A sister and a birthday

I'm still enjoying this lovely pink bouquet that my sweet sister sent me for my milestone 60th birthday!!! A rather sobering event! On the other hand, I'm extremely grateful for a birthday at all!

Our sweet little Curren

Precious times were spent with little Curren (12 months on 6/5/08) and his family this weekend. What an eager, friendly, and sweet little boy! He has a little trick of wrinkling up his nose when he smiles!!

Irises in my Garden

This is a good year for my irises......they have multiplied and are brightening up the northwest corner of our yard!

Trip photos (5/9/08 - 5/19/08) visiting Germany, Switzerland, France, Bulgaria, and Turkey

Coffee in downtown Sofia, Bulgaria with Leah.

The Alps - Switzerland

A daytrip into Switzerland to see the Swiss Alps near Interlaken with

friends Pierre and Mary Jane (Kolb) Goldschmidt from France (near Basel, Switzerland.)

Trip photos

Floyd and I in front of the famous Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.

Trip photos

Vivi, age 8, and Gordi, age 5 - children of Leah and Ticho Tenev who live in Sofia, Bulgaria. Their mother, Leah, lived with us about 10 years ago while a student at Linfield. Gordi lost his first tooth while eating a huge strawberry during breakfast in Istanbul!!!! (See photo)

Trip photos

Walking with the Tenev family in downtown Istanbul.

Vacation

Today we found ourselves in a most unlikely place, roaming the downtown of Sofia, Bulgaria!
We started the day by visiting 8 year old Vivi's school for a special production created by the 2nd and 3rd graders on their computers, using Microsoft Power Point!! They were amazing!!

We visited cathedrals, a natural history museum, an outdoor market, a Chinese restaurant and an Onda Coffee Shop! We were on foot, and came home by way of a huge park, thru trees that resembled the woods of Pennsylvania.

Prior to our arrival at Sofia, we spent a couple days with old friends in France, taking a swing thru the Alps in Switzerland, and enjoying a piece of the life on their incredible "estate".

We keep pinching ourselves to remind us that we're not dreaming!!!
More later....