• Photo Post

    Grandma kisses are the best kisses. ❤️

    Grandma kisses are the best kisses. ❤️


  • Photo Post

    I ordered these over a year ago and had them sent to Mom’s house (since I couldn’t find them in Germany), and then forgot about them until now! Perfect timing with the @goodomensprime Season 2 trailer coming out… 🪽😈 #goodomens

    I ordered these over a year ago and had them sent to Mom’s house (since I couldn’t find them in Germany), and then forgot about them until now! Perfect timing with the @goodomensprime Season 2 trailer coming out… 🪽😈 #goodomens


  • Photo Post

    A gorgeous and peaceful evening at the Elkhart River. (@joe40joe40 takes a beautiful photo, but he does get alarmingly close to his subjects!) 😳😂

    A gorgeous and peaceful evening at the Elkhart River. (@joe40joe40 takes a beautiful photo, but he does get alarmingly close to his subjects!) 😳😂

    A gorgeous and peaceful evening at the Elkhart River. (@joe40joe40 takes a beautiful photo, but he does get alarmingly close to his subjects!) 😳😂

    A gorgeous and peaceful evening at the Elkhart River. (@joe40joe40 takes a beautiful photo, but he does get alarmingly close to his subjects!) 😳😂

    A gorgeous and peaceful evening at the Elkhart River. (@joe40joe40 takes a beautiful photo, but he does get alarmingly close to his subjects!) 😳😂

    A gorgeous and peaceful evening at the Elkhart River. (@joe40joe40 takes a beautiful photo, but he does get alarmingly close to his subjects!) 😳😂

    A gorgeous and peaceful evening at the Elkhart River. (@joe40joe40 takes a beautiful photo, but he does get alarmingly close to his subjects!) 😳😂

    A gorgeous and peaceful evening at the Elkhart River. (@joe40joe40 takes a beautiful photo, but he does get alarmingly close to his subjects!) 😳😂


  • Shared today on Facebook

    Because a boy’s first ever visit to Cracker Barrel needs to be commemorated. 🇺🇸


    It’s been 25+ years since I saw Erica Lee Halsey Binkley, and I ran into her today at the Elkhart County Quilt Fiber Expo! ❤️ We were both in the Lakeland Marching Band, and I remember riding to and from practice in her old truck. Lovely to see you again, Erica!


    A fun outing to the Elkhart County Quilt & Fiber Expo! I did some knitting with Katy from @yarnadventuretruck for #wwkipday, and some of her lovely wool came home with me. Also checked out the exhibits and took some photos of my favorite quilts. There were only a few knitted pieces, but there was a lovely Starmore jacket! I also spent some time checking out a genuine 19th century woven corset and geeking out over historical undergarment manufacturing. 🧶🧵🪡


    Congratulations to my Mom Susan Garberick (from The Quilt Shop) on her 2nd place for Hand Quilted Small Pieced at the Elkhart County Quilt Fiber Expo! ❤️🧵🪡



  • Photo Post

    Congratulations to my Mom Susie (from @the_quiltshop_at_essenhaus) on her 2nd place for Hand Quilted Small Pieced at the Elkhart County Quilt Fiber Expo! ❤️🧵🪡

    Congratulations to my Mom Susie (from @the_quiltshop_at_essenhaus) on her 2nd place for Hand Quilted Small Pieced at the Elkhart County Quilt Fiber Expo! ❤️🧵🪡


  • Photo Post

    A fun outing to the Elkhart County Quilt & Fiber Expo! I did some knitting with Katy from @yarnadventuretruck for #wwkipday, and some of her lovely wool came home with me. Also checked out the exhibits and took some photos of my favorite quilts. There were only a few knitted pieces, but there was a lovely Starmore jacket! I also spent some time checking out a genuine 19th century woven corset and geeking out over historical undergarment manufacturing. 🧶🧵🪡 @wwkipday

    A fun outing to the Elkhart County Quilt & Fiber Expo! I did some knitting with Katy from @yarnadventuretruck for #wwkipday, and some of her lovely wool came home with me. Also checked out the exhibits and took some photos of my favorite quilts. There were only a few knitted pieces, but there was a lovely Starmore jacket! I also spent some time checking out a genuine 19th century woven corset and geeking out over historical undergarment manufacturing. 🧶🧵🪡 @wwkipday

    A fun outing to the Elkhart County Quilt & Fiber Expo! I did some knitting with Katy from @yarnadventuretruck for #wwkipday, and some of her lovely wool came home with me. Also checked out the exhibits and took some photos of my favorite quilts. There were only a few knitted pieces, but there was a lovely Starmore jacket! I also spent some time checking out a genuine 19th century woven corset and geeking out over historical undergarment manufacturing. 🧶🧵🪡 @wwkipday

    A fun outing to the Elkhart County Quilt & Fiber Expo! I did some knitting with Katy from @yarnadventuretruck for #wwkipday, and some of her lovely wool came home with me. Also checked out the exhibits and took some photos of my favorite quilts. There were only a few knitted pieces, but there was a lovely Starmore jacket! I also spent some time checking out a genuine 19th century woven corset and geeking out over historical undergarment manufacturing. 🧶🧵🪡 @wwkipday

    A fun outing to the Elkhart County Quilt & Fiber Expo! I did some knitting with Katy from @yarnadventuretruck for #wwkipday, and some of her lovely wool came home with me. Also checked out the exhibits and took some photos of my favorite quilts. There were only a few knitted pieces, but there was a lovely Starmore jacket! I also spent some time checking out a genuine 19th century woven corset and geeking out over historical undergarment manufacturing. 🧶🧵🪡 @wwkipday

    A fun outing to the Elkhart County Quilt & Fiber Expo! I did some knitting with Katy from @yarnadventuretruck for #wwkipday, and some of her lovely wool came home with me. Also checked out the exhibits and took some photos of my favorite quilts. There were only a few knitted pieces, but there was a lovely Starmore jacket! I also spent some time checking out a genuine 19th century woven corset and geeking out over historical undergarment manufacturing. 🧶🧵🪡 @wwkipday

    A fun outing to the Elkhart County Quilt & Fiber Expo! I did some knitting with Katy from @yarnadventuretruck for #wwkipday, and some of her lovely wool came home with me. Also checked out the exhibits and took some photos of my favorite quilts. There were only a few knitted pieces, but there was a lovely Starmore jacket! I also spent some time checking out a genuine 19th century woven corset and geeking out over historical undergarment manufacturing. 🧶🧵🪡 @wwkipday

    A fun outing to the Elkhart County Quilt & Fiber Expo! I did some knitting with Katy from @yarnadventuretruck for #wwkipday, and some of her lovely wool came home with me. Also checked out the exhibits and took some photos of my favorite quilts. There were only a few knitted pieces, but there was a lovely Starmore jacket! I also spent some time checking out a genuine 19th century woven corset and geeking out over historical undergarment manufacturing. 🧶🧵🪡 @wwkipday

    A fun outing to the Elkhart County Quilt & Fiber Expo! I did some knitting with Katy from @yarnadventuretruck for #wwkipday, and some of her lovely wool came home with me. Also checked out the exhibits and took some photos of my favorite quilts. There were only a few knitted pieces, but there was a lovely Starmore jacket! I also spent some time checking out a genuine 19th century woven corset and geeking out over historical undergarment manufacturing. 🧶🧵🪡 @wwkipday

    A fun outing to the Elkhart County Quilt & Fiber Expo! I did some knitting with Katy from @yarnadventuretruck for #wwkipday, and some of her lovely wool came home with me. Also checked out the exhibits and took some photos of my favorite quilts. There were only a few knitted pieces, but there was a lovely Starmore jacket! I also spent some time checking out a genuine 19th century woven corset and geeking out over historical undergarment manufacturing. 🧶🧵🪡 @wwkipday

    A fun outing to the Elkhart County Quilt & Fiber Expo! I did some knitting with Katy from @yarnadventuretruck for #wwkipday, and some of her lovely wool came home with me. Also checked out the exhibits and took some photos of my favorite quilts. There were only a few knitted pieces, but there was a lovely Starmore jacket! I also spent some time checking out a genuine 19th century woven corset and geeking out over historical undergarment manufacturing. 🧶🧵🪡 @wwkipday


  • Photo Post

    Because a boy’s first ever visit to Cracker Barrel needs to be commemorated. 🇺🇸

    Because a boy’s first ever visit to Cracker Barrel needs to be commemorated. 🇺🇸


  • Shared today on Facebook

    I was curious to see how the air quality in NYC this week compares to Sydney during the 2019 bush fires. I’m seeing in news stories that the AQI in NY was close to 500 this week… and in 2019 parts of Sydney were over 1000. (Source: https://amp.abc.net.au/article/11782892) Photo below was taken by me from the AWS office in Dec 2019. I remember we were all wearing N95 masks and buying air purifiers, and the smoke permeated everything. (It honestly prompted part of Rodd’s and my decision to move to Germany for a while.) Get used to it folks – this is climate change, and it’s not going to improve unless we take action NOW.



  • Shared today on Facebook

    Going to pick up my bag!!


    GOT IT. The thief took my bank cards, cash, my hat, and my sunglasses 🤬, but left everything else including my wallet, passports, drivers license, house keys and rental car keys, Moomin scarf, and Gudetama. 😍 Everything is damp because the criminal – who evidently hit like 8 other cars! – dumped it in a drainage ditch. But the passports should be usable once they dry out, and all in all the financial impact is pretty minimal. 🥲 PARK RANGERS ARE THE BEST.


    “Beaver Nuggets” from Buc-ees? Surprisingly good! 👍



  • Photo Post

    “Beaver Nuggets” from Buc-ees? Surprisingly good! 👍

    “Beaver Nuggets” from Buc-ees? Surprisingly good! 👍

    “Beaver Nuggets” from Buc-ees? Surprisingly good! 👍



ABOUT

My name is Kris. I’ve been blogging since the 90’s. I live in Sydney, Australia, and I spent most of my career in the tech industry.

No AI used in writing this blog, ever. 100% human-generated.


search


CURRENTLY LISTENING


CURRENTLY READING


LATEST COMMENTS

  1. Woot, my knee-jerk don’t-overthink-it pub-quiz answer was Iran which seems to be [✓]. I ‘knew’ it was more populous than…

  2. My home economics teacher taught us to use “J cloths” as press cloths. (Cellulose cleaning cloths). The upside of using…


BLOG ROLL


STAY CONNECTED


Special thanks to Matt Hinrichs for the site logo!