After migrating my blog from blogger to WordPress this image came up as an unposted draft; it is a a map showing the various parts of South Africa we visited back in June/July 2012 for Andrew and Henriët’s wedding . I’ll leave it here just because it’s a nice reminder of our trip;… Continue reading Places we visited in South Africa
Month: August 2014
Book Report: The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street: A Novel by Susan Jane Gilman My rating: 3 of 5 stars So sue me darlings; I didn’t love it. A good story about a young girl, Malva Treynovsky emigrating from Russia in the early 1900’s for… where? They start to go for South Africa but thanks to… Continue reading Book Report: The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
On blogging
My blogging goes on in fits and starts. My content revolves around my three hobbies: reading, cooking, and travel. If I haven’t cooked or travelled, and I’m in the middle of a long book, my blog entries slow. When I get back from a trip I’ll have a big backlog of things to share. My… Continue reading On blogging
August 7-10, 2014: Camp Watson
Note: August 18, 2014. THOSE BEAUTIFUL BERRIES IN THE PICTURE LATER IN THE BLOG ARE POISONOUS. I might get my botany merit badge revoked because I wasn’t clear about that. Just thought you might like to know. We got to go to sleepover camp again this summer up at Hood Canal, Washington. We hadn’t been… Continue reading August 7-10, 2014: Camp Watson
Road Trip 2014 – Showing Jeanette Northwest Oregon
July 7-9, 2014 We returned home from our epic road trip on Sunday July 6. But the fun and travel was far from over. We only had her in town a short time before she was headed back to Chicago to see the kids and Jurgen. I was back at work but that didn’t stop… Continue reading Road Trip 2014 – Showing Jeanette Northwest Oregon
