“MERRY CHRISTMAS ADVANCE” ( The greeting they give here for an early holiday greeting) HERE I AM GETTING READY TO DELIVER COOKIES TO THE other 31 apartments in our building. Since we are leaving for Indonesia on Saturday, we thought we would get this done early. I got many invitations to come in and drink tea, eat snacks, and visit. It was a very enjoyable time. We have very nice neighbors!
HERE I AM TAKING A PRETEND PHOTO OF A dragonfly. It is also not my camera. I just borrowed for this self-portrait. I was surprised later to see this dragonfly passing by, who couldn’t resist joining the photo-op.
WE HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING MEAL YESTERDAY, prepared by the men.
We had goose, chicken, mashed potatoes, bread, french onion soup, pumpkin pie, apple pie, orange/coffee custard, potato stuffing, chicken gravy, momos, veggies, and okra. Sorry guys, if I missed an item.
Here is a photo of the potato momos I made. I took momo cooking lessons at a cafe in Darjeeling with Austin. Here is a link that a lady put online, who had also taken the lessons there: http://www.ordinaryvegetarian.com/2010/05/tibetan-momos-in-darjeeling.html
HERE I AM wearing a suit, for the sake of those who haven’t seen me wearing one, as well as Richard in Michigan who requested this photo.
FOURTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY I met my beautiful wife, Alice. Since we were innocent young 18 year-olds we decided to wait 1,000 days to get married. It seemed like a loooong time!
DUSTIN, MY SON, and I posing during a walk through the woods.
AUGUST 19, and I am celebrating my 62nd birthday. My niece, Starla grabbed my camera and said it is time this camera takes some pictures of me (Marland). Here is one of the results. My wife, Alice in the background seemed to be enjoying the moment as well.
MYSELF WITH CANDACE AND CHAYLA at the computer. No, they are not in Pa., and I’m not in Bangladesh. This was a photo taken before we left for the U.S.A.
MYSELF SIPPING SOME GREAT Bengali tea. I sure do miss it, here in the U.S. A.
ALICE AND I ARE CELEBRATING OUR 41st WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TODAY! Up at 4:30 AM for a 50 min walk and back by 5:30 AM. No sense wasting a good day by sleeping! 🙂
I had a great bean and cheese burrito for breakfast. We are trying to empty our freezer before we leave, and I think the last trip to the market I bought too many beans! If and when I run out of beans I’ll head for the local hotel (little local restaurant) for some dal, bhaji, and nan ruti!
We’re whacking away at our to-do lists in preparation for heading to America. We were hoping to be done yesterday but didn’t quite make it. Pulled out some cupboards, the fridge, etc. so Shaheen, our house helper could clean behind them. We want things “spic and span” when Lewis’ arrive. They will be staying in our apartment upon their return to Bangladesh, until they find a permanent place to locate. I just finished off some mango juice, which we will miss while in the U.S. After another bean & cheese burrito I think it may be nap time. I see Alice is on the couch fast asleep compensating for the early morning. This morning she had cooked up the rest of the veggies that were in the freezer into a nicy spicy veggie/potato mixture, which I will be enjoying for several days. It’s almost 4 am in the U.S. so I think I’ll post this since the 14th of June (our anniversary) has arrived in the U.S. as well!
This photo was taken last year as we celebrated with the Friday and Saturday morning footballers I play with. They gave us a beautiful red trimmed crystal vase.
MYSELF WITH AUSTIN’S FAMILY just before good-byes are said. They are leaving at 3 in the morning for the airport heading home to Canton, Ohio, U.S.A. It was nice to have them here the last 29 months. It will be different when we return in the fall and they won’t be here. Alice was the photographer so she couldn’t be in the photo. Alice had fixed a great breakfast casserole for our supper along with her special grape-nut pudding.
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