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Month: May 2021

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Before and after

May 31, 2021May 23, 2021 aka gringita

When I moved in, I knew I had the red tree out front, but right along the property line were two other trees I wasn’t so sure about.

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Tagged Home Improvement
@myvmission / @TheConqueror, experiments in cooking

Things go sideways

May 30, 2021May 22, 2021 aka gringita

When I saw ATK’s episode on prosciutto bread, it looked fabulous. Want want want!

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Tagged @myvmission / @TheConqueror, cooking, food1 Comment
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Wrapping up the GOR

May 29, 2021May 28, 2021 aka gringita

Well that 149 miles went by fast! It took me 23 days to virtually complete Great Ocean Road.

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Tagged @myvmission / @TheConqueror, travel
@myvmission / @TheConqueror, experiments in cooking

I was meant to visit Cameroon

May 28, 2021May 21, 2021 aka gringita

Cameroon food is spicy. Or at least the recipes I found are. In the most delightful way!

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Tagged @myvmission / @TheConqueror, cooking, food2 Comments
52 thoughts, creation bears His fingerprints, faith, photography

May 27

May 27, 2021May 21, 2021 aka gringita

I miss you Uncle Steve. ❤️ Happy birthday and I hope you & Auntie Martha are having a happy reunion.

Happy birthday to Libby Lou too!
Tagged faith, family, memories
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Arriving in Cameroon (sort of)

May 26, 2021May 21, 2021 aka gringita

I’m still plugging away at my distances, turning the corner from western to central Africa on my distance challenge.

And that means I’ve (virtually) arrived in Cameroon!

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Tagged @myvmission / @TheConqueror, flotsam
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Brief Reprieve

May 25, 2021 aka gringita

All of my company’s US office were planned to open for in-office work by this week.

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Tagged peeves, work
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Have vaccine (and mask)…

May 24, 2021May 23, 2021 aka gringita

…Will travel?

I’d like to think so anyway.

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Tagged coronavirus, travel, vaccine, work1 Comment
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Quick update

May 23, 2021May 19, 2021 aka gringita

Because I know there are people who were worried…

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Tagged flotsam
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Getting through the Daily

May 22, 2021May 22, 2021 aka gringita

I suppose everyone has their daily routines. A list, formal or more likely informal, of things that get addressed. Even an order in which the morning ablutions are attended to (ever gotten out of the shower having forgotten to wash your hair because you didn’t do things in the usual order? That’s not just me, right?)

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Tagged postaday, silliness, work3 Comments

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