All new photos with more to follow…Penguin, Tasmania demographics…
The People of Penguin — A Coastal Tapestry There’s something quietly profound about a town like Penguin, Tasmania, a place whose name...
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Heading out later today to take photos…
Gosh, we are enjoying it here in Penguin as much as we did ten years ago, if not more. There’s something...
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Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone in the western hemisphere…The eastern hemisphere celebrated yesterday…
It makes no sense for us to make a fuss over holidays anymore. Before we left the US 13 years ago, we...
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Out to dinner in Penguin…Delightful evening with our upcoming landlords…
There’s something special about the way travel humbles us. On Thursday evening, after what had been one of the more surprising days...
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We made it to Penguin, encountering a major pitfall!!!….Yikes!…
Note: Our line and paragraph issues continue. We are working on this. Thanks for your patience. Well, we never expected what happened...
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Travel Day…We’re off to Auckland for an overnight stay…A two hour drive…An early morning flight…
By the time I glanced at the clock and saw it was edging toward 11:00 am, the house in Kaiwaka was back...
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Packing once again…One day and counting…
Note: Until we change the design of our site, paragraph spacing may be an issue. At this point, 90% of my packing...
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Happy Super Bowl Sunday!…More new local photos…Two days and counting!!!
Today’s post will be short, and not because there isn’t plenty swirling through my mind. It is short for two very practical...
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Do you have favorite winter destinations?…Our perceptions are different…Three days and counting…
After living in Minnesota, often referred to as the “tundra,” with its fleeting summers and painfully long, snowy, and icy winters, we...
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A story from ten years ago today…Four days and counting…
A simple life in the country… on February 7, 2016 Note: It's ironic that we're back in New Zealand ten years later. We...
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