Tuesday, November 28, 2006





From the Far East to the Midwest


We returned to the US in time to spend Thanksgiving with Denis' Uncle Don and Aunt Kathy on their horse ranch in Ohio. The weather was great and we got some riding in. Oh those muscles were sore!


Besides riding we went hiking in a nearby state park where I found a waterfall to hide behind.

Sunday, November 05, 2006



The Best Man is a Dragon


We awoke one Saturday morning in November to the sound of beating drums which in Hong Kong means a dragon is on the loose. Running from window to window we see that a dragon is disappearing from our street into the small village across the street followed by a bunch of black tuxedoes.


I scurried down to my resident Chinese advisor to find out what was going on and Robert the security guard told me that a marriage was in the making and the groom with dragon in tow was going to the bride's home to swoop her off to the wedding party.


Back upstairs a little while later the drums started up again so up to the roof I go and see the dragon emerging from the village and heading to a yacht at our pier. Evidently the wedding party was on a boat and the dragon was going along. Once the dragon was onboard it took up most of the upper deck.