Category: Miscellaneous

Summer is ending with another vacation! We’ll start in Portland for SFL’s wedding then continue on to Hawaii for a bit of rest and relaxation in the sun. I probably won’t blogging every day (it’s a lot of work!) but you can expect several updates during the trip.

Of course you’ll get postcards as well They can be a lot of work too, but I don’t plan on stopping any time soon 🙂

Continuing the tattoo theme we went to the local Indian shop when Lakshmi was here and got some henna! Naturally I elected myself as the artist:

It was squeezed out of a narrow cone like decorating a cake and came out as a thick, sticky paste. It wasn’t easy, but I mastered it quickly…

My results were perhaps not traditional henna style, but impressive nonetheless:

Several hours later they had all dried:

I was slightly alarmed when B and L said they would last for a long time! Happily (sadly?) they’re completely gone now less than a week later.

It was fun. Next time you’re in town if you’d like a henna tattoo let me know!

I’m right in the middle of my summer class, which is busy and time consuming and very tiring and the reason for the infrequent posts.

But last week was July 4 which meant – once again – crackers! This year we invited new Doctors J and Y to share our backyard extravaganza and it was a lot of fun.

We let off about 70 fireworks over two nights, but I kept a few back just in case a certain someone who hasn’t lit a cracker in decades visits in a few weeks…