Saudi Invasion

When word gets out that we are home, my former students from KSA always come to see us. Here are some pics with Bader & his cousin Mohammed, and Massad, Hamad and Mohammed. I'm happy to report everyone's English is better than the last time I saw them, Bader finished his master's in Engineering at New Mexico State and Massad has his MBA from Scranton, PA. The guys brought us a freshly slaughtered lamb, which we cooked on the grill, as well as some non-alcoholic beer. Yeah right! Some things never change.

Every town around us has had between .5 an 2.5" of rain. But we've only received .08! So the watering continues. Yesterday, we picked more than 20 pounds of grapes! All I need now is a recipe for wine. The green apples keep coming, plums are finished, and the almonds are almost ready. Also, my parents and aunt & uncle from LA were all here this past weekend.

Home Sweet Home

Despite the heat (105-110F/40-45C) every day and no monsoon yet, the yard & garden look great, thanks to Cousin Michael. We have apples, plums and grapes ripening now, and expect the almonds and limes to be ready in a a few weeks.

Weekend in Chicago!

We spent our 1st few days in the US with Pete & Paula. Paula & I went to SLU together almost 25 years ago! We went to Taste of Chicago, had severe thunderstorms twice, ran into Tina Turner and took an awesome dinner cruise from Navy Pier.