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Moving to Tonga then to Fiji early 2006 for 3-4 years with my husband Stan. Keep family and friends connected. See pictures of my amazing adventures, read about my experiences and thoughts. Let me know how you are doing. Creating a space that allows me and you to stay connected with each other.
About Me
- jay
- willing to live life authentically and from an open heart, don't always suceed. Then I remember to be gentle with self and others
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- MY TRIP TO BALI
- June 4th spent the day resting on the beach, going...
- June 6th we are up early for a massage before we h...
- weaving a sarong. The entrance over the door. Al...
- We go to the Pura Taman Ayun temple, built in the ...
- The candi bentar or split gate. Kori agung. Gate...
- Beautifully carved gates will separate the courtya...
- Balinese version of Ganesh.
- These pagoda's are also known as Meru. They alway...
- Mom and me at the closed gate.
- Me before the hair color! Mom and Widana are tick...
- As we were driving we saw a precession of women wi...
- Offering are also done daily in Bali on a smaller ...
- While we were driving we went past this compound i...
- Next we were off to see Pura Tanah Lot Temple foun...
- The community hall pavilion. The cave where you c...
- While driving through the villages we came across ...
- June 7th we start the day by going to a traditiona...
- Ratu Barong. They maintain this odd stance throug...
- We then went to the artisan village of Celuk which...
- Next was a peaceful drive through rural villages a...
- We ended up at the village of Kintamani for a brea...
- Crater lake. Me Mom and Dad
- Off we went to a spice plantation in Seribatu wher...
- OK I will admit it I never wondered where cinnamo...
- Then we went to Pura Gunung Kawi Temple in Sebatu....
- The split gate, the entrance into a courtyard. Va...
- Being an artist I of course was in awe and obsesse...
- This temple features Saraswati the consort of Brah...
- This temple has a natural spring flowing from the ...
- Now we are returning home when I mention to our gu...
- June 8th is a free day so mom and I do fun things ...
- Dinner tonight was great, we had a special feast a...
- Mom and dad me Wendy and Jennifer Me and mom
- Demonstrations and artists were also part of the d...
- To decorate the dinner celebration they hung flowe...
- A penjor is an offering in the form of a tall, ...
- June 9th is a half-day for dad so we go into town ...
- A very quick lunch and we take a tour with dad’s g...
- Then we go see the lime stone cliffs and the bigge...
- This bird is a work in progress, it is made out o...
- I Love to work big in pottery, this is inspiring...
- I love these cows I have no idea what that thing ...
- For dinner tonight we have a feast on the beach. ...
- June 10th Mom and Dad felt a bit under the weather...
- A Balinese home has to have a minimum of 600 sq fe...
- The pigsty where all sorts of animals are kept is ...
- The kitchen is placed in the south, which represe...
- The granary is the house of Dewi Sri the rice godd...
- Our guide took us to the painting district of Bali...
- June 11th we went to a Jungle temple Pura Luhur Ba...
- Spring water, which seems most temples are built ...
- Next we went through some of the most amazing rice...
- How they plant, maintain, harvest, and how they ge...
- Then we visited the temple on the lake, Pura Ulun ...
- Which is surrounded by formal landscaped gardens. ...
- June 12th was a rest day, the only one for dad. Da...
- June 13th Dad is off to Jakarta very early in the ...
- Pura Besakih is not one temple but a vast complex ...
- We also saw how a traditional village is set up, w...
- Next was the court of justice, personally this was...
- Where the trials were held Amazing ceiling This p...
- The Bale Kambang or floating pavilionThe ceiling i...
- The Bali version of jailA divine bird The classic...
- June 14th we spent the morning repacking my suitca...
- Some of the beautiful plants and people of Bali
- The village of Matahau
- turn right to Tavo residence and right again and I...
- road to our house
- I found the bus! Our next door neighbours
- Mormon church
- This direction to go to town, which is about 20 mi...
- this way to get to the western side of the island,...
- Catholic church and hall, Stans mom's house is rig...
- methodist church, we live right behind this church...
- brians house
- road to Brians house
- road to Brians house and a little corner store
- the main street down matahau
- Tongan wedding
- exchanging vows
- Tongan wedding
- Birthday Girl she turned 4
- Napa and tua ofa singing her happy birthday
- tua ofa at church
- Tua ofa
- The beginnings of our garden
- The Scarlet runners, they grow inches in just one ...
- My little garden nursery where Stan and I start th...
- Lotiola in her new mother's day dress
- Mother's Day
- Me and Malianna
- Anna in the middle of all the kids
- Me and Stan
- Stan and his sister Anna
- The special table for the wisest mothers of the fa...
- Mothers day feast
- The boys helping prepare the mother's day meal
- getting the fish ready
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1 comment:
exquisite designs!
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