bali photos 08/07
in bali, everything comes with a flower and a smile. rice paddies. young rice shoots new shop in jalan hanoman: ayayu bath fizzies! stone guardian at the door of the meditation room. kids playing on the ubud soccer field, after several days of heavy rain. view from our room view from the balcony at indus [...]
bali photos 08/07
in bali, everything comes with a flower and a smile. rice paddies. young rice shoots new shop in jalan hanoman: ayayu bath fizzies! stone guardian at the door of the meditation room. kids playing on the ubud soccer field, after several days of heavy rain. view from our room view from the balcony at indus [...]
some good bali contacts
i’ll be adding to this list as i think of things to do and people to talk to. spas in sanggingan area: bali botanica day spa361 976 739www.balibotanica.comevery time i visit this spa, it is better and better.i’ve had pedicures, massages, creambaths, the shirodara……everything is just wonderful.and it is the most delightful setting…pretty garden giving [...]
some good bali contacts
i’ll be adding to this list as i think of things to do and people to talk to. spas in sanggingan area: bali botanica day spa361 976 739www.balibotanica.comevery time i visit this spa, it is better and better.i’ve had pedicures, massages, creambaths, the shirodara……everything is just wonderful.and it is the most delightful setting…pretty garden giving [...]
our favourite driver in bali!
our friend rai now has his very own website!http://www.raiubud.com/profile.htmlhe is a lovely man, very professional and friendly and helpful.he’s been driving me around for a couple of years now and it really pays to email and book him in advance! i just ran into him this morning, up in sanggingan, and he now has a [...]
very fancy party in laplapan
my friend, made lelo, asked us to a party he was organising at his villa, last night.we thought he was cooking dinner for a handful of people.we got all dressed up and took a parcel of soap for him and grabbed a bottle of pear-flavoured absolut vodka on the way out the door. a bottle [...]
our favourite driver in bali!
our friend rai now has his very own website!http://www.raiubud.com/profile.htmlhe is a lovely man, very professional and friendly and helpful.he’s been driving me around for a couple of years now and it really pays to email and book him in advance! i just ran into him this morning, up in sanggingan, and he now has a [...]
very fancy party in laplapan
my friend, made lelo, asked us to a party he was organising at his villa, last night.we thought he was cooking dinner for a handful of people.we got all dressed up and took a parcel of soap for him and grabbed a bottle of pear-flavoured absolut vodka on the way out the door. a bottle [...]
can you drown in the mountains?
i only ask, because it is STILL RAINING here!however, it isn’t raining all over bali, o no.it’s only raining in ubud. maurice actually picked up a small goldfish off a pathway yesterday and put it back into it’s pond.the pond was overflowing and the fish had ventured a bit close to the edge.it looked half [...]
can you drown in the mountains?
i only ask, because it is STILL RAINING here!however, it isn’t raining all over bali, o no.it’s only raining in ubud. maurice actually picked up a small goldfish off a pathway yesterday and put it back into it’s pond.the pond was overflowing and the fish had ventured a bit close to the edge.it looked half [...]
raining in bali
here we are in lovely bali, where even 36 hours of solid rain isn’t enough to depress anyone.we are enjoying it thoroughly….it’s just a little warmer than at home right now, but it is far from deranged tropical heat. it’s just perfect really and lush and green as ever. we got here around 1am monday [...]
raining in bali
here we are in lovely bali, where even 36 hours of solid rain isn’t enough to depress anyone.we are enjoying it thoroughly….it’s just a little warmer than at home right now, but it is far from deranged tropical heat. it’s just perfect really and lush and green as ever. we got here around 1am monday [...]
something gorgeous
sometimes a girl just has to have something silk and luxurious and french.this is an hermes tohu-bohu scarf and it is even more fabulous in the flesh. so to speak.
something gorgeous
sometimes a girl just has to have something silk and luxurious and french.this is an hermes tohu-bohu scarf and it is even more fabulous in the flesh. so to speak.
the world’s fastest indian
i finally saw this wonderful film, last night.what a trip! it is based on the life of burt munro, a new zealander who went off to bonneville salt flats in 1967, with his self-modified antique 1920 indian motorcycle and set a world record on it…..that remains unbroken today, forty years later.i get goosebumps just typing [...]
the world’s fastest indian
i finally saw this wonderful film, last night.what a trip! it is based on the life of burt munro, a new zealander who went off to bonneville salt flats in 1967, with his self-modified antique 1920 indian motorcycle and set a world record on it…..that remains unbroken today, forty years later.i get goosebumps just typing [...]
i’m a slack blogger
well it isn’t that i’ve not been doing anything thrilling.and it isn’t that i haven’t been online.the last week has seen me with blogger’s block. BIG TIME! i’ve been riding my motorcycle.i’ve been plotting my bali trip….can you say custom-made bike leathers?i’ve been finalising stuff for the trade show.i’ve been making plenty of soap. including [...]
i’m a slack blogger
well it isn’t that i’ve not been doing anything thrilling.and it isn’t that i haven’t been online.the last week has seen me with blogger’s block. BIG TIME! i’ve been riding my motorcycle.i’ve been plotting my bali trip….can you say custom-made bike leathers?i’ve been finalising stuff for the trade show.i’ve been making plenty of soap. including [...]
crustless quiche
it’s been a little warmer around here and we’ve been craving salads and vegetarian food. lighter food. i whipped this up for supper: crustless vegetable quiche~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8 eggs (free range if you possibly can)1/2 cup plain white flour1 tsp baking powder2 handfuls of grated cheddar1 cup plain yoghurt1 cup of sour cream (or two cups [...]
crustless quiche
it’s been a little warmer around here and we’ve been craving salads and vegetarian food. lighter food. i whipped this up for supper: crustless vegetable quiche~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8 eggs (free range if you possibly can)1/2 cup plain white flour1 tsp baking powder2 handfuls of grated cheddar1 cup plain yoghurt1 cup of sour cream (or two cups [...]
epic bike ride
the weather has been perfect for a few days….clear, crisp, sunny, golden.we have been chained to markets for two days, but vowed to get on our motorbikes TODAY and head for the coast. we left at 10am and first we rode to mareeba and refuelled, then off to kuranda, (stopped at the lookout on the [...]
epic bike ride
the weather has been perfect for a few days….clear, crisp, sunny, golden.we have been chained to markets for two days, but vowed to get on our motorbikes TODAY and head for the coast. we left at 10am and first we rode to mareeba and refuelled, then off to kuranda, (stopped at the lookout on the [...]
soaping alone
maurice’s collarbone is improving rapidly, but he still isn’t up to lifting 20 kilo buckets of hot raw soap and pouring it, so yesterday’s soaping session was pretty much a solo effort.well, he did line moulds for me and do lots of other things, but i was mixing and pouring and finishing on my lonesome.it [...]
