After another good days "work" we settle in for a delicious meal at our favorite little "warung" (restaurant) to a large local Bintang beer, fresh, crisp organgic salad which by the way, organic fruits and vegetables are cheaper here than the other produce as they say that it costs them money to use all those expensive chemicals. Why couldn't it be like that back home, instead of the arm and half a leg it costs back there?? Alvin enjoys a larg...

The Tale Of The Seven Roosters It's 4 am and once again the more than annoying sound of crowing from the roosters fills the air directly beneath the window of our 3rd storey apartment. "Someone please tell those birds that it's Sunday and 4 am," Made's (Maa-Day's) brother or possibly brother-in-law seems to have collected more than his fair share of roosters, up 4 from the 3 of yester year. One rooster, maybe, but 7 right beneath our bedroom window, I ...

As Alvin opens the window of our 3rd floor apartment, on our first day back in Ubud, Bali, I see something out of the corner of my eye, fall from the window onto the floor. "What was that?" I quickly ask, almost not wanting to know. "Oh, don't worry Alvin responds, it's only a BAT! OMG, now if there's one thing (or maybe two) that I'm afraid of, Bat would be at the top of my list. I rush outside while giving instructions not to move the bat until a...

It's a bright, sunny Friday morning as I look out from our 3rd floor balcony in appreciation of the beauty surrounding us...Two doves engaged in a mating dance on the red-tiled rooftop below...several roosters crowing in a rhythmic pattern off in the distance...lavender, yellow, orange, pink and reds are a few of the beautiful colors of the potted orchids and other flowers lining the floor of our outdoor patio. A large variety of birds singing songs while enjoyin...

"Hurry, you have to come and see this," Alvin calls as I'm tending to the morning chores. National Geographic, "Eat Your Heart Out". We have the most unusual spider like creature engaged in a continuous tribal dance on our full-length bedroom window. He is 6-legged with an odd tube-shaped body. The 2nd half of his legs are white and the best description I can give is similar to that of a daddy long legs, but not. His upper and lower legs are s...