electricity. It's both the…resteemedheiditravels (73)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoHow to Earn a Passive Income with CryptoOk I’m going to get only slightly personal with this video today. Many of you have wondered how the heck I am able to afford traveling to cool places while at the same time having the time and…resteemedldacey-laforge (54)in spirituality • 7 years agoOf Water & IceA POST WHERE A GRUMPY GIT IS GIFTED A GENIUS ANALOGY... This morning I woke up grumpy and less than my glorious, normal self and Rick, my husband since August this year, caught the brunt of my…joalex (47)in life • 7 years agoOff Grid Living Diary #2 - The SolitudeOver the past couple of years, I have found myself becoming less and less interested in living in a society where consumption is king and the pressure to spend is unrelenting. Part of the draw for…joalex (47)in steemit • 7 years agoSteemit ChatNot sure I am supposed to be posting this publically but I am struggling to log in to Steemit Chat. I am using the generated password given to me by Steemit when I signed up and have tried both my…joalex (47)in life • 7 years agoOff Grid Living Diary #1 - One Month InWe have been living in the new house for a month now and, so far, so good. It's the first time I have lived anywhere that is totally reliant on solar power and we have had to incorporate some…joalex (47)in life • 7 years agoBest Password Hack Ever?There are a few truths about passwords that we all know: We should never, EVER, use the same password for multiple sites We should ALWAYS include random numbers and letters to make the…joalex (47)in colorchallenge • 7 years agoColor Challenge Tuesday - OrangeWe took this photo of the Alicante skyline at sunset during November. I love the colour of the sky and the way it looks with the Spanish flag in the foreground. Color Challenge. Play with me…joalex (47)in colorchallenge • 7 years agoColor Challenge Monday- RedI took this photo in the olive grove in our garden in Spain. The majority of the trees around us are pine but, as autumn began to take hold, the leaves on the olive trees turned a beautiful shade of…joalex (47)in food • 7 years agoPerfect Soft Boiled EggsThe upside of living deep in the countryside (or the campo as it's called here) is that we are cooking at home a lot more. It's not just the distance to the nearest village but the fact that our…resteemedkaisertom (37)in offgrid • 7 years agoOff grid living - Requires chopping wood to keep warm in winter.Off-grid living using only solar power and batteries for electricity requires the use of an axe and manual labour to keep the wood burner going for warmth at night time in the winter. Since I live…joalex (47)in life • 7 years agoLife is for LivingHi, my name is Joanna and, in a bid take back control of what makes me happy, I have decided to live off grid, deep in the Spanish countryside. I do have mains water but all of my electricity comes…
