March 1, 2016

Spring is coming early this year. Spring cleaning came early too...I didn't plan it that way, it just happened.

Sweeping, dusting, vacuuming, washing smoke and dust saturated curtains and toshak covers, beating the toshaks (I don't have the strength to do this effectively so a friend always comes and helps.)

"Mo" and I are making plans for a magnificent garden this year, if the water holds out. Early springs mean less rain and snow, which makes for very dry summers.

February 29, 2016

Happy Fredrick's birthday, everyone!

February 26, 2016

Zadok explores what it's like to have a beard...

Plays with cars at the window...

And gets involved with the housecleaning...

February 25, 2016

So they said, "You should write about it on Facebook, that you know a mom with triplets." I didn't have the heart to tell them that I didn't have a Facebook account, and thus Internet fame would be denied the ten month old trio.

And then I thought of the blog. "They are going on my blog!" I said. Not surprisingly, nobody caught the obscure reference.

Meet mother "Lisa" and her triplets, Jesus, Messiah, and Mary.

February 14, 2016

Though most of you will probably never have the opportunity to darken our doors, for those who still desire the Complete Afghanistan Experience should adopt the following course of reading, if possible, in the following order:

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Kim by Rudyard Kipling

Kabul by M.E. Hirsch

Greenmantle by John Buchan

February 12, 2016

The adventure continues, with more sketches for the Nooristan literacy program. These particular ones are for the textbook. I think there will be one little square picture for each chapter heading.

February 8, 2016

No matter how high the souls of these little British Tars may sore, or how energetically their fists resist the dictatorial word, there are moments that make it all worth it...

February 6, 2016

My favorite guys...

...Zadok's favorite guy (besides Amos...)

...And the whole team. I am in this picture, though nearly obscured by Amos's enthusiasm.

February 2, 2016

Goodbye to another great friend...

And collage making with all the team ladies.

Each of us (currently nine) colored our own version of the same cross outline.

Here's mine, pre-collagifying...

And here it is again, after everyone contributed a piece.

We will all miss Teresa a lot!

February 1, 2016

A snowy weekend with the team...

We didn't actually participate in any of the snowy awesomeness this year. Maybe when Zadok is a little older we'll go back and have some adventures.