Strength in Lightness for the month of June This hibiscus flower calls us to reflect on the beauty around us. 5×7 pdf download for you to print French/Tahitian Version – click here to save and print –> Juin francais Hibiscus English Version(shown in above image) – click here to save and print –> June…
Always Something Beautiful to Discover A little trip over to French Polynesia on the island of Fakarava – a Unesco Bio-sphere Reserve – famous for its shark wall that the divers love to see. But how many of you really know what goes into to create the thatched roofs so famous here in the South Pacific? I created…
Happy May! I am back from 10 weeks in Tahiti – and while it is great to travel, it is also great to come back. Before I left last week, I was able to do a ‘Festival of the Purau Flower’ or ‘Festival des fleurs de purau’. In Tahitian language, this tree is called the…
March 31th is World Backup Day – an annual reminder to all of us to backup and protect our photos, videos and data. This includes photos on your phone! If you have ever lost your phone or had a drive fail, you know it can happen, and it is gut-wrenching if you don’t have backups. …
With shutdowns happening around the world you probably had to postpone your visit to Chicago. I have put together a few links to virtual tours or apps so you can still get a taste of some of the cultural offering of Chicago. I have included 3 museums, 2 Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings, Millennium Park, the…
I was reading an Italian book last night while firing some ornaments in the kiln. In the story they used the word ‘turchino’ which I was not familiar with, which led to learning about two words for two colors that came from Turkish into the Italian language: turchese and turchino. Turchese is the color and…
