Monuriki Island is where the movie Cast Away was filmed. It’s known to the tourists as Cast Away Island, is only about 0.4 km2, and is uninhabited. It’s made up of coral and volcanic rock. We returned to our home base in the late afternoon, where we joined the Australian ladies to give gifts to […]
We’ll update this post as we book our destinations and list sights we’ve visited. Detailed posts will trickle out over time. Nolan is posting his photos on Instagram and his drone videos on youtube. Japan: 2023Jul17 – Aug 13 Impressions: Orderly (hordes of people wait for buses and subways in loooooong queues), quiet (despite the […]
At a recent visit for a regular checkup, the optometrist discovered that one of Lara’s eyes wasn’t seeing as well as the other. Since a single Ortho-K contact lens is $240 (we had just replaced her pair in July), we made several visits to try to troubleshoot the issue. One of the steps was to […]
He made the sailboat with the accompanying card, and then he put his happiness into action.
Neil was cleaning up and found this note written by Felix. His writing and spelling doesn’t look like this anymore. His cuteness is still there! How we feel likeHow we feelLara is happyDaddy is happyMommy is happy I’m happyNolan is happy also (?) What is lunchPasta and sauceI can’t wait till ChristmasWhat is for dinnerI LOVE […]
Woo hoo! We can see her bottom teeth. Another month or two, and the top ones can come off.
For a couple of days in May of 2020, I had a very interesting looking fourth finger on my right hand. No pain, just the discolouration and swelling. Neil looked it up and thinks it’s probably Achenbach’s Syndrome. Achenbach’s syndrome, or paroxysmal finger hematoma, is a rare, benign, self-limiting condition of spontaneous hemorrhage in the […]
