hanging out at the fish pond

Favorite things by Bennett and Ridge

Crane - this is the view from the restaurant we eat roti cenai at at least twice a week

Baby Eshane - she's our landlords daughter and the object of my boys affection!

Fish pond - they love the Japanese Coi, hard to tell, but these fish are really big!

Hairy fruit - tasty and funny looking

Billboard - there's a man jumping off! It's a highlight on our drive to church each Sunday

There are even more favorites...their list keeps growing. I'll add more as able.

Miss you all!

My baby brother is HOME!!!

Ft. Hood had live video playing of their return and celebration. I was able to go to my neighbors and watch. It was a crummy picture, but I could clearly see the buses pull up...that was enough for me! We're all so thankful that he's safe and home with his family. What a day!

The descent and a nice Indian meal

We found an Indian bread with no wheat!

Temple pics

Melt out hearts!

My brave boys!

The temple pets!

Trip to Batumalia Sri Subramaniar Swamy Devasthanam...Whew!

This was our decided outing for the Deepavalli holiday. Both boys have been disappointed that we haven't seen a monkey yet. I knew from my time here in 1997 that we would surely see monkeys...and boy did we ever! We climbed 272 steep, and small, steps to reach the cave temple at the top. It was a good day, just much explaining to be done about world religions! Enjoy the pics!

Reflexology path

We have a reflexology path right out side out back yard. You're supposed to walk along the path barefoot and let the rocks press on certain pressure points to relieve stress and cure other ailments. The rocks are all different shapes and sizes, arranged into different patterns. Some of the arrangements are quite beautiful. I probably need to spend more time at the 'For Specific Problems' path! I'm always curious when I see someone on it. What's their specific problem? Today my specific problem was a cranky three year-old and a dog that went doo on ground cover with thorns in it! It ripped the bag, gouged my fingers and you don't want to know the rest! I've got to make it to that path tonight! Oh, in case your wondering, the path didn't make Ridge any less cranky.

Interesting things

Everyone keeps asking me for more details on our life here. I've decided to take a few pictures of some things I find interesting and post them for you to enjoy! The boys are doing the same thing, but their list is so long it'll take time to get it all together.

1. Water filter - this is the device we use for all our drinking water. Not so unusual, but the white 'dome thingy' at the top was pure white only a month ago! Makes me wonder what we're filtering out. Jai!

2. This is ONE set of our house keys! Everything has a lock on it with a different key.

3. This is my dish paste. Yup, paste! I don't mind it at all.

Fish Spa!

The pictures say it all! These little flesh-eating fish eat the dead skin off your feet leaving them soft and callous free. The catch: can you stand 30 minutes of it?! It tickles! They swim through your toes! And the whole time I worried they wouldn't know when to stop! Bennett was fairly brave immersing his heels but Ridge wanted nothing to do with it. My treat to anyone who comes for a visit!

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