Boulevard of Bumps

I was getting ready to fly out Friday to Samoa, when Bunny had an asthma attack Thursday morning, only the second in his life and the last one was three days after his op.  I'm ashamed to say I asked him if he could stop his non-stop coughing, until finally I realised he wasn't going to stop coughing and took him to the doctor. They took him immediately to the treatment room and put him on the Nebuliser, when his breathing improved he was sent for a chest x-ray to check he didn't have pneumonia! Fortunately he didn't but we are grounded until this "super bug" is blasted from his body, once and for all! He is determined to fight Acineobacter the "super bug" and today he took a short bike ride, only stopping to cough once, but it is so cold in Coolum today and as you can see we foolishly set out sans shoes. So we quickly bought some special stones and crystals from the 'Wishing Well' in the hope that they will boost the immun...

As we wait for the "fit to fly", my research project burns a hole in my mind.                                                        I intend to research the use of traditional and renewable art materials in Samoa.  Since February I have been volunteering in a Preschool and Preschool Teacher Training College.  I offered to share some art making with them and the principle of the college informed me that I would be instructing the student teachers on how to weave a fish out of coconut fronds!  I raced home and asked Lily who looks after our house and just happens to be a master weaver if she knew how?  She didn't!  So we googled it. Lily already knew the first step and amazingly I worked out the last.    The finished i'a (fish) She is so good at weaving I took her with me and we i...

 Last Wednesday we found out at 7pm that we were to fly to Australia at 6am, for Bunny to see a specialist about his ears.  Seems his last remaining grommet had over stayed its welcome and was the cause of his nasty, smelly ear infections, the last being a rude little germ which is highly resistant to antibiotics and loves hot, moist environments (Samoa). A visit to the ENT specialist resulted as usual in a "I'll operate tomorrow" diagnosis and so here we are in Caloundra Private Hospital playing with gas masks, eating jelly and ice-cream, watching tele and asking when can we go home to make the new lego! He got a bravery award from the hospital and we are hoping this is the last time he will be wearing an outfit with a back split.

Recently we were fortunate to have family visit us in Samoa.  The days were busy and we enjoyed playing tourists, but boys can get weary while waiting for women to finish shopping and taking photos So the little fellas kept a visual diary of the family visit, recording funny memories in a small book. It was also useful in keeping them busy and occupied, especially during Easter Mass..... Smiley's version of Easter Mass, to the right is one of the pimped up cars parked outside the church, not sure who is the large man on the left, he wasn't sure either. Bunny's version of Mass, that is us sitting on the pew wearing our Ulu's (lei's) and a dog walked through.  He also added the view out the door and the choir singing behind us. This is Smiley's image of Grandma in her fale at Aganoa watching the boys swim. Bunny's image of him teaching his Aunty to snorkel Smiley's im...

Some of the things I saw at Easter on Savaii

I am in a cyber-less space as once again my internet is non-existent.  So I have popped down to the workplace of the domestic surf god to submit a discussion paper for Uni and do a quick blog. For this post I decided to include some family photos.  This is the boys and I at Easter mass in Savaii.  We were spoilt with Ulu's, a choir of angels and an alter awash with bling. Meanwhile the boys got bad with Dad. After an amazing dance performance on Hollywood Boulevade the boys took some time out to pose for some posse pics.

somewhere over the rainbow way up high there's a land that i heard of once in a lullaby somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true some day i'll wish apon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me where troubles melt like lemon drops away above the chimney tops that's where you'll find me somewhereover the rainbow bluebirds fly birds fly over the rainbow why,then,oh why caan't i? somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true For Annie The girls from Vaola Village, Tina, Helen, Elsa, Ruti, Sene and Lyn painted their toes and joined in the prayer for Annie.  Beautiful Girls.