Caribbean check in

Hi all, 

Yesterday les saintes, today sailed back to guadaloupe and tmrw Montserrat (which you might remember had a volcanic eruption in 95). 

All well !!

Hard to succinctly describe this scene!   Right now I am the only one on the boat which is kinda a treat but kinda odd cause as a whole there is not a whole lot of that !

It's beautifully warm and surprise surprise --breezy!!

Troy doing well and definitely knows his way around this world!

Hope all well and keeping my fingers crossed that baby jack coming soon!!

P

LesSaintes

Greetings from OZ

Greetings from Oz,
All well here.  Chilly now as we are into our winter.  Fortunately, we still have days in the 70-80s but cold at night!
John and I will be going to Japan early in June.  Will be a good adventure.  And not so long after that, we will be able to catch up with you all in person, which will be lovely as always.
Love, Lisa

LFN 96

LFN#96

Hello All,

Good to see Pam & Troy together in the photo----both looking great!  All is good here--still waiting for spring.  Since we've been home, we've had very little sun/warmth.  We did manage to get our poor tree chopped up and hauled away.  Now we have not one of our original trees left :(  Yesterday and today we finished buying/planting flowers, so that helps things look summery!    Last week was a busy one, but classes end this week so things will slow down.  This Wednesday is "Paint Your Wagon" and I'm already singing Where am I going.......I don't know.......  Our first Rockies game is also this week and golf and SJH and a play.  Golf didn't really get any better, but I now know I don't have to count strokes more than 10!  What a relief!   Hoping all is good with everyone!  More Eastern Europe pics below.

Love,
San

Crazy clock---it's not 2:15 but 3:10---hands are reversed

Fortress in Bulgaria

At the fortress

Mother&Son

Greetings from guadaloupe

Greetings from Guadaloupe!  All is well!  It's been great hanging with troy!

Initially on arrival on Monday before Troy arrived on Tuesday I was picked up by my airbnb host.  Very urban but it was good.  I explored a bit--kinda uncharted water cause really I am not used to bring in foreign territory on my own. On my walkabout I was kinda doing a clover always swinging back to a familiar spot !  BUT I didn't get lost which was good !!  There was also this crazy German staying there who entertained me a bit.

We are on this beautiful, 53 foot French boat called an Amel.  It has a dishwasher, clothes washer and three air conditioners, two kayaks, two bikes along with whatever else.  

Sleeping has been a dream (pun intended)😗. At night it's pitch black, an itty bitty amount of rocking and cool as a cute!  I haven't slept this well in years.

Our hosts are quite nice!  Drew is the rocket scientist (astronaut) and Lilli his American born but raised in Switzerland wife.  Lilli also is a nurse.  Everyone gets along nicely (although I can't imagine there won't be moments)

I return 20 June from St Thomas where Lilli is also leaving the boat.  Short of that and knowing we will be repairing the Genoa tmrw...well don't know much more.

Today we rode bikes to the market.  We got a mahi-mahi for dinner ---3# fish for 14€. The produce is quite nice and we are eating well.  Guess cooking is kinda my job but there is no question lilli can cook so maybe we will share.

Anna hope you are not too uncomfortable!!

In memory of the rebirth of my Grandma

Notable events in my life since her passing.

2 oceans
4 continents (don't think I can count Cocos Keeling as part of the greater continent of Australia)
15 countries
4 hemispheres      
North to South equatorial crossing
South to North equatorial crossing
East to West meridian crossing
Crossing of the Sunda Straight
Crossing of the most Southern tip of Africa and the Cape of Good Hope twice
Over 17,000 nautical miles.

If it wasn't for you, none of this would of been possible.  Xx

Hi All!

Bittersweet day. Missing Mums. Remembering all the beautiful memories.

Wishing the rain, wind and snow adios...enough.

Dealing with squirrels in the attic. Currently, we have relocated, INDIVIDUALLY, 6 furry friends. Not sure if we are done?? Calling Tom the Squirrel Whisperer. 

Toms groin pain appears to be in the rear view mirror. Trying another PMR  prednisone taper.

Pam, enjoy the hot, humid, sunny and beautiful Caribbean!  Hi to Troy, sorry we missed him in St. Lucia.

Love,

 Giorgio Armani, monkey, on Bob Marle, donkey, in St. Kitts where the Caribbean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean.

Largest seed in the Plant Kingdom. Coco de Mer. Really!

Grenada rain forest.

Lin

Testing

Hello trying to figure BLOG process, Sandy is helping.  Don

LFN#95---May 10, 2015

Hello Everyone,

Here is my first attempt at doing this by myself!  Not only is this a sad day for all of us, but we woke up to my favorite Cypress laying across our front courtyard.  Too much snow for such a tall tree...  We're in the process of calling places for tree removal.  We just got our backyard re-planted and now we have to deal with the front.  This crazy weather!  Second Mother's Day in a row that we've had snow, and, to be honest, maybe it fits the mood of the day---missing Mom!  We had a really enjoyable cruise to Eastern Europe----better than I expected!  There are a lot of depressing things about these countries as they continue to recover from the communist years, but they are making progress!  Other than Hungary, my favorite countries were Bulgaria and Romania!  A few pics below:

Our Croatian hostess at a home-cooked meal

Bombed water tank

Ravages of war

New shoes for Don :)

Hope everyone is doing well!  Thanks, Pam, for moving us into more-advanced technology with this blog!  Also, safe travels to you and hello to Troy!

Love,
San

Mother's Day from Oz

Happy Mothers Day!
Lovely to see the photos of Mum.  Two years ago, I was able to spend this day with Mum and you all and it is a memory I will always treasure.  I am thinking of her today and am thankful for all the wonderful years she was our Mum.
Love to all,
Lisa

H.E.L. (Pronounced like hall)

(early) mothers day 2015

g'day,

of course, like all of us, I will be thinking of Mom on mothers day!  what we all would give to spend another day with our Mom.  she is hugely missed !!  what a wonderful mother.

heading out rather early Monday for the Caribbean... a decent mothers day ending!  this trip is for you Mom!
will keep you all abreast using the LFN blog for your perusal!  I'll try to not fall off the boat in the middle of the night! 

xoxoxo
P

Nick and his grandma

Spring 2013

San&Don 4-2015

this is san's first blog!

this is us at the black sea