Dealing with life’s everyday challenged while traveling the world…
A billy goat tied to a tree. Finally, Tom is on the mend. After considerable research, we speculate that the abscessed tooth he had...
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Tom’s tooth abscess is resolved at last!…
Tom, standing outside Taylor Dental Practice in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Finally, Tom's tooth abscess is resolved. After three months since the...
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Off to the dentist for Tom…Beautiful scenes on a walk…Broadband now working in the house…
We stopped to visit a few horses in the neighborhood who immediately approached us. Who would think that the technician from...
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A birthday celebration in Fiji…Memorable for both of us!.. My faux pas at dinner!…
Tom in front of the tall Christmas tree at the Pearl Resort in Pacific Harbour, Fiji on the evening of his...
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Happy birthday, Tom…Letter to my husband on his special day…
When we played bingo at the Princeville Senior Center last March while living in Kauai Tom, as always had a great time. To my...
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Nurturing…It’s an art form…A year ago…Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain…
These new photos posted yesterday, today, and tomorrow are from Wednesday's unsuccessful search for insect repellent. When posting repeated photos, we always...
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Tom is sick…No repellent anywhere…Two weeks and counting…A scary story from one year ago today…
As mentioned on prior posts, most of the vendors don't allow photos of their wares. All the photos of products in...
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Didn’t go on our outing yesterday…Too sick…Watching TV from abroad…Outing is changed to Wednesday…
View from the pool at our condo. Sunday night around 9:00 PM, we went to the front desk of our residence...
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Oh, oh…Shipboard illness…We’ve been snagged…
In the past several days we've cruised past Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen, Eritrea, Somalia, and today Oman. "Another safe, uneventful night," says...
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Stuff happens…We’re injured…
This is how the steps collapsed under our feet. It was Thursday this week, the night of our anniversary. We came...
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