• Construction on our block

    Our corners are being refitted with new ramps that will be better for wheelchairs and strollers, and the first stage of construction involved ripping out the old pavement. I heard two guys talking outside, one said to the other “man, they took our corners away!” You know the church across…

  • Congratulations to Deb and Jeff!

    Wasn’t it Liam who once told his teacher that both his aunts have boyfriends? Now we can say all of his aunts are married. Congratulations to Debbie and Jeff and thanks for making us part of your awesome wedding! It was a really beautiful, fun, lovely, I could go on……

  • Greenhouse at night

    I tagged along with Liam on his weekly fish feeding trip to the greenhouse at school and took these photos with my new camera. More photos on flickr! http://www.flickr.com/photos/cynren/

  • yummmmm….. yum cha!

    The combination of a visit to the Sydney Fish Market + yum cha was quite a treat. First, we window shopped for fish Then we had an appetizer of Pacific oysters. So different from Atlantic! They were really meaty, and one type we had was quite briny, and the other…

  • Native to Australia

    Getting back to Australia (virtually, I just wish it were in person!), we left off right in the middle of our trip to the Blue Mountains. On Day 2, we started the day with some flat white coffee, long black coffee, hot chocolate and a really good breakfast in Katoomba.…

  • UX4GOOD in New Orleans

    A couple of months ago I got to go to New Orleans as part of my company’s sponsorship of a charity called ux4good (user experience for good – a group that takes web designers and gets them to work on social problems). Last week they sent all the participants a…

  • Window to where

    I love how the reflection in the glass shows that the brick buildings on either side of us mirror each other.

  • Happy 16th birthday, Liam!

    The celebrations for Liam’ birthday started when Liam’s friends Sebi and Sofie, with thanks to Sebi’s mom Gladys! stole him away from camp this afternoon to go play laser tag. Then a few hours later, phase 2 of the birthday celebrations began: dinner at the grill at diversey (by the…