Lightning Storm

This weekend we had a little lightning show after a BBQ down by the river!

Outside Putt-Putt Course

Eventually inside was too small...so the game was moved to the Darkhan Children's Park...where creative holes were constructed using various 'park obstacles!'  See above photo. :)

Inside Putt-Putt Course

The game started inside our living room...

Putt-Putt Golf in Darkhan!

As the weather grows warmer and the days become longer, there is a popular sport that takes place.  Golfing.  But more specifically...putt-putt golfing.  After inheriting a croquet mallet and six golf balls, we decided to created Darkhan's First (and probably Last) Putt-Putt Course.  Here's a few pictures of some of our holes...as well as the golfers!

Hearts of Fire-

So, some may find this interesting...

When the Spring grasses are in greening, and the horses wander through the streets...the air is crisp and the weather unpredictable...if you can find flowers, they would be in bloom...and the people are all about, shopping and walking...just walking...it is the season of love...-You see, our town has quite a few university students...and as Spring approaches, what better way to say "I Love You!" than burning a heart into the grass for your significant other!

Internet problems...no wonder...

Though we shouldn't complain about the internet-as we could have been in place without internet for the last two years- I find there to be a few stories worth telling...

About a year ago I asked a coworker why the internet wasn't working at our office. He called up the internet company and they told him that America had turned off the internet, and he relayed this message to me...so, the joke was, anytime that we had internet problems we would just say, "I guess America turned it off again!"

That was until recently...We were having some problems with our internet turning off-and-on at home, so I went over to the internet office and told them of the problem. A technician came back over to our apartment and he headed up onto the roof...and naturally, out of curiosity, I thought I might just join him on his troubleshooting efforts...So I climbed up the ladder which led to the roof and this is what we found...no wonder there are internet problems here...the router looked as if someone had taken a lawnmower to an electrical box....

The guy found it to be a connection problem. He traced my cable through the jungle of other cables and found which port it had been plugged into...he disconnected it and re-spliced the wires so they might have a better connection and Voila!!! Internet has been great since...but I think the picture explains the problem fair enough...

Pigeon!?

Now, who would have thought that pigeons, our fellow domesticated city dwellers, could provide a healthy hearty snack which the whole family could enjoy...we cooked up three pigeons this last month (it is supposed to be a secret...as our friend said killing pigeons might be illegal...) as a stir fry over rice...yum!