John got himself a small 3D printer. When he first mentioned getting one, it was hard to grasp the concept of a printer being able to print 3 dimensional objects. The more I read up on this, it seemed a wave of the future and a marvel for the medical...
Today Laura messaged me to tell me that the new baby Lopez had been born! John and I had just been talking to Miranda on Skype just that morning! Funny thing is, because of and by virtue of SKYPE, I was the first family member to see Baby LIVE….ALL THE...
Veles e Vents in English means, Candles and Winds. What do you do when you enjoy an event but your photos didn’t quite turn out quite like you want them to, AND you learn your friends are going the next night? Of course, you go AGAIN! So the production of...
Xarxa Teatre from Spain, put on a performance here in Perth of Veles e Vents. Thanks to a friend letting us know about the event, John got hit with the idea almost right about coming home time. 🙂 He agreed to take me. The performance is inspired by the work...
So our bird bath had a visitor. Actually it gets a lot of visitors, I just don’t always think fast enough to get a photo. I sure enjoyed watching him take his bath.
So John comes home from work, sits in his chair and says, “So where we going tonight?” Every wife’s dream come true, right? I mean, I had had a long, hot day at home, and wanted more than anything to be in a place that was cooler. I hadn’t even...
What could scones and a 3D printer have in common? John likes scones. They resemble what my mother always made and called biscuits. Biscuits here in Australia are cookies. The whole thing can get kind of complicated. I’ve been making scones for him for awhile now, cutting them out of...
Australia Day, 4th of July, for me, it’s all about the fireworks and always has been. John is learning that I will do about anything to see a good fireworks show. This week at home, (it’s been very hot out, even people who have lived here most of their lives...
We like to walk. So why not a walk along the beach? It’s been perfect weather, and it was a great evening for a stroll. I really enjoyed that walk on the beach. What a way to end the day.
Um. No. One of John’s frustrations is how few people in Australia know about their own native plants. The region is rich in amazing and wonderful examples of God’s creation in an abundance of a variety of flowers. So we were at Bunnings (like our Home Depot in the U.S.A,...
Back in Maryland in the freezing temperatures, John and I get the invitation via Facebook from Georgie: Christmas Party combination birthday party for her granddaughter Louise. “Yay!” I think. “We get an extended Aussie Christmas!” Back in Perth. The present. 108° F . “Ick,” I thought. “Can I even go...
Once again, the heat welcoming us back from winter with a passion, we managed to go for a walk in the bush before it was going to be too hot to do anything outdoors. I always loved walking the the woods back home when I was little, I never dreamed...
Overnight the heat went to record highs and the next two days weren’t looking very promising either. So on the early side we decided we would get out of the house before it became too hot for me to do so.
Our first full day back in Perth, and we knew we would have to do some shopping. We needed food and firstly, we needed a filter for our water pitcher. (I can’t drink water straight from the tap). So we went to the shops to also add minutes on my...
With Christmas and New Years done, we had to start thinking about going home to Perth. I suppose most couples have obstacles in their marriage, ours is definitely all that it takes to BE together. The travel is not easy; the expense, the time…if nothing else, we are a testament...
John and I had been invited to Elise’s wedding and she had it on a date that we both could attend! (Almost missed it by one day!)
The children already having opened their presents, now it was our turn. It was another Christmas to treasure with my children and grandchildren. Even though we changed the day, it didn’t matter, it was as wonderful as always.
Silas got the game Kerplunk for Christmas. I had no idea it would be such a winner of a present that everyone would enjoy!
Since part of the family was away at Christmas we held our traditional Christmas Eve on New Year’s Eve. Delaying it didn’t take away from how special it always is. More Christmas Eve/New Year’s Eve to come…
Yay! The children came home! The upstairs part of the family went away for Christmas to Wisconsin, and we missed them very much. So we enjoyed them so much the very day they got back! All these lovely moments, I treasure in my heart always.
After being sick and the children gone to Wisconsin, this year Christmas didn’t seem to have the same sparkle…Mom even said it was dull as dishwater around the house. We did all the same things as usual: shopping, baking cookies, candy, decorating, Christmas village… Then we went to the Christmas...
Some people have wine tasting, cheese tasting…on Pop Pop’s return from Australia, we had mint tasting around our table. Silas and Rubà are mint connoisseurs at this point. My grandchildren will be your best friend for a bag of mints. 🙂 So we took the children outside.
Christmas is approaching and in this household that means it’s TIME to start baking cookies. Mom and I thought this is something Silas and Rubà would enjoy doing. Did they! When Yaya was ready, Rubi ran into my room to tell me to get the scissors, it was time to...
Bethel Baptist in Glen Burnie had their Christmas program tonight. I had been hearing in the house Enric and Miranda practicing some Christmas songs, but was lovely to see them in church, Laura got some movies with her camera: Silas singing with some young ladies a lovely arrangement of The...
The wave of my hand must have far reaching powers, for John has showed me that our chairs are now a completed project. He is now moving on to cleaning his model ships he put together. (A request of mine). Looking nice, don’t you think?
In a time when I see recurring instances of governments and society trying to completely erase the reason the world even has Christmas, this song, sung by George really touched me. Play to hear the song. Where’s The Line To See Jesus? Christmas time was approaching, the snow is starting...
Thanksgiving as usual was at Linda and George’s house. This year was a little different, Enric and family were not in Wisconsin and could be with us, and George had commitments in Florida, so he and Linda were getting a little taste of what John and I suffer through too...
I infuriate doctors. Not on purpose. Often simply because I’ve done my research and don’t buy everything they’re trying to sell me. Not all dislike me, many do like me for the same above reason. I go in there, I read, learn, and once we’re in agreement on what are...
After us thanking the Lord for sparing Laura’s life in a car accident, Miranda said, “Way to turn 20!” Indeed. So the birthday began in a sweet way… I am so thankful for these times with my family. I cherish them.
My little girl is sliding out of the teen years today and turning 20. She has always amazed me, from the moment she was born and announced she was a “10” and all through her life, and even now, escaping death in a car accident. I know she is a...
Tonight after dinner, it was play time with Daddy. Silas was busy with his new treasure, a folding up map of whales and dolphins. Rubà climbed on Daddy’s lap.
