Yard stuff...

Larry took a short walk to a fruit market and bought us some bananas today...here he is leaving ...this is looking out our bedroom window upstairs.

When he returned home with the fruit I took this picture and then noticed something else that was in the picture with him....do you see anything else??????

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Proverbs 30:28 speaks of them...."a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings' palaces."

Well, our home is not a kings' palace but they do make themselves at home here too!

They move quickly so are a bit blurred.....yes lizards or as I call them geckos.



This is the view I see when looking out my living room window.

This is a healthy mulberry bush with lots of berries...unfortunately most of the other bushes are infested with a nasty bug of sorts...I hope we can find someone to spray them before it spreads anymore.

Larry cleaning in the yard...leaves collect in these drains so we have to sweep them out frequently.

Special time with guests today!

It was fun hanging out with a couple of gals from Singapore today. They are here for a workshop this week and spent last night at our house. We took a ride downtown and they treated me to a nice lunch at The Kitchen. It was a special day and I enjoyed the time with them. The picture is just as we returned home this afternoon.

We tried to find some mullberries to eat from our yard (the birds really like them too). This is a small handful I picked. They are so good.

Shopping trip...

This past week we have made several trips to the nearest shopping mall to buy bedding and bathroom items to furnish our guest rooms. These are not the greatest pictures and we both look rather serious. This was not the greatest shopping time for either of us and we were both lacking in interest...I guess we needed our girls along to shop for us:)

This is the ride home...with our taxi filled up with shopping bags. Another day of "fun" over at last.

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Today I finished cleaning the bedrooms and bathrooms and the rooms are ready for our guests that will be coming throughout the rest of this month. It is always a special time to be able to open our home to others.

Beautiful blossoms...

We have a Rose Apple tree in our yard and it is blooming so beautiful. The blossoms last a few days and then the fruit begins to form. It will be fun to see how I can be creative in using some of the rose apples.

This is what the rose apple looks like ...this one is not ripe yet.

Sitting at my front door

We have some elephants sitting by our front door now. Thankfully they don't require any feeding:)...they look pretty though and I may find a small plant to sit on them one day.

Our new home

We are now in Chiang Mai and getting settled into our home we are renting here. It is fun to have a yard to work in again and watch things grow.

We have been busy shopping for necessity household items and slowly it is beginning to feel like home. I still have lots of deep cleaning I want to do especially in the kitchen and bathrooms so I can know it is clean. :)

Our shipment of boxes should arrive this week and then we have to begin unpacking. Today we took a taxi "tuk tuk" to a shopping center and looked around and priced items we still need to purchase. I am looking forward to getting the kitchen items, as it still needs a stove and oven ...then I can do some cooking :). I bought an iron today so our clothes can be taken care of because when you hang out to dry they don't look quite as nice as coming from a dryer.

Chiang Mai is in the winter season so the temp's are very pleasant for us ranging in the 70's and even a bit cooler in the evenings. This is so enjoyable and a pleasant break from the hot and humid weather in Singapore. I am told the summer months will be much warmer though so hopefully I have some fans by then to use.

I will take more pic's of the inside of the house soon so you can see it too.

Boxes ready to ship

Today was the day that our boxes were taken to be shipped to Thailand. I have included some of the activity.

Now we can pack our suitcases and will be ready to depart this Sunday. The apartment looks rather bare in this corner now with all our "stuff" taken away.
Do pray with us that the items will clear customs without delay and the boxes will arrive at our new house in Chiang Mai in a little over a week. Stay tuned for further updates when we arrive:)..........

Finding a new home...

Some of our items we have purchased while in Singapore are now finding a new home as we continue preparing for our move to Chiang Mai, Thailand. Today we helped load up a small truck with our sofa, convection oven & stand, bookshelves, TV, and lots of other stuff from the kitchen and office room. We are thankful that we are able to share these items with others.

Here are a few pictures...I was busy helping and forgot to take some at the start in our apartment.

Larry was busy inside the truck trying to place everything so it would fit.

Our living room area sure looks empty...we are making progress:)

Making progress in packing...slowly!

We are making some progress in packing....but it does seem to be going slowly. I am getting tired of the clutter and boxes so will be glad to seee some of our things go this week. We are giving our sofa, convection oven, bookshelves, desk, chair and kitchen items to a friend and co-worker. That just leaves our personal items which includes many books...plus gifts etc......

Not much room to sit anymore....

A few of the boxes that are filled.

This is the view from my office room...I will  miss looking out here at the coconut trees.

With all the sorting and packing I need a break once in awhile so yesterday I enjoyed one of my blooming teas. This was the last one in the container and it was so pretty I wanted you to see it too. It also tasted very nice :)

Orchard Road Glitz

We took an evening this week and walked down Orchard Road to enjoy the elaborate lighting along the way. This years theme included stars.

Some of the churches in Singapore have a wonderful ministry of promoting the real reason for Christmas.

This year the story of Christmas was displayed with very large characters along the walkway. They were very nicely done but was hard to get a good picture with the thousands of people trying to see.

Hope you enjoyed some of our walk down Orchard Road with us:)...we even stopped at a DQ and had a small blizzard. That is as close to winter as we will get in Singapore...