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Wayfinder6 at Al Faw Palace

Wayfinder6 at Al Faw Palace
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Saturday, September 19, 2009

In the Bagh' 2

More emerging "Laws of the Bagh' " -

1. Other than 20 something year olds, there are no childrens' voices in my world. It is very strange to never hear a child - laughing, crying, playing...

2. Other than 'Sandbag', one other young feral cat (unnamed as far as I know) and sparrows, there are no animals in my world. Of course I am ignoring the "20 something year olds" again.


3. Water must be conserved in my world - unless (or because) you want a nice, large, luscious green grass field in front of the Embassy.

4. When you walk out of your CHU in the early morning, enjoy the cool walk to the dining facility, look up at the thermometer hanging next to the door, noting 89 degrees and say to yourself "Wow, its chilly this morning" - you are not quite right anymore. The day that happened, 89 was the high in Colorado Springs.

Only because Sandy already knows this can I address the recent "presents" sent towards the Embassy to "celebrate" VP Biden's visit. We are going to place a big sign up at the river's edge that says "Biden - Not Here Anymore" to get them to stop. It had been relatively quiet (there is always a random potshot now andthen) for me until Biden's trip. Unfortunately, Sandy was online with me Skyping last night when it happened. I got her back online after abruptly running out of my CHU to assure her everything was ok. Hopefully, everybody realizes the VP has moved on.

My favorite new addition to the CHU:

Grace & peace...

1 comments:

Sandy said...

I pictured the Embassy entirely different. Maybe the photo doesn't capture it, but it seems so "ordinary". Not the building I had envisioned.
Love your CHU addition. Should make you smile when you see it.
Love and miss you-