tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36976572979082669962024-02-02T09:40:27.504-08:00Boulevard of BumpsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697657297908266996.post-39054725801523830902013-03-05T18:51:00.004-08:002013-03-05T18:53:47.698-08:00Aqua Plain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The limitations of wet weather were overcome when Grandpa's old toolbox was discovered.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697657297908266996.post-14024381800566693852013-02-13T17:59:00.001-08:002013-02-13T17:59:48.279-08:00Lucky Me<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This week we were fortunate to go birding and swimming in Rock Pools </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">with Bird Girl.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Over the two adventures we spotted two baby Mao's and their Mamma Mao's, Samoa's National Bird, which is unfortunately on the endangered list.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The 17th Wedding Anniversary has the modern theme of Furniture as a gift. Living overseas furniture is not a priority, but I did manage to meet a master carver named Moses and he created this for us.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The month of September falls right between our two boys' birthdays, so this year we celebrated together with a Haunted House Dance Party.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And the Domestic Surf God missed out on a day of all time Surf to create the most amazing Haunted House. He couldn't have done it without two excellent friends; Bird Girl and Ozzie and they all put in a huge day and night's effort to scare the bejeepers out of little kiddies. Here is the surf god with the shrunken heads carved by bird girl.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This is the line up to get in DSG is somewhere behind the Madding Crowd telling creepy tales of the dead.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">What would be worser?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Being chased by a lion or a cheetah?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Having your eye poked out or having </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">During Independence, the Domestic Surf God made good on an old regret. Over 20 years ago he had the opportunity to work back stage at a UB40 concert in Durban, South Africa and much to his dismay he turned it down. He is not sure why and regretted ever since.</span></div>
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