Thursday, October 20, 2011

BFF

Not to toot my own horn, but..... click here.



Me and Tiffany at the glider port, 2008



Saturday, October 15, 2011

The last two weeks, in pictures

Yesterday, at Mag-Aso Falls.

Me, climbing
Abby, midair

This is the jungle

It's good in the 'hood

Carabao

It's still good in the 'hood


Onward. Or rather backwards, because this is a blog so we are traveling back in time. Last Monday I received two immense care packages in the mail on the very same day from the two LLLs.

Scrambled eggs made from Crystal Egg, my new favorite thing.  It never needs refrigeration - great in a place without a consistent power supply, since I really don't think eggs were meant to be chilled and warmed and chilled again before being eaten, and doubly great for someone who can't stand the sight of raw eggs, like myself. Thanks Mama! Oh, and real tomato ketchup. 

My food trolley, the fullest it has ever been.

Speaks for itself I think.

On my porch, with one of the neighbor cows who has tentatively agreed to be my friend 

Backwards again, to last weekend.


Kate at work

A wonderful drawing done by one of Kate's girls.

The jungle mural at Kate's center

Under the sea
 Later that day we went to the launching of a new business, Kayakasia, where we did a little kayak-surfing and friend-making.  Abby and I caught a few waves in our double, but not until one caught us first.

k & k

Soaked, and getting my foot munched on by red ants.

Buzzy's babies



Abby showing off her ink
A few days earlier still, we had had another kayaking adventure - his time on the Abatan river, near Todd's town - where we paddled through a centuries-old mangrove forest and then watched fireflies on the riverbank after dark.

Heading south on a racing bus, Jessica's hair flying
The teams: Todd and Kate in the background, Abby and Jessica in the foreground 

Quiet
Twilight
Dark - with everyone swatting jumping shrimp out of their laps

                                 

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Merry (early) Christmas To Me!

What? What is THIS?!

Fresh vegetables?? Cold water?? Bread that can be kept for more than two days without being gobbled up by mold??

That's right folks, thanks to a certain dad's willingness to see the truth of this business about Jesus not actually being born mid-winter and thus embracing a little flexibility on the notion of when we celebrate Christmas and the giving of electronics and appliances that goes with it, I have a refrigerator.  "Fridge" as we call them stateside, or "Ref" as they call them here in the Peens.

The conclusion: I'm fancy.

My coffee table is re-purposed as a fridge table so it can reach the outlet - the burner now sits on top

That is bread, eggs, okra, cabbage, a cucumber and an eggplant. And water chilling in the back!

Monday, October 3, 2011

HALFWAY!!!

13.5 months down, 13.5 months to go