November 1, 2015

It's called Talent...

October 25, 2015

Meet our water filters--on the left, the Katadyn, the charcoal candle filter, on the right, the Clear Water machine, which is a creature very dear to my heart, as it dispenses hot water as well.

October 23, 2015

Yesterday I celebrated my 29th birthday. Apparently I'm not having any more. Amos has declared me permanently stuck at 29.

We had a party for our small team, and amazingly the whole team (six people besides us) showed up. Also, for the first time since moving to Kabul, the people who came were aware that it was my birthday. Amos decorated, and Sandi brought a cake.

October 20, 2015

I didn't think I' be doing one of those rather laborious "summer recap" posts two summers in a row, but then again, why not? It's all good...very good.

It was a summer of lavish salads from our own garden...

Of uncertainty...about chocolate cake, among other things...

Of a long journey and two joyful weddings...

Of rides in the yellow cart pulled by Grandmother, uncles and aunts...

Of man to man conversations around the breakfast table while Mother was recovering from surgery...

Of beautiful chalk art (and artists)...

We went to a great deal of trouble for the dubious privilege of possessing this:



And then it was fall...and we headed home.