Photos of me. :)

Working in the classroom.


















Gifts given to me when a group of ladies came to my place for a ladies only evening. It was a real surprise but ever so kind. The jar is not, as one friend asked, for Matthew's ashes.




Dinner out, and where we cooked our own. :) It was fun and great company with friends.






Waiting for our dinner. Bibs on and we are ready.

Big Day out in Dubai with Daniel

A boy in the lolly shop. His eyes nearly fell out when he turned around from looking at the aquarium to see floor to ceiling lollies.



The aquarium that recently had a leak which shut down the world's largest mall.



Eating lunch opposite the world's tallest building. If you enlarge the photo you can see workers like ants.






Lunch with a real good looker.





Henna, not a tattoo.






Sand art.





Overlooking the Dubai creek.





Wind tower before air-conditioning.




On the balcony of a historic building overlooking the Dubai creek.






The world's largest gold ring. It has a certificate from the G. Book of world records.




In the souq (market) looking like one of the locals.







In the silvershop where he bought a CTR ring. These 2 Russian ladies wanted to see what the male necklace looked like. There is a lot of Russian money that goes through Dubai and women that work at night.

Baby dummies with real gold.





One of the dozens and dozens of gold shops.






I had to take this photo.






A shop name after a date... and the parking inspector. Quoting Daniel, "Like who is gonna argue with that dude."




Apartment building above the shops.





I didn't notice at the time but there were 2 fellows pulling carts.





Daniel and I counted as a worker was loaded up with 5 bags on his shoulders.




I wish I lived in a Happy Land where the river of lemonade flows. Truly if it did flow here I'm not so sure I would drink it any way.






Another apartment building. If you enlarge you can possibly see the cords coming down from the roof. This is for the phone, internet or TV, or they are borrowing from someone else.



Not sure if this shop should be Shining or Chinese.







Enlarge this to check out the Dubai side street traffic.





In Al Ain with Daniel, the road markings are done by hand. I bought a cheap umbrella because I forgot my hat.




A boy shop.

The Al Ain Zoo with Daniel

They were playing chasey.





I have no idea what this is Caleb. But it was a big bird.






Caleb the owl's eyes were so big and yellow.







I was scared. That beak could take a huge chunk out of a person.






Look at the eyes.

The bird enclosure.

Oh Caleb, he was so sad. No trees and no friends.

He just sat there and looked longingly at us. :(

Daniel's Cut Throat Shave

Daniel came to visit us in Al Ain. He is so much fun to have around. One morning we caught a cab into the Al Ain mall. There Daniel had a cut throat shave experience. The pictures are in reverse order from bottom to top.
Blow dry.





Steady hands. :)






Pinch the nose.





Almost done.






I didn't say anything to Daniel at the time, but the guys had spots of blood on his coat. ;)







Not too relaxed yet.







Not sure what to expect. The guy in the background had the whole treatment with facial. Next visit Daniel will try that out.