Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
While you were all snug in your beds, the morning side of the world was outside frowning up at the clouds and getting rained on for the sake of an eclipse. My friend Elaine looked around and said, “Yeah, total eclipse of the clouds.” I think Iwo Jima got the total eclipse, lasting more than…
I wanted to go to a festival this weekend, but instead a festival came to me! I had stopped at an ATM en scoot to fill my gas tank this afternoon when my neighbor John pulled over and alerted me to a local festival that would be parading along the river in about an hour….
Dear Chris, I wasn’t going to tell you, but I think I need to because I feel guilty. Don’t get mad. Here goes…… I bought a Swiffer Sweeper and I really love it. I’m sorry I don’t like that expensive wet vacuum we bought. š I really tried. But I saw the Swiffer at the…
The best part of Australia was SEEING MY HUSBAND for the first time in a month!! Yipee! Here’s Chris and a quokka on Rottsnest Island. It licked him. Quokkas are tiny wallabies that are sort of a cross between a gerbil and a cat. A common trend in Australian fauna is that they all seem…
Sketching St. Mary’s Cathedral in watercolors was a nice way to start the day. I can’t draw worth a hoot, but that’s why the smudgy, ethereal dreaminess of watercolor pencils is so appealing. Then it was off to the Royal Botanic Gardens for some exploring. The gardens abut the library, so let it be known…
First thing in the morning we had a coffee and tour at the Opera House. The guide said funny Australianisms like, “chaps,” “g’day,” etc. Excellent. I guess I could tell you all the history of it, but who cares. I did think it was cool that the design mimics sailboats on the harbor. That seems…
I hardly expected any responses to my facebook status that read, “Mari Saugier Krueger is wondering whether it would be lame to name her scooter. She already hugged it. Any suggestions…??” But I got some! Suggestions included, but were not limited to: Red Fury, Red Lightening, Zipper, Ruby, Roxy, The Earhart, Cookie Alexandra and Piglet…
