Waiting in the shade sitting on a brick ...

04 January 2011

Welcome to Murderwood

While I was at work today, our neighbor came by to speak with Judith. She is a grandmother and probably in her late 60’s who immigrated from Haiti. She lives next door with her daughter, son-in-law and grandson. They are very nice people.

She apologized to Judith for not coming around during Christmas week. She proceeded to tell her that she feels uneasy and fearful about being outside, especially at night.

Let's examine this – a person who grew up in Haiti feels uneasy and fearful of being outside in HOLLYWOOD FLORIDA.

Houston, we have a problem.

Aluminum House in the snow

Arkitektur AB

We found out where purple ice cream comes from

The purple scoop pictured above isn’t something you’re likely to find at your local grocery store or even your local ice cream shop. It’s called Ube Ice Cream and it’s a very popular flavor in the Philippines. The sweet treat gets its unique color from the ube (“ooo-bee” or “ooo-bay”), an incredibly vibrant, sweet, purple yam used in a variety of Filipino desserts (like ube cake, ube buns, and ube macaroons ). Since we’ve never had Ube Ice Cream, we can’t attest to its flavor, but it sure does look good, especially with that oh-so-tempting drip about to fall off the right side!

Post from the Ice Cream Journal

http://icecreamjournal.turkeyhill.com/index.php/2009/04/23/ube-ice-cream/

It seems easier than keeping resolutions

My favorite one is never refuse homemade brownies

Music Monday

02 January 2011

Back to work!

Can't wait to see what they have in store for us this year.

Air-soft War

Air-soft Commandos

Sebastian, Echo, Silas and Josiah

Josiah at the ready

Silas taking a chance

Josiah defending his position

Echo holding his position

Sabastian taking aim

Josiah having fun

New Year's Day Ball Game

Hot pitcher

Silas hits a double

Echo pitching

Dug-out

Judith hits a line-drive into right field

Judith running to first as the pitcher runs for the ball

The aftermath

We had a very enjoyable friend-filled New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

New Year’s Eve started with takeout Chinese from our favorite restaurant and then a visit from Eric and Mary-Ellen with three of their younger children which as always was a time of good conversation and laughs.

Earlier that day we had a surprising telephone call from my long time friend Barrie who was in town from California with her family. She came by later that night with her husband Jean-Michel and their two daughters, Soleil and Luna.

We talked; we shot off fireworks, played games, ate food and rang in the New Year together.

It was a great day with good friends and a relaxing time.

New Year’s Day Echo’s friend Sebastian came by and we had a family baseball game and air-soft war. We ended the day with French toast topped with syrup, honey and jelly followed by watching “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

All in all this Holiday week was one to remember, it was relaxing and enjoyable.

Let’s hope this coming year is the same.