Day Trip to Gunung Ijen. A friend in the east lives just below the Ijen Volcano Complex, a group of volcanos with a wild reputation. Together these volcanos form an elevated plateau about 12 miles wide. How We Learn to Wash our Hands.

Thursday, August 16, 2007. So last night our entire town was evacuated because of an impending tsunami. It was actually pretty scary for us. Deborah and I were in our room when Angela came in our room with her daughter to tell us that our coast had been issued an alarm for a tsunami and that we needed to pack what was necessary and leave immediately. The worst part was just how scared everyone seemed. you could feel that something was very, very wrong.

Monday, April 23, 2012. 161 Open windows and spring breezes. 163 Another project a little closer to being done. 168 Such a sweet and understanding husband. 169 The little life inside of me. 170 God can change me. 171 A race ran well. 173 A little time all alone. A little motivation gets me a little closer. Friday, April 20, 2012. 141 Building castles with Jack.

I was 18 at the time. It was my 1st time away from home for any length of time. I became who I am today because of my year in Finland. To this day I talk about Finland at least once a day. Tuesday, August 27, 2013. Well its been awhile since I logged in here.

Friday, January 24, 2014. With all this wickedly cold weather of ice, snow and wind lately reminds me of a couple years ago when I captured these photos of the birds that visit our beach home in the winter. White snow geese and I believe. Okay, seriously I just may have ALL this wrong! Thousands of snow geese made a visit for several days.