Author: Jennifer Suarez
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Creating a Quilt
When I was in third grade, my paternal grandmother sent each of us four kids a quilt, each similar but slightly different. Mine was lavender. They became our companions, accompanying us on road trip vacations, joining us on the couch for Saturday morning cartoons and lying on our bed. Grandma slowly worked to make a…
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Manifest Destiny
Go West, young man, go West! West we went this weekend, extending our (nonexistent) backyard by 0.06 acres! Leo and I bought the house completely satisfied with the small yard, mostly because we hate mowing laws, and had big visions for landscaping. But we did ponder the yard behind us, wondering if someday we might…
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A Yard Day’s Work
The lot on which our house is built was vacant for decades. Left to their own devices, the trees were slowly succumbing to ivy. Leo and I recently decided it was time to attack this plant, which was slowly smothering our arbor friends. It was a jungle out there, but we did some damage. Before…
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Nairobi Photos
Home. There really is no place like it, and it feels fantastic to be back! Here is a slideshow of all the photos we couldn’t post before, from airport to zebra. First, the ones from the National Park (click to start looking in a slideshow): And then, the rest:
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The Bomas of Kenya
Our final few days in Nairobi have been our busiest so far. Thursday – Carnivore Thursday I worked for only a few hours in the morning before heading out to meet another American woman for lunch. She’s the wife of one of Leo’s colleagues here, Dave, and they’re here for three months. Her driver picked…