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• Dry Times in Texas

  

  Texans are great people, I like them a lot, they're very friendly and very quick to ask "where are y'all from?" and then strike up a conversation. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Tummy Time USA (3)

  

  Well, here we are at Tummy Time III folks and we are eating well, and inexpensively. Somehow we're easily managing to dodge all the cheese and giant servings... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2011 FOOD & DRINK

• Mucho Fun in San Angelo

  

  "What brings you to San Angelo?" "What in the hell brings you to San Angelo?""How did you manage to end up in San Angelo?""Why are you in San Angelo? Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Hopping Across Waterlilies

  

  With Texas burdened by a long drought, that last thing we expected to find here in San Angelo was a superb waterlily garden, but several locals said "make sure... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• The Weather Report

  

  So far this trip we have been so blessed with the weather that there hasn't really been a lot of weather, if you know what I mean. Just sunny, with the only... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2011 ENVIRONMENT, WEATHER

• Cowgirlz!

  

  If you check out the updated map on the right side of this blog window it shows that we're in Texas now (in Lubbock, birthplace of Buddy Holly). Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Tummy Time USA (2)

  

  We've been eating out very enjoyably in the United States so far, and Santa Fe has probably provided the best USA tummy time experiences so far. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 FOOD & DRINK

• Hey Hey, Santa Fe

  

  Let's start off with a bit of name-dropping here: Robert Redford, Tommy Lee Jones, Gene Hackman, Brian Dennehy, Shirley MacLaine, Ali McGraw, Val Kilmer – we... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, TRAVEL

• Condo Condo Condo

  

  We're both really glad we made the decision to slow down for a few days. The constant cycle of packing, driving, checking in, unpacking, then repacking and doin... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Some Like It Hot

  

  You're going to hear me bang on with this theme a few times during this trip: it's the things you come across by surprise, which you had no idea existed, which... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Getting Our Kicks on Route 66

  

  One shocking oversight in our planning for this trip is not including a single version of the song 'Route 66' in iTunes. Despite uploading over 500 albums onto... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Tummy Time USA (1)

  

  We've been so caught up looking at volcanos, canyons and gaudy casinos that you'd almost think we hadn't had time to eat, and so let's set the record straight o... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 FOOD & DRINK

• The Grandest of Canyons

  

  Thank goodness they named Grand Canyon last century, when the modern taste for over-the-top superlatives wasn't around. The simple name of 'Grand Canyon'... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 TRAVEL

• Leaving Las Vegas

  

  To be perfectly frank, I am glad that we are leaving Las Vegas this morning, but that's not to say we haven't had a thoroughly interesting time here, or that... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2011 TRAVEL

• Sunny Side up

  

  Hi, Gulliver here. Pam and Jamie are still sleeping it off, so I'm here to report in on Day One in Vegas, the city that never sleeps. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2011 TRAVEL

• Hilo Colour

  

  If the airport at Honolulu was an odd place to blog about volcanos, then sitting in a 33rd floor luxury room in the 'Augustus Tower' at Caesar's Palace in Las... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Lava Gardens

  

  There was always an element of risk associated with just allowing ourselves two days to visit the Kilauea volcano on the big island of Hawaii. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2011 GARDENING

• Orchid Hunting

  

  There's so much about the town of Hilo on the north coast of the big island, Hawaii, that reminds Pam and me of home, although we're not exactly in full... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Combo Updater Holiday Blog - Aloha!

  

  Well, it has taken a few days to get the wireless connection for the laptop up and running smoothly, and so our on-the-road correspondent, Gulliver, (that's... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Pam's First Art Show

  

  Wow, what a wonderful day it was! Pammy's first solo art exhibition, and at the end of the first day she has sold 16 of the 32 paintings in the show. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME