Like so many others in Portugal, my family has been growing its own olive crop for years, using traditional harvesting methods passed down through the generations and pressing the olives at the local olive mill which has been in operation since 1890. I started restoring a little stone cottage near my family’s olive groves in the village of Telhados Grandes, which lies in the middle of the Parque Natural das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros in Portugal. It’s become somewhat of a personal archive to preserve the culture and childhood memories of this place.