Camping Cots

We are going camping!!!! Ok, I admit it. I'm getting soft in my old age. I don't want to sleep on the ground but I love camping. I have a great husband. He made these cots for my friend and I so we could sleep above all the creepy crawlies. The cots are actually comfortable and now I am looking forward to camping with a bunch of kids. (They can sleep on the ground. They're young.)

Eating Bath Sponges. Yum Yum

 Guess what we ate today.........baby loofah sponge.......this is actually the gourd that is used to make loofahs with. It grows on a tree and looks like green snakes hanging down. When it get big and dry then you can use it for bathing. I think they're better for eating. Ibu Kadek just sliced and stir fried it with some onions, garlic and chilies. Yum Yum

Batik and Beach is a good combination

 Last Saturday, on the way to the beach, my friends and I stopped by the batik shop. It was pretty cool watching them hand apply the wax to the fabric in the places they didn't want the dipped dye to show. this fabric will be brown, orange, and white. the design is very traditional for our island

 After we watched the fabric being made we were invited for some traditional tea made with jasmine flowers and leaves. If you notice, we all sat on the floor even though there is a sofa in the room. It is not polite to sit up higher above others if there is not enough room for everyone to sit high.

 

 Once we got to the beach we had a great picnic with our friends, climbed a cliff  and played on the rocks. These are 3 of the girls that often come to to my house. I love having their smiling faces around.

This is the view from the cliff. It is ONE of the most beautiful beaches on our island. If you want to see THE most beautiful beach, you will have to come visit.  hehehe You can't blame a girl for trying.

Look It's a bird, its a plane, no it's ....Rich and Albi (si manis) looking at a GEKO.

My Indonesian Window

This is a wall hanging quilt that I made some time ago.I call it my Indonesian Window. I thought it was a perfect first photo to post. It kind of makes sense..."WINDOW"

Getting Started

Hi all,  I'm new at this so bear with me. I will be posting from time to time with photos and sometimes just daily mundane (as mundane as you can get while living in Indonesia) life events. I hope you all enjoy peaking through my windows to see what I see. Who knows? Maybe you will see something that I have missed.