Oh my goodness time has gotten away on me. Its already well into the new year and I missed sending my best wishes to everyone. I hope that everyone had a restful and joyful Christmas season and the best to everyone in 2018. We were fortunate to have several sets of visitors over the...
While I’ve been in Canada, I’ve taken the opportunity while on better internet to update my website with a new theme and content. You may have seen a post earlier this week with updated information about our farm and about Arthur and I. That was just the beginning. With the new look to my...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our friends and family here in Fiji and around the world. Arthur and I have been very fortunate this year to be able to celebrate the season with Siana, Marc, Kinesi, Ateca, Brendan and many of our Fiji family in our new house. Our kids arrived...
I can’t believe that is been well over a month since I last did an update to my blog. What can I say but its been incredibly busy as we’ve all been working hard to get the house ready before Christmas. We’re almost there. I would be very remise if I didn’t acknowledge all...
Yeah!!! the chickens have moved to their new home and are starting to settle in. I can’t express how much it means to be able to sleep in past 4 o’clock in the a.m. without a rooster crowing right next to the house and tent every 15 minutes. We’ve penned off an area in...
We have been very busy during the past two weeks trying to get a lot done before I head back to Canada. Arthur will need a well-deserved rest once I leave this Saturday. I’ve tried to upload a few videos showing our progress on a number of projects on Vimeo as well as YouTube but...
Its hard to believe that its already been one year since I retired. I still occasionally think about work but those moments are getting fewer and farther between. Life has been too busy to miss what was. Looking back at the past year I’m amazed that so much has happened starting with selling and...
I celebrated my first birthday in Fiji this week. I’d like to thank everyone that sent birthday wishes. It was great to hear from so many of you. I had a great day cooking up a storm for a large group of people that came over in the evening for a kava drinking session....
I’d like to introduce our newest addition to our family, Bruno. I’m not sure how old Bruno is but he’s probably about 2 months old. We were visiting Arthur’s brother John this week and I just fell in love with this little bag of bones with big eyes. We’ve had him now for about...
First of all I’d like to let everyone know that Arthur and I and all our family in Fiji are well and doing okay after the category 5 tropical cyclone Winston hit Fiji on February 20th. Secondly, this is my 4th attempt to post this blog but due to limited and variable internet access...