Pic For The Day - Find Anything On eBay!

We spotted this boat in the Oban harbor. Skipper Ron said that it just went up for auction on eBay. Asking price: £500. He seemed to think that it was pretty funny. I don't know if it was the thought of buying a boat on eBay, or if it was the price tag that was making him laugh. I think it's a great looking boat. Skipper Ron would probably laugh at that too. 

A Guest Post From Mark Twain

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad. I speak now, of course, in the supposition that the gentle reader has not been abroad, and therefore is not already a consummate ass. If the case be otherwise, I beg his pardon and extend to him the cordial hand of fellowship and call him brother.
- Innocents Abroad

Pic For The Day - Gargoyles On The Ceiling

We were in a church in Germany last month wandering around. There is a lot to look at in most older churches. You could wander for a while. I sat down on a pew, and when I leaned back and looked up, I saw these guys. I kinda dig 'em.

Brenna Has Fish Tea

This is what I THOUGHT I might be eating.Yesterday I had a craving for fish and chips. They're SO good here. We were doing our errands downtown, and saw a likely place. It was actually a fish shop, but has seating in the back where they served a few cooked things. Many of the things on the menu were a variation on Fish Tea: Large Fish Tea, Mini Fish Tea, Dress

Click to read more ...

Places We're North Of...

As we've mentioned, we're spending the winter in Perth. Scotland not Australia. We're loving it, but we're winter newbies. Okay, I lived a year in Boulder, Colorado, but that was many Southern California moons ago. Brenna and the kids and I have been talking a lot about shorter dark days and colder weather. We hear that in Perth it snows occasionally. The kids are thrilled! When we tell locals we're here from LA for the winter

Click to read more ...